2017 Physical Challenge: Enter a Tough Mudder race!

TermsOfColors · 2017-01-21T21:51:23+00:00

This smells like an advertisement LOL.

I've done similar events but they were organized by a different outfit. It was fun, and I agree that probably anyone could do it. Most of them were like a big party with a few hardcore people mixed in.

0xdada · 2017-01-21T23:52:06+00:00

No way in hell tough mudder would want to be promoted on this sub. Half the people who do it are women, and a third of those are wiry crossfit ladies. Great way to meet fit girls though. I did a few of events when they started out years ago.

If you aren't that physical, I recommend it highly. Huge confidence booster. If you want to know what fit looks like, TM is a good place to see what being able to do a muscle up is good for, and what a sad sack of shit you are compared to people who take care of themselves.

The best part is the last few miles when you see the last standing fatties and they are suffering like nothing you have ever seen, still pulling themselves along. It's then you realize they are driven by something harder and scarier than you will ever even begin to conceive of. Mudders are hard if you are fit. If you are not, there is something deep inside those people that clicks on and if you happen to get a glance at their eyes you can tell they don't even see you, they don't even see the ground, the trees or the obstacles because all they see is the goal. The look on their faces says "do it. laugh at me again, tell me no again, feel sorry for me again, tell me again how I am not good enough, that I am not cut out for this, that maybe next time, that I'm so nice, good effort, . Again. Do it. Again."

I saw those guys after 15 miles 3 times up and down a mountain and I could tell each of them had shown up alone. There were a few left, and they were still taking one step forward after another, heel heavy and hard, not to tell their friends or get a t-shirt, but to put just that little bit more distance between the men they knew in their souls they could be, and the shame they were putting behind them. It was fucking beautiful.

ozaku7 · 2017-01-22T19:46:04+00:00

I finished the race without training for it. Fitness is not your weakness, your mind is.

askmrcia · 2017-01-21T21:40:05+00:00

Already did the tough mudder for the past two years.

I could say its easy, but I admit I'm in great shape. But almost anyone can do it. I've seen guys in there 60s who was in decent shape, not the best do it no problem. They may not have the fastest time, but its not that bad.

If anyone wants to train, I recommend running 10miles once a week at your local metro park making sure you run up some hills. Do that three times and you'll be able to handle it.

SMGPthrowaway · 2017-01-21T23:16:42+00:00

I've done a Spartan race and didn't train for it... at all. Pulled my quad on mile 7/10 in the thick Georgia mud. Some of the most fun I've ever had while running.

I highly recommend these, but unless you actually like running, only with your good friends. If you have a good friend that is up for it I heartily recommend the experience. Having a running buddy is awesome in these things.

But pro tip: buy the shoes they sell (idk if tough mudder sells shoes, spartan does). You won't regret it.

squidracer · 2017-01-22T02:13:06+00:00

I did a mudathon years ago. Total blast

ImHerWonderland · 2017-01-22T02:20:01+00:00

Honest opinion, is it really worth it? I just turned twenty and I've got four years and some change left in the Army. I get forced to do dumb things that look eerily similar to this, but if someone can really vouch for it then I'd be willing to grab a few guys and try it out.

Battle-Scars · 2017-01-21T22:24:14+00:00

Good post OP, every Man should be setting physical goals for himself every year. I'm your age and training to paddle an outrigger canoe across the mouth of the Bay, 26 mile race, 5 hours constant paddling. Should be fun.

WeightsNCheatDates · 2017-01-23T21:05:05+00:00

I signed up for a Spartan Race in May. Why? Because I'm a fucking man and need a challenge in life.

mikesteane · 2017-01-22T00:38:12+00:00

Exercise is a double edged sword. Most people (in the western world) do not get nearly enough. A small minority of top athletes get far too much for their health. Even though they might be world class athletes for a time, they are often completely worn out, or even crippled, by the age of 45.

Unless you have an exceptional reason to pay the price of over-training (the rewards for a tiny minority of top athletes can be great) exercise should be appropriate. At the age of 49, you would probably be better off preparing for a long life of healthy mild exercise (dancing, gardening, walking) than getting involved in competitive and potentially damaging sports.

LordThunderbolt · 2017-01-22T06:20:36+00:00

Please, no. Stop with all this cardio nonsense.

Enter a Powerlifting or Strongman competition instead, and test your might

Title	2017 Physical Challenge: Enter a Tough Mudder race!
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