We managed to pull Brenna "Red Beast" Calvert away from her jobs and OCR world travels to talk Conquer The Gauntlet.  Evan and Brenna talk 2018 CTG races, changes to Conquer The Gauntlet coming in 2019, Conquer Youth, Conquer Fitness and obstacle difficulty.  Plus, all listeners get invited to Brenna's house after the Conquer Fitness Pro Team takeover the weekend of December 15th.  Finally, Evan talks The Hammer Race which is an OCR while carrying a 8 lbs. sledge hammer. 

Episode brought to you by sponsors of the CTG Pro Team.

Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.

Master's power couple and Conquer The Gauntlet Pros Doug Snyder and Lisa Nondorf join Evan to talk about their experience at OCR World Championships.  The group talks 3k, 15k, Team Race, obstacle difficutly and what it's like to travel/race overseas. 

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Music by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush

Multi-time podium finisher at World's Toughest Mudder and one of the only men to earn the coveted orange jacket (100 miles at WTM), Kris Mendoza joins Evan with guest cohost Leah Hensley to talk World's Toughest Mudder.  Kris talks his training, how he went from 50 miles to 100 in two years, how he got his sick rap skills and why he wears a cookie monster outfit sometimes.  Plus, a couple of shoutouts to our favorite shoes, Merrell.

This episode is brought to you by Atomik Climbing Holds, makers of the best tools for ninja, OCR, pegboard, rig and now balance training.  Don't miss Team Atomik, Wesley Kerr and Evan Perperis at WTM 2018.

Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.

Ep 68:  American Ninja Warrior (ANW) Las Vegas Finalist and the man with the best beard in OCR, Phil Hucke, joins Evan and special cohost Leah Hensley in this episode.  They talk ANW, what it is like behind the scenes, training for OCR vs. Ninja, beard maintenance and Phil's experience at the recent military themed WAR X challenge in Ohio. 

This episode is brough to you by Atomik Climbing Holds, the makers of the best OCR and ninja training tools in the world.

Also in this episode is a special chance to win a free pair of MudGear socks.  Listen, share and tag MudGear for your chance (make sure your share is public).  Winners will be announced first week of November via live stream on S&S Facebook page.

Jared Renyer from JRen Fitness is back for the post-Endure The Gauntlet discussion about what are the physiological effects of Ultra-OCR.  Evan and Jared talk through body fat composition, blood test results from InsideTracker, DARI functional movement test and VO2max test.  Plus, they talk about the "magic" of copper fabric gloves.

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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.

Hammer Nutrition sponsored Anders Jakobsson joins Evan to talk about his transition from powerlifting to marathon swimming (swims over 10k in length).  Included in this episode are fueling strategies, the "everest" of marathon swimming, training schedules and lesssons learned that can be applied to Obstacle Course Racing. 

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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush

Tattooed OCR Pro Jamie Stiles, known for her 10 podiums at Savage Race and world class performances at OCRWC and North American OCR Championships, joins Evan and cohost Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Ashley Samples.  They talk about Jamie's figure compettitor days, how shes uses Crossfit now, why she loves Savage Race, MIT Tough Team and more.  Plus, the group shares tattoo stories.

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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush

Former cage fighter Michael Adsit joins Evan to talk about what it was like being the the early days of a sport.  He takes us through his cage fighting career of no holds barred fighting of what would eventually morph into the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.  Long removed from his career in cage fighting, Michael has recently found the new sport of OCR. 

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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush

MudGear's John Penland, the future of OCR, joins Evan to talk about his training, what it's like being an elite athlete as well as a high school student and how he plans on taking things to the next level.  He shares some major goals with us and who we should keep an eye out for in the future of OCR.

Music by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush