OCR Underground Show

Episode 36 Show Notes

As always, we have another great episode to help you crush your next Spartan Race or other OCR with smarter more effective training and nutrition programs.

In this episode, get my tip of the week to help you avoid unnecessary burpees on your next race. We have a complete Spartan Race Boise Sprint recap from this past weekend.

In our research review I discuss two common periodization programs. If you are still going from workout to workout with no plan, it is time to wake up and get with the program. This research looks at block periodization and weekly undulating periodization. Find out which one won the head to head battling in this study and showed better strength, muscle growth, and fat loss.

And finally in our coaches corner, I have on SGX Coach and RD Anne L’Heureux with Spartan SGX BFD. Coach Anne has been killing her races this year and shares some of her new training and nutrition strategies.

She discusses the importance of building a strong aerobic base and build your endurance from. We get into the importance of hiring a coach to look at your strengths and weaknesses and truly see your progress and how to pick the best distance to be competitive in. We also talk about new nutrition strategies that are allowing her to use her carbohydrate intake as super fuel for her workouts and racing. Anne has a unique perspective to maximize metabolic efficiency to burn fat and carbohydrates to their fullest potential.

She discusses her opinions on the best diet plan for the obstacle course racer and simple steps to help you get started with. Need help with your nutrition program? Reach out to Anne through her link below for more info.

Anne’s results speak for themselves and this is a must listen to interview for any serious OCR athlete.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Periodization Study: http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2015/10000/Block_vs__Weekly_Undulating_Periodized_Resistance.1.aspx