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Big Memorial Day Deals for Top OCRs!
It’s a good time of year for you to be locking in some of your race season plans, because top race series such as Tough Mudder, Spartan Race, and BattleFrog are giving you some great Memorial Day discounts. Tough Mudder is offering $20.00 off of any USA-based race for the…
The Mudlife Crisis Take on the Safety of Vibram FiveFingers
I wrote my last post on my personal recommendation for OCR shoes, and my favorite shoe is the Vibram FiveFingers Spyridon LS. And naturally, that has brought out a lot of questions like this: “But I read that they proved those minimalist shoes were bad for your feet! Why are…
Constant Movement vs. Working Out
One of the big discoveries that’s gotten a lot of play in the media over the past couple of years is the idea that sitting is awful for us. So, many folks have been switching things up and creating standing desks. I’m one of them – I switched to a…
Gear Advice: Minimalist Shoes for the OCR Athlete
Up to now I haven’t done a lot of talking about actually racing other than the article on how MovNat can prepare us for various obstacles in a race. That ends today. I got a regularly scheduled promotional email from one of my favorite shoe companies, VivoBarefoot, last Friday, and…
“Why Would You WANT To?
The first time you tell someone that you’re training for an obstacle course race, you generally get one of two attitudes about it: those who think it’s awesome or even just impressive, and those who don’t get the attraction. And that’s fine. Not everyone is into OCR. But there’s an extreme…
MovNat – the Tools Are Out There, Just Get Started
Last week, my friend Sandy Shepard and I put out a podcast for the BeingJamesBond.com website on MovNat, the exercise methodology that I love most and has done such wonderful things for me. But one of the comments I get most frequently on MovNat is that it’s too hard to…
