Tough mudder 2014

darreny

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Just signed up to do this at the gym. Currently do 45 mins of weights 5 days a week a 45 mins of cardio.

Monday = back followed by running on treadmill
Tuesday = 15 minutes on rower followed by shoulders and 30mins on cross trainer
Wednesday = chest and triceps followed by treadmill
Thursday = treadmill and core
Friday = rower followed with biceps and very intense circuit training at night
Sat = road running
Sunday = mountain bike

Currently gym team stands at around 45 participants.

Any ocuk ppl going I could say hi to on the day
 
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Which one are you doing? There's a couple around the country IIRC.
It's something I've thought about doing once or twice but I'm built to lift and if my life depended on it sprint, I'm in no way built for any form of endurance running.
That's my excuse and it's what I'm sticking to!
 
Doubt you really need to train super hard to do any of the regular Tough Mudder events, from what I hear there is often a traffic jam of people waiting at obstacles, and running is usually no more than 1 mile at a time before obstacles. Most of the obstacles seem like the mind over matter type rather than actually physically difficult.
 
Signed up to the London South one with my brother. Never done this kind of thing before but always wanted to. I'll be fine, as I exercise/gym regularly but I'm trying to train my brother up as he rarely exercises!
 
I'm doing London West in a few weeks after doing London South last year.

My biggest tip... run! I done solid cardio, full body exercises, lunges, burpees, HIIT, etc and by mile 8 I hit a wall. This year I've mainly been running with hills. If you can run for 9 miles without hitting a wall you should be okay on the day. It will be the hills that kill you. Treadmill is useless. Get out there and find some fields with varying hills. You'll probably want to invest in some decent trainers.

In regards to body strength, make sure you can pull yourself up 6 times in a row, try out some monkey bars if you can find them, incorporate lunges (will help with the running too).

Suggested work out for an average to fit male would be something like working out three times a week for 10 weeks before the event, once at the gym, twice running. However, you will know your body better than me! Don't do distances longer than 6 miles within a week of the event.

Think about it, crawling, jumping off things, etc doesn't exactly take a muscle man. It's the monkey bars (most fall off them anyway), and getting over the walls that are the difficult bits physically.

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Doubt you really need to train super hard to do any of the regular Tough Mudder events, from what I hear there is often a traffic jam of people waiting at obstacles, and running is usually no more than 1 mile at a time before obstacles. Most of the obstacles seem like the mind over matter type rather than actually physically difficult.
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There's only really a queue at the first few, after that people get spaced out but running at various speeds. Most had no one on them or there was more than enough room to get straight on. True that half of the obstacles are mind over matter, but if you want to actually complete the other half rather than falling in water then you will need to be fit. It is basically a half marathon after all!
 
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K1LLSW1TCH said:
Doubt you really need to train super hard to do any of the regular Tough Mudder events, from what I hear there is often a traffic jam of people waiting at obstacles, and running is usually no more than 1 mile at a time before obstacles. Most of the obstacles seem like the mind over matter type rather than actually physically difficult.
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I did it a couple of years ago (the first UK one!) and am glad that I did a solid amount of cardio for it. I was going on 12 mile runs once a week, interspersed with some circuits and stuff.

Other people in my group didn't. Some got through it fine, others were flagging badly. Personally, I decided that I would rather train harder and enjoy the day than slack off and risk hating it.
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
Doubt you really need to train super hard to do any of the regular Tough Mudder events, from what I hear there is often a traffic jam of people waiting at obstacles, and running is usually no more than 1 mile at a time before obstacles. Most of the obstacles seem like the mind over matter type rather than actually physically difficult.
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Did it last year and mostly agree with this. We tried running as much as we could but there were certain obstacles where you just had to queue.

As much as it was great fun, it was definitely a commercial setup and way too expensive, hence we've not signed up again this year.

The arctic enema is definitely the worst imo. The electric shock events weren't bad at all - but that freezing cold water right off the bat. Eish.
 
I worked as event staff at the one near Winchester last year, great fun as staff, but as a runner there's no way I'd risk some of the horrendous injuries I saw those two days :(

The whole thing is a massive money making setup that much is clear, £15 to spectate is robbery
 
Finally got the tickets all transferred. Such a pain singing up to this, it's retarded.

Anywho, got us in for £59 each with open ticket codes, wasn't going to bother if i had to pay like £90 like most people.

Now the training starts.. :(
 
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