5 Mistakes Beginners Make in a Spartan Race

In this video, I've talked about the 5 major mistakes that beginners make in obstacle course race training and final event. These mistakes can lead to you not finishing the race or getting injured. Watch this video to avoid these mistakes.

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0:56 - 5 Mistakes beginners make
1:30 - Starting with extended running
2:54 - Running way too fast
5:01 - Not training grip strength
6:13 - Not doing hill training
7:27 - Not fueling your body
10:35 - Bonus tip

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[DevinCooper-ph]

Just completed my first spartan race 3 days ago in the 30-34 age group heat for the Super. Was definitely an eye opener in my strengths and weaknesses. I've always loved having variety in my workouts and doing heavy carries, plyometrics, and even martial arts (mobility/power) helped me a lot in the race. But my stamina can definitely improve since doing some road work months before the race was very new for me. My grip strength could also improve even more since that was the limiting factor in 3 of the 4 obstacles I failed. All in all though, it was a very humbling and exciting experience and I can't wait to see my progress onto the next one.

[Beazlilly]

Thanks for the tips!! My first race is in February 2024 !!

[linuxmin]

in 2 days from now I am joining a spartan race, sprint 5k, its my first time and I am very unprepared... I will be careful to not hurt myself, but will do my best... the cool thing is I am already thinking of keep on training so I can see how much more I can do with a full year of training :)

[PrinceQ]

My first race will be an ultra race tomorrow . I’m raw dogging it . Wish me luck

[NikolaTeslaEE]

I’ve completed multiple Spartans and Tough Mudder, including a Beast and an Infinity. Running trails or run/walking trails AND grip strength, grip endurance is the vast majority of what you need for OCR (Obstacle Course Races).

Other important stuff is running gear, nutrition and hydration before AND during the race. Take note of aid stations with water and bananas. Drop some electrolytes on that water. Test your gear, electrolytes, and nutrition before race day. Do a trial run with heat on, eating and drinking.

I’m 49 (in 2024) and still going strong. Been doing this since 2011. Best of Luck to everyone. God bless!

[CdtFabio]

Fix for Mistakes 1&2: find a running plan that fits your goals and your current run base. Couch to 5k for your first sprint, 5k under X mins if you have a baseline 5k, hal higdon for your beast distances.
Bonus tip: make sure you train your runs as much as possible on trails even if it's just one run a week.

[victorystar]

Just completed my first sprint at 1h 6m. This video was super informative for improving my training regiment, i did not do enough cardio and only focused on obstacle training. I will be doing a super in September so ramping up for that!

[NotoriousFear]

Thanks for the tips. I got four months to train for it 🙏🏽

[renothekid]

Gonna run my first Spartan race in 2 months and these are some great tips to keep in mind 💪🏼😎👍🏼

[itsrealbasaTV]

I recently quit smoking and started to improve my way of life and I joined this beginner race in Sparta and wish for some advice and suggestions

[stevekrivda]

First Spartan race 12/8 coming up. My 14yr and 16yr old boys and I are doing the Super
these are great tips

[PetriicchhRLoud]

this year I signed up to do my first spartan 5k race. I can't run much but I have a strong upper body. I can do monkey bars no problem, i'm close to my first solo pull up. I'm really scared of climbing ropes. 😅

[lauracurtis]

Just completed my first May 4th. Still tending to a sore rib from one of the walls. Learned a lot of strength and weakness. Monkey bars are a lot larger than my hands and slippery. That was something.

[lanisemckenzie]

Hey hey big thanks Josiah, big love and appreciation!

I'll be running my first spartan in 3 months. I decided to begin with the 5k obstacle sprint. I'm grateful for these tips and all the knowledge and inspiration you share here.

Question: I am curious to know your thoughts on gloves or no gloves for the race? Or if you can speak to equipment such as wearing a waterbag or knee braces etc.

Again, much appreciation and all the best to you🙏🏿🙂

[Matts_Motivation]

June 7th, I’ll be doing my first spartan race which is the beast. Let’s go! One foot in front of the other

[alfredoalvarado]

Just finished the Sprint in Big Bear and it was crazy, I did it with almost no training. For the next one I’m definitely going to work myself up, to where I need to be with time.

[marek]

#1, wear gloves, you'll get blisters so quickly, and once you pop a blister the rest of the obstacles really suck. #2, upperbody stregth, make sure you can do lots of monkey bars or tricept pushes. Everything else is easy enough.

[WholeHealthConnections]

Thanks for the video. Some good tips and reminders. About to do my second Spartan race this weekend. First 10K 🤘🏼

[MrNintoku]

Doing a spartan race in May in Australia. Will be my first. I'm doing the 5km sprint (20 Obstacles). My goal is simply to finish. I do not care if I come last 2 hours after everyone else. Grip strength will be the biggest challenge for me.

[Krystal-dz]

I'm 13 and I have my first race on October 1st, this helps a lot! Thanks :)