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Today I’m embarking on a trip to Big Bear California to race with my team at Tough Mudder. It’s a 10-12 mile mud obstacle course that will test your physical and mental toughness as well as teamwork ability. This is going to be my first one, but fortunately, my brother’s are veterans and gave me a lot of good tips to get fully prepared for this weekend. I wanted to share with you what I did to prepare.
Training for Tough Mudder
First off, I knew that running was my weakness so I started running a few miles about 3 times per week about 6 weeks ago. I live in a mountain master community so the streets are inclined and it helps to get that extra power training to run in different levels.
I also went mountain trail running on steep hills to test my leg strength endurance. In addition to that, I also did sprints up slippery sandy terrain and treaded safely but steadily down as well.
The most important training I did in my opinion was Insanity and Insanity Asylum. These programs get your cardio to tip top shape and also improves your leg strength endurance. To help with my leg endurance, I chose to get SportLegs, a supplement to help with the lactic acid build up that forces many people to tire and slow down when fatigue. This can really slow you down in any workout and especially for a long endurance race, I want to be well prepared.
What to Wear For Tough Mudder
I want to be as comfortable as possible as weird as that may sound. You won’t be as comfortable as sleeping in your bed after a long day, but what I mean is as comfortable with the circumstances that I will be faced with. Muddy waters, electric shock wires, barb wires, wall climbing, Ice pools, and more.
So my brother’s recommended me the following to wear:
1. Dry fit socks
2. Compression under pants(shorts)
3. Dry fit Nike running shorts
4. Compression undershirt
5. Dry fit shirt, fitted if possible
6. Cross country or breathable trail running shoes
So after that recommended list, I got it all ready and I’m set with my attire. In addition to this, I also will be wearing a CamelBak for hydration and other items that will help me with sustaining energy throughout the race.
Supplements recommended for Tough Mudder
You want to have as much energy for as long as possible without jeopardizing your health. So we chose to get Hammer Nutrition Perpetuem and gel packs.
Perpetuem – for delivering stable, long term energy hour after hour with no stomach distress. This is formulated for use with training that lasts 2 hours or more. It’s easy to digest. This extreme endurance fuel is made with all natural ingredients. Simply mix the powder in X amount of water depending upon your body weight times how many hours of training. So this is what I will have in my 2 liter water compartment in my CamelBak.
Hammer Gel– This is a gel that you take every 2-3 hours as needed. I got the single serving gel pack that you can just squeeze into your mouth at a water station.
So with these two, together with my SportLegs and my hard training, I am expecting to be ready for this challenge tomorrow. I will definitely get a video out to my loyal readers and let you know how it went.
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