Strength & Speed

Battle Corps and S&S Dev Team Athlete Leah Hensley joins Brenna and Evan to discuss recent 8 hour Ultra-OCR events including Toughest Mudder Atlanta, Toughest Mudder Philly and Dirt Runner's Midwest Mayhem 6 hr event.     This episode is brought to you by Marena Sport, use code MSportCTG for 20% off your order. Intro/Outro music brought to by Marc Capaldo and Madison Ambush.

Brenna Calvert and Evan Perperis discuss their recent race results and experiences including Brenna's podium finish at Savage Race Georgia, Evan's 1st place at Warrior Dash TN and discussing the hardest (?) four miles of OCR at Conquer The Gauntlet Atlanta.     This episode brought to you Hylete. Intro/Outro music from Marc Capaldo and Madison Ambush

Ultra-OCR Australian athlete Timothy Oliver shares with S&S his secret to success, how World's Toughest Mudder is different than True Grit Enduro 24 and details about the Australian OCR scene.  For any Australian's listening to this that want a copy of the book "S&S's Guide to Elite OCR" message Strength & Speed or Evan Perpers on Facebook and he will bring a copy to True Grit in June.   This episode brought to you by Hammer Nutrition.  For 15% off your first order use ref# 240887.

California's Strongest Man, top 10 finisher at National's and 6th at Arnold World Championship Strongman Kalle Beck joins Evan to discuss the application of Strongman training to OCR.  The owner of StartingStrongman.com and coach for Complete Human Performance, Kalle shares his views and highlights similarities between OCR-Strongman, topics include television appearances, drugs, developing hype, standardizing the sport, negative aspects of the Olympics and much more.     This episode brought to you by Harbinger Fitness, for weight belts, weight vests and fat bar training, head over to Harbinger.  

Strength & Speed Developmental Team athlete Serra Langone joins Brenna and Evan to discuss her recent win at the multi-lap FIT Challenge, her experiences of the Dev Team and how she balances work-life-training.   This episode brought to you by RockTape, check out their website to find out why they are more than a tape company and are more of a movement company.

The 2nd place team, Strength & Speed, discuss their experiences at the first ever Terrain Racing Relay 24 hour race.  Joining Evan Perperis is Miles Keller, Ryan Owen and Chris Polito.  The team talks about the format (strength, speed, technique), their strategy for racing/fueling and gives a special shoutout to dryrobe.   This episode is brought to you by Sinergy Sports for great OCR training tools to improve your home gym, shop at Rob Butler's Sinergy Sports where "strong isn't strong enough." Intro/Outro music from Marc Capaldo and Madison Ambush.   

Wisconsin OCR athlete Jordon Buscemi shares his secrets of success and how to podium at OCR World Championships along with how he manages to balance work/life balance with his 20+ first place finishes.  Also, Evan offers help for Ultra-OCR and Brenna asks about future plans.     This episode is brought to you by Harbinger Fitness.   Intro/Outro by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.

Brenna and Evan recap some of their recent events including: Brenna's experience at Green Beret Challenge, Mighty Mud Dash, Spartan Race.  Evan's recent injury recovery using dry needling and blood flor restriction training.  Additionally, S&S shares their international travel plans including Lebanon & Australia!!!!   This episode brought to you by Mudgear.  Use CTGSTRONG for 15% off your order. Intro/Outro provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.

Co-host of the Link Endurance podcast Miles Keller joins S&S host Evan Perperis for this episode of the podcast.  The two discuss a ton of OCR topics ranging from Terrain Race, OCRWC, podcasting, USAOCR and the Olympics.  Also, Miles considers switching sports to rhythmic gymnastics while Evan considers getting into horse dancing.   This episode brought to you by Hammer Nutrition. For 15% off your first order use ref # 240887 or click the link.

Sandy and Troy Anthony are interviewed about their three race series Black Swamp Dash in Ohio. Also, Evan gets excited about multi-lap options (I know...big shocker) and Brenna decides to return for another shot at the Black Swamp Foot trophy.   This episode brought to you by Honey Stinger.  We recommend the organic honey and waffles.  #HShive

American Ninja Warrior competitor and Wolfpack Ninja leader Noah Kaufman talks about his upcoming Wolfpack Ninja Tour, his opinions on ANW, his training regime and the upcoming show Ultimate Beastmaster.  Also, Evan shares his opinions on some of the things from Ninja Warrior that upset him.   This episode brought to you by Atomik Climbing Holds. Intro/Outro by Marc Capaldo and Madison Ambush.

Conquer The Gauntlet co-owner David Mainprize talks about how CTG got started in 2012, where they are going in the future and the challenges the company faces in expansion.  Also, Evan talks about how CTG changed his perspective on obstacles and Brenna asks a serious question about OCRWC.   This episode brought to you by Beet Performer, use code 1CTGBP15 for 15% off your order from Amazon.com Intro/outro from Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush

Multi-time Spartan World Champion and former BattleFrog Pro Team Athlete Claude Godbout discusses her 2016 season (which ended in March due to injury), her plans for 2017 and the upcoming Northman race in Canada.  Also, Brenna discusses OCR Power Couples and Evan gets some Biathlon lessons learned for OCR. 

Multi-time World's Toughest Mudder Veteran and Battle Corps Athlete Jason Rulo talks about The Battlegrounds permanent  OCR facility in Wright City, MO and about his new creation the Neptune Thermoregulation system.  Also, Brenna commits to Ultra-OCR and Evan discusses his topical solution for fixing uncomfortableness.

Logan Nagle, #19, from History Channel's The Selection shares his experience on the life changing event.  Evan and Brenna draw lessons learned of mental toughness, self selecting limits and perseverance, applying them to OCR and World's Toughest Mudder. This episode is brought to you by Atomik Climbing Holds Intro/Outro: "From Another Day" By Madison Ambush

Evan & Brenna interview Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Athlete Ashley Samples about her 2016/2017 seasons.  After a 10 overall wins and a string of other podium finishes she had to cut her season short due to pregnancy.  Her training, journery and challenges of a new NICU mom are shared in this episode.  Also, intial plans are made for OCR Tinder and Brenna offers herself to the OCR world. Intro/Outro: From Another Day by Madison Ambush

Welcome to the Strength & Speed podcast.  Cohosts Evan Perperis and Brenna Calvert talk about the future of the podcast, some information about themselves and what they have in store for 2017. Intro/Outro music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush