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Amy Darch - Obstacle Course Racing, Training and the Competitors Mindset.


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This week's guest is Amy Darch. Amy is a Coach at W10 in London, an Obstacle Course Race (OCR) competitor and she has competed at OCR World Championships the past 2 years.

In this episode Amy and I discuss:
- How she ended up doing her first OCR event, what about OCR events has become so addictive for her and why she decided to compete in them.
- How Amy's training has evolved from her first OCR event to this year and preparing for the World Championships.
- The importance of technical mastery and movement efficiency for OCR competitors.
- What the key Training areas are for an OCR event, what areas are commonly forgotten and what an example training week might look like for those looking to undertake an OCR.
- The importance of a proper training structure and realising you can't train everything all the time, you must prioritise and program for specific outcomes.
- The importance of having a competitors mindset when it comes to competing and overcoming adversity and injuries.

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The Empowered Body PodcastBy Adam Willis