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Breathing - Best practices for performance
Breathing – Best practices for performance! Everyone has at one time or another, pondered the idea: What would be the best way to breathe while running? There are so many opinions on the subject, it’s no wonder so many are confused.
OCR Performance Professionals
Coach Diaz and Elite OCR Athlete Veejay Jones share details of their OCR Performance Project a virtual group training program for aspiring Spartan competitors. Aside from this, Coach Diaz also shares some insights into his freshly released book- TRAIN...
TIPS ON HOME EXERCISE WHILE YOU… HUNKER DOWN!
Everyone is locked down and could use some non contact human interaction right now. Veejay Jones (pro obstacle course athlete) and I Richard Diaz (his coach). Discuss current affairs, home exercise options and what’s the best treadmill to buy for your ...
Ryan Fischer talks about Dark Horse II with Coach Diaz
The Dark Horse program is a highly innovative approach to training for CrossFit and other High Intensity competitions. Behind the research Coach Diaz has invested in anaerobic metabolism and lactate tolerance training,
Another 24 hr OCR World Championship hits the U.S.?
OCR World Championship is slated for August of this year on the East Coast!
DO YOU? CONCEPT2
If you intend to compete in Hyrox or Crossfit, you’ll not want to miss this episode!
TRAINING TIPS AND…DON’T RELOCATE SPARTAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Veejay Jones and I discuss… * How the race season is shaping up* Training Secrets I won’t share* Spartan World Championship moves to Abu Dhabi* Hyrox, is it the new thing in OCR? Yes, we covered a lot of ground in this episode. How
IS HYROX THE NEXT BIG THING IN FUNCTIONAL FITNESS?
For my last episode in 2019, I asked Elite Spartan Athlete Ryan Kent to be my featured guest to discuss Hyrox, the new rage in the OCR community.
BLACK FRIDAY Q&A 2019!
During this episode VeeJay Jones and Coach Diaz spoke about Running injuries, Training volume, Black toenails and a whole lot more!
What’s a Virtual Gait Analysis?
Unvarnished conversation between a real life client and Coach Diaz discussing the outcome thus far. Like Mark, a lot of Spartan Race Athletes identify that they have much needed work on their run game if they hope to get onto the podium.