Pushups, Lots of Them

One of the best and simplest wars to get ready for a Mudder is to do pushups. These work your core and add greatly to your overall body strength and fitness.

Incline, decline and deep lunge pushups make sure you work different muscle groups and help maintain a greater flexibility in the areas you're building muscle.

I've set a goal to do 100 pushups a day by January 2013 and maintain that 100 every day in January. I just did 50 this evening broken out into three sets, 20, 18 and 12 with a short rest in between.

Here are some simple pushup blocks for deep lunges. Do your regular pushups but go all the way down and touch your nose to the ground. This deeper pushup will challenge your body and build greater range of motion.

You can build a set from scrap handrail and 2x4's. I've been using these for over 10 years.

MM Man

Mild Mudder Training

Fourty five minutes of hard cardio mixed inside a three mile run. Did everything twice, on the way out and on the way back.

Intense activities included:
Push ups
Park bench hopping
Pull ups on rings
Inverted Pull ups
Dips
Soccer goal climbs
Hill climb

Low intensity activities:
Half pull ups (feet on ground body at a 45 degree angle)
Side steps with a squat every fifth
Side traverse a bridge
Balance beam on railroad tracks
Sprint and jump as high as I can

Till the next dirty deed...
MM Man

Day One

First official training day for Worlds Toughest Mudder 2013. 24 hour obstacle course mud run.

13.2 mile training run in 44 degrees with a light fog. Beautiful conditions. Half trail tun and half road run. Finished the last mile with a hill climb.
I got so warm I went shirtless.

Worlds Toughest Mudder Official Page 2012

2011 Official Video Worlds Toughest Mudder