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Category Archives: Workouts
Don’t let an obstacle be your Nemesis!
It’s countdown to Nuclear Rush. Now is the last chance to overcome your obstacle nemesis. Don’t be humiliated, don’t suffer forfeits we want you to do your best! As official Nuclear Races training partner Wild Forest Gym hosted at Nuclear Races are here to get you RACE READY!!! Receive expert guidance with Coach Michael and conqueror your nemesis! Continue reading
Obstacle Race Magazine – Race Week Training Plan
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The week leading up to your race is an important part of your race plan and race preparation for an ‘A’ Race. Your ‘A’ Race is one of 2 or 3 races that your seasons training plan has been structured around so that you are peaking in your performance. Where as in ‘B’ & ‘C’ races fit into your training plan and replace workouts.
Obstacle Race Magazine – How to run faster Part 1
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There is an assumption that we were born to run. However, there is a distinct difference between just running and optimising your running. For many, running is painful, tiresome and challenging. For others there is the desire to race faster and hit the podium. In this article we ask Coach Michael how he coaches his TEAM Wild Forest Gym into become top runners.
Obstacle Race Magazine – Race SAFE Skills
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Coach Michaels’ core coaching requirements is to make sure all OCR contenders & athletes are Race SAFE…RACE FIT…RACE READY. However he rates RACE SAFE as the most important aspect to training. In this article we ask Coach Michael exactly why you need to consider Race SAFE skills more than your fitness! Continue reading
Obstacle Race Magazine – Jump & Running Training
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As OCR edges towards becoming a sport we look at how to develop and refine the technical skills for such a multi-disciplined event. Coach Michael reveals one his top-secret training sessions that he uses for 2013 Spartan Race UK Champion Thomas Blanc in the lead up to The Nuts Challenge. Continue reading
Obstacle Race Magazine – An autopsy of an obstacle
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It is one thing being able to get over an obstacle and its another thing to do it an optimised way with speed and power. Obstacle Race Magazine asked our in house obstacle race training expert Michael Cohen at Wild Forest Gym how you can optimise an obstacle that is staring you in the face. Continue reading
The Squat
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Squatting is one of the most fundamental movements that is so understated in training. In the case of obstacle racing, squatting will affect your range of movement, strength, power and output.
Poor squatting technique will affect your running, jumping, landing, climbing, crawling, leaping and most built obstacles. If you are a runner then the likelihood is that you have extremely tight hamstrings. I know myself how tight and restrictive they used to be. Continue reading
Obstacle Race Magazine – Crawl like a Bear
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Animal Movements are part of the functional natural movements that we teach at Wild Forest Gym Obstacle Course Racing that are key skills when obstacle racing.
In this edition of ORM we look at the bear crawl, which is a quadrupedal movement i.e. a movement that uses all four limbs. Continue reading
WOD Sunday 13.04.14
“You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.”
– Henry Rollins
Warm-up
Dynamic warm-up 3 – 5 movements
Main set:
Perform 30 seconds of each exercise, with 10 second rest between:
Burpees
Mountain climbers
Jumping lunges
Pull-ups
Tuck jumps
High knees (fast)
Plank
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