Well, if you're doing the event Tough Mudders in October it should be pretty damn tough. Find any way you can to amp it up. When you go out for an average run around your area or hitting the trails hard you can make it more challenging if you do a few of my recommended challenges. Don't let your brain get used to any specific workout and do it different every time.
7 ways to make your workout tougher and challenge yourself
- Run with ankle weights - this mimics the amount of weight your feet carry when you run through mud.
- Drop and give me twenty - push ups are great for your upper body and core
- Sprint intervals - sprint for 30-60 seconds at random times while your out jogging, this will increase your endurance.
- Hill Interval - see a hill and get to the top. Try to run at least once a week in places with hill climbing involved to prepare your legs for the heavy climbing you will be doing.
- Lunges - stop running, start doing lunges, twenty on each leg at least and keep running once your done, this will kill your legs.
- Rock or log carries - see a big rock or log, pick it up and run with it for 1-2 minutes, this is a great one for mental toughness because it's always a very random way to surprise you.
- Bear Crawls - get on all fours and crawl like a bear with keeping your knees off the ground, do this uphill, downhill and on every surface known to man. Doing this for just 50-100 yards can be very difficult.
All of these are only a taste of what you can do to change your style when you go out and run. We have been integrating these into our workouts on Saturdays. It takes longer to get through the run but you end up doing a whole body workout with these variations.
The group is improving every week, Coyote hills today was a great run with perfect weather. Another 6 mile run for all of us and we keep improving every week. Be sure that you are working out during the week as well as your long run on the weekend.
Go out there and get tough
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