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Wall & Wire may earn a commission from links in this article. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence — we only recommend gear we’d actually race in. Walk through any OCR starting corral and you’ll …
Wall & Wire may earn a commission from links in this article. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence — we only recommend gear we’d actually race in. For Sprint-distance races, you can get away with …
Wall & Wire may earn a commission from links in this article. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence — we only recommend gear we’d actually race in. The grip glove debate in OCR is almost …
Wall & Wire may earn a commission from links in this article. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence — we only recommend gear we’d actually race in. Your shoes are the single most important gear …
Difficulty: Beginner Equipment: Bodyweight (optional: resistance band, stability ball) Obstacles This Helps With: Barbed wire crawl, low crawls, tunnel obstacles, any ground-based obstacle The barbed wire crawl is one of those obstacles that looks straightforward …
Difficulty: All levels Equipment: Sandbag, heavy backpack, or actual bucket with gravel Obstacles This Helps With: Bucket carry, sandbag carry, atlas carry, tire drag, any loaded carry obstacle Nobody fears the bucket carry before their …
Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Equipment: Bodyweight, box or bench for step-ups Obstacles This Helps With: 4-foot wall, 6-foot wall, 8-foot wall, inverted wall, slip wall Every OCR athlete has a wall story. Maybe it’s the …
Difficulty: Beginner Equipment: Bodyweight + basic gym equipment Target Audience: First-time Spartan racers You signed up. Maybe it was a New Year’s resolution, a dare from a friend, or a social media rabbit hole that …
Difficulty: All levels Equipment: Pull-up bar, kettlebell or dumbbell, towel Obstacles This Helps With: Monkey bars, rope climb, Twister, multi-rig, Tyrolean traverse, bucket carry, atlas carry Here’s a truth that every experienced OCR athlete learns …
Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Equipment: Climbing rope (or gym alternative), pull-up bar Obstacles This Helps With: Rope climb, Tyrolean traverse, any vertical climbing obstacle You’re on mile 7, your forearms are pumped, your grip is …
Let’s be real: half the reason people do OCR is the photos. The muddy finish-line shot, the mid-obstacle action photo, the team victory pose — these images are the social currency of the OCR community. …