Warrior dash what kind of obstacles

Most Popular Countries. All Discounts We have plenty more discounts for almost every race out there. Click here to see our full list of obstacle course race and mud run discount codes. Online Coaching. OCR Books. Race Reviews:. In-Depth Race Recaps. Mud Hero. Warrior Dash. Frontline OCR. Big Dog Brag. All News. In , I beat nearly 17, other people to win a Warrior Dash — my first obstacle race ever. How to Execute Your Race Strategy The majority of Warrior Dash courses start on a narrow trail that requires a more strategic start than road races.

Tunnels, pools of water, and other walls to cross Fire, mud, and more barbed wire than a federal prison. Excited yet? Get comfortable with being uncomfortable If your goal is to run fast, you have to run fast during training.

Here are several other ways to prepare for an OCR: Enter several trail races. The hills and technical terrain will better prepare you for Warrior Dash than road racing.

Spend minutes doing bodyweight strength exercises several times per week. This type of general strength approach is all you need to succeed at short-course obstacle racing. Have fun, train smart, and race fast! About Latest Posts. The bicycle kick technique is usually the best at propelling you forward and keeping you moving.

Remember — your grip will only last for so long. Focus on the rungs in front of you, and use your legs to help propel you along. Description: The fire jump is a staple of many obstacle course races.

It is typically either at the beginning or end of the course, and tends to be a great photo op. Mentally, it can be a 3 or 4. Recommended Areas of Training: Confidence — you can do this! Keep Moving Build up a bit of speed no need for sprinting , and jump while running.

Find some Friends The Fire Jump is a great photo op, so grab some friends and jump together. Having folks do it with you can also help your confidence, too. If you can think of any other tips or techniques, feel free to comment below. Happy racing! Description: A wall traverse is a horizontal climb, not a vertical one.

Some obstacles might have long strips of wood, possibly inclining or declining along the length of the wall. To successfully complete the obstacle, you must travel the length of the wall without touching the ground and without using the top of the wall as a handhold. Some races will have a bell to ring at the end of the wall.

Recommended Areas of Training: Grip — Can be strengthened directly using various contraptions or isolation exercises, but also indirectly strengthened from exercises like heavy deadlifts or pull-ups. Upper Back — exercises like rows, pull-ups, or rope climbs will strengthen your upper back to help you breeze through this obstacle. Recommended Obstacle Technique: Advance both hands and then both feet i.

Clean Up Chances are your hands and shoes are muddy and wet. Get A Grip You are not simply hanging from the handholds. You need to hold onto them and use them to pull yourself closer to the wall.

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I enjoyed the obstacles but hated all the hills. I think you should be told about the hills. That first one is a big one! Also the lack of water stations was very disappointing. There was one at the beginning and not another one till almost the end. Neither the medics or volunteers had any to hand out either.

I was completely dehydrated by the end of the course. First experience with Warrior Dash. Took up a volunteer shift from , got let off our shift at , and I figured me and my buddy would have enough time to go back to our car for our race gear, com3 back and change, use the porta potty, and drop off our bag at bag check before racing. We got to the start line at only to be told the last wave of racers was let through at 1pm and we weren't allowed to race.

When we talked to the staff at solutions we were told they don't give out free race vouchers and we were given a support email to find a solution instead.

We had reason to believe they would let out waves at least until since out volunteer shift was scheduled to potentially last that long, but the staff failed to communicate to us that the last wave would be let out only 20 mins after we checked out and now we have to wait a whole year before the next one in Socal.

It's not worth it to travel out of state for a 5k obstacle race to me. It was gonna be my buddy's first OCR as well and now I don't know if he'll be able to race it next year since he usually works on weekends. Made a 4 hour drive and wasted money for a campsite reservation the night before just to get screwed over. At least I eventually got a free race code after emailing them.

Btw, the email staff gave us didn't work and I had to fetch the support email myself. My advice, go with Spartan races.

They at least make sure you race at the same event if you volunteer and want to run. Great fun. My daughter and I did this run last year in the rain and decided to come back a second year. We had a great time and enjoyed the obstacles. I been doing the NYC Warrior race 3 years in a row now. I found it more organized each year since. The race is still the same location.

It is still a fun race with most of it covering hilly wooded terrain. Its not really an advance race and each year seems to get easier obstacle wise. Nov 13, Dade City, FL. Use our magical one-click race finder to pull up all races near you, or search for a specific city or zipcode.