Preparing For The Tough Guy Challenge
Working out from home is a very convenient way to get into shape and lose weight
. Many people enjoy being able to enjoy developing strength within their own home using home weight sets, treadmills, ellipticals, and stationary bikes.
These things are wonderful for achieving a basic level of strength and endurance. However, if you are planning on competing in the tough guy competition, you may need to intensify your workout routine.
The tough guy competition can last anywhere between 90 minutes and five hours. How long this competition lasts for you depends on your level of fitness and how much pain you are willing to endure.
This competition is only help biannually and is designed solely to raise money for charity. The race usually begins with 2000-4000 competitors.
These competitors begin with a long cross-country run to the start of the obstacle course. The obstacle course includes a variety of death defying and painful obstacles.
The obstacle course includes a certain section that is called the "Killing Fields." There are electric fences, underground and underwater tunnels, fire pits, barbed wire and acres of mud that must be crossed.
There are two versions of this race. One is held during the winter and the other during the summer.
In the winter, the competitors must also deal with freezing temperatures. Most suffer hypothermia before they reach the end.
In the summer, the competitors must face a longer course with thick nettle patches. This challenge is perhaps the most challenging one-day survival course.
The competition began in 1986 and was held on a 600-acre farm in Perton, Staffordshire in England. It was organized by Billy Wilson, sometimes called "Mr. Mouse."
Every race, at least 1/3 of the competitors fail to finish. This is not a surprise as it is commonly called "the toughest race in the world."
After 24 years of the winter races, Wilson believes that no one has finished the race by following all of his demanding rules. The race is so demanding that there have been two deaths.
In 2000, Michael Green from Leicestershire collapsed halfway through the race with a massive heart attack. He died later in the hospital.
The heart attack was caused by extreme hypothermia. He died at age 44.
Seven years later, in 2007, a 30 year-old man died while competing in the summer competition. Injuries are very common in this race.
Broken necks, broken and dislocated bones, and hypothermia are quiet common. If you are planning in competing in this race, you must be overly prepared because that is probably not even enough.
The tough guy course is generally between seven and eight miles long. While the course changes each year, there are several things that have commonly been included.
For example, a 40 foot crawl through under water tunnel course has generally been included. Balancing planks across a fire pit, half-mile wade through chest-deep mud, 70-meters of barbed wire crawl with gun shots going off above your head and smoke bombs, and so forth.
To participate it costs between 80 pounds to 1,000 pounds and entrants must be at least 16 years old. A death warrant, or waiver, must be signed before participation can occur.
However, medical aid is on hand at all times. In 2009, James Appleton won in 1 hr and 18 min at age 23.
The next year, Paul Jones won in about the same amount of time during desperately cold conditions. After he won, he helped five others finish in the next few minutes.
This event has generally been very successful in raising a lot of money for charity. There is also a shorter race for other participants on the same day called The Last Man Standing.
This race includes a 15 metre underwater swim, a Scottish Thistle Hill roll, Lassoes Legs Lake Lope, Highwire Brandenburg Bootlace Struggle, Highwire TG bootlace Blaney Kiss, and a required bite on electric wire.
This race certainly will try the toughest of men. There is no chance of survival if you have not been working out and maintaining a certain fitness level as well as building strength of mind.
Another event in the long race is called the Tiger. The Tiger is a 40ft A- frame that must be crossed.
There are electric cables hanging from the top the entire way across. Following this there are several walls to climb over, rope crossings, and so forth.
Home treadmills, ellipticals, weight sets, and stationary bikes can help you train for this. However, you must challenge yourself and spend some time training outdoors as well.
by: Jack Landry
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