Strength & Speed


"If you want something you never had, you have to be willing to do something you have never done."

Podcast- 2021 Episodes

Strength & Speed podcast is an Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) focused podcast that aims to bring you the best techniques and training tips in OCR.  

What makes us different is the unique approach to taking lessons learned from other sports and applying them to OCR.  Plus, we try to focus on the smaller or lesser known race series to highlight their unique take on OCR. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with the latest episodes.

We will be talking and interviewing athletes, coaches and race directors from inside the OCR industry as well as athletes from other sports.  

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S&S Podcast Host

Strength & Speed owner, CTG Pro Team Athlete and Hammer Nutrition sponsored athlete Evan Perperis.  For full bio click here.

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Ep 166:Grit Fitness Pro Kait Bykowicz recently finished 2nd at Toughest Mudder East (Poconos) after winning the sprint lap for the ladies.  She joins Evan to talk about her thoughts on the first Toughest Mudder of 2021, the recent Rugged Maniac OKC and her future plans in the ultra and OCR world....including an appearance at the endurance version of Battle of the Lions.

 

Episode brought to you by The Amino Company, use code Strength to get 30% off your orders from the Amino Company at www.aminoco.com/tss

 

Music provided by Dino Sinos, follow his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs41UzqhjMs7MJFM6oG8yzg

Ep 165: Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Brint Hastert made some big waves in the sport recently when he finished 3rd at the Hyrox US National Championship.  Evan talks to Brint about his training, background in sports, diet and more in this content packed episode. Plus, we learn why Brint tends to stay away from DekaFit and his plans for Battle of the Lions OCR.

 

Episode brought to you by The Amino Company, use code Strength to get 30% off your orders from the Amino Company at www.aminoco.com/tss

 

Music provided by Dino Sinos, follow his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs41UzqhjMs7MJFM6oG8yzg

Ep 164: Spartan Pro and men's champion from Indian Mud Run Logan Broadbent joins Conquer The Gauntlet Pros Jenny Overstreet and Evan Perperis to talk Indian Mud Run.  The two dive into the details of the race, what they thought of the 85 obstacles, how hard was the 3 lap chief's challenge, which obstacles were scary, which ones were hard and more.  It's an all Indian Mud Run episode with world champion boomerang thrower Logan Broadbent (go back and listen to the last episode we had him on for details and check out the Dude Perfect video below).

 

Logan/Dude Perfect's Boomerang Trick Shots Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9KxqRUcnCU

 

Episode brought to you by The Amino Company, use code Strength to get 30% off your orders from the Amino Company at www.aminoco.com/tss

 

Music provided by Dino Sinos, follow his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs41UzqhjMs7MJFM6oG8yzg

Ep 163: Amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Fighter Colt Billingsly joins filmmaker Bobby Ross and Strength & Speed owner Evan Perperis to talk training, mindset and more in this episode.  The first half of the episode talks mostly about training and crossover points between MMA and Obstacle Course Racing (OCR).  The second half is spent talking about the Reign vs. Bang fight scene with Colt & Evan filmed by Bobby as well as some of the discovered nuances with movie fighting. 


Watch the Evan/Reign vs. Colt/Bang fight scene here (jump to 5:20 to get right to the fight): https://youtu.be/1ixIOpgungM?t=320 

Follow Colt on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/coltyrolty/

Follow Bobby Ross on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChb4ElYaw5nF6rvl5JREJoQ


Episode brought to you by Yolked, use code Strength20 for 20% off from www.yolked.com

Music provided by Dino Sinos, follow his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs41UzqhjMs7MJFM6oG8yzg

Ep 162: John Kelly (www.randomforestrunner.com) is one of the best ultra-runners of all time with major accomplishments including:

John is joined very briefly by our beer drinking ultra-runner Gary Shaw (race director of Leaky Hourglass Ultra: ) and Ultra-OCR Man Evan Perperis (www.ultraocrman.com) to talk the far reaches of endurance including training, fueling, gear, major goals and a lot more. 

 

Links for the Ultra-OCR Bible and Ultra-OCR Man: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/books

 

This episode was brought to you by XOSKIN, a veteran owned company providing high quality compression apparel that John Kelly uses for multi-day endurance without issues.  Use code Strength15 to save 15% off http://xoskin.us

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 161: Aliyah Emas is a the definition of multi-sport with backgrounds jumping into any type of event including strong(wo)man, rowing, Crossfit, running, figure competitions and triathlon but is now focused on OCR.  This NASM certified trainer and 3k North American OCR Champion in her Age Group who has racked up 15 OCR podium finishes in a short time shares her training methodology with Conquer The Gauntlet Pros Ashley Samples and Evan Perperis.  Plus, the three talk their most recent races including the star studded Hildervat Race and Frontline OCR (OCR with a weight vest to honor first responders). Plus they find out what the deal is with her giant hoop earrings that she always wears at races.

 

BleggMits now back in stock, order here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/

MudGear Made Tougher video: https://fb.watch/5UDiOkU_A4/

Evan's fight scene (subscribe to Bobby Ross' YouTube): https://youtu.be/1ixIOpgungM?t=320 (start at 5:20 for the fight scene)

 

Episode brought to you by XOSKIN, use code Strength15 to save 15% items from http://xoskin.us

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 160: Physical Therapist Kelly Williams answers your questions that were posted to the Strength & Speed Facebook page on dealing with injury.  Kelly also recently raced both HYROX and DekaFit doing well in both.  After the Q&A portion, Evan and Kelly talk Tougher Mudder Missouri, where they both finished 2nd in their gender.  Plus, Evan shares what he does in his free time when not trying to hurt himself doing endurance sports. 

 

MudGear commercial now live: https://fb.watch/5AW8v4DJ51/

Bobby's fight scene between Evan/Reign and Colt/Bang is now live (starts at 5:20 in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ixIOpgungM&t=536s

 

Episode brought to you by XOSKIN, use code Strength15 to save 15% off their socks, compression or XOUNDERWEAR.

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 159: The last BattleFrog champion/the first Battle of the Lions champion Amy "Magic" Pajcic and CTG Pro Doug Snyder join Evan to discuss some of their recent races.  Amy gives a run down of the scenic Horseshoe Bend OCR in Arizona, the crew talks about all things Battle of the Lions (BOTL) and finally we talk some expectations for Indian Mud Run.

 

Join the BOTL Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/455257708983324

Pickup a copy of S&S's New Guide to Elite OCR here: https://amzn.to/3pGpbYy

 

Episode brought to you by XOSKIN, head to http://xoskin.us and use code Strength15 to save 15%.

Ep 158: 2x time Emmy Winner and 5x time nominee, Anthony Miale, a senior editor for the HBO TV Show Last Week Tonight With John Oliver join Evan Perperis and co-host Bobby Ross to talk about chasing your dreams, achieving mastery and the path forward to Obstacle Course Racing media platforms.  This lively episode bounces around including some nerdy topics, the future of media in general as well as a throwback story from high school days. 

 

Check out Bobby Ross' website here: http://bobbyross.film

The SNL episode referenced in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-QFWYvRi2s

Episode referenced an Olympics episode but actually it was a series of FIFA episodes availble here:

Part I:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I

Part II:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr6ar3xJL_Q

Part III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxLUYqoJo0

 

Episode brought to you by XOSKIN, racing apparel that includes compression shorts, socks and now XOUNDERWEAR.  Use code Strength15 to save 15% off orders from http://xoskin.us

Music provided by Dino Sinos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs41UzqhjMs7MJFM6oG8yzg

Ep 157: Guest Aris Makris, owner and Master Instructor of Armak Spartan Pankration Academy in Laval, Quebec, Canada with the rank of PEDOTRIVIS "Delta" taxis joins Evan for a discussion on the first version of Mixed Marital Arts (MMA), the ancient Greek art of Pankration. With 41 years of training in martial arts Aris have been teaching Pankration in Montreal, Canada and seminars abroad for over 20 years as well as working as a bodyguard and doorman in real world violent situations.  After a discussion about Pankration the two talk how the training principles and lessons can be applied to OCR.

 

Aris' Pankration Academy: https://www.pankrationlaval.com/

Ultra-OCR Man: From Special Forces Soldier to Record Setting OCR Athlete link: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/ultra-ocr-man

Aris on Museum Secret talking Pankration

 

his episode brought to you by XOSKIN.  Veteran owned and made in American compression brand designed for sports performance.  Already a big name in the ultra-running world they are bringing their quality products to the OCR world.  Use code Strength15 to save 15% from www.xoskin.us

Music provided by Dino Sinos (Subscribe to his YouTube here)

Ep 156: Young lions owner, Conquer The Gauntlet co-founder and Battle of the Lions co-owner David Mainprize joins Evan Perperis to share secrets and sneak peaks for Battle of the Lions OCR Tour.  Full of information not yet released, we wanted to get this out as soon as possible.  Details on obstacles, prize packs, pro area, point series, BOTL merch, kid's courses and how Sidney almost cut his finger off. 


This episode brought to you by XOSKIN.  Veteran owned and made in American compression brand designed for sports performance.  Already a big name in the ultra-running world they are bringing their quality products to the OCR world.  Use code Strength15 to save 15% from www.xoskin.us
Ep 155: A uniquely formatted episode.  The first half has Conquer The Gauntlet Pros Jay Flores, Evan Perperis and Miranda Huber talking about running the event at Motus Ninjas in Kansas City.  Jay worked as support crew while Evan ran 6 hours of Ultra-OCR attached to a hypoxic generator simulating 21,000 feet of altitude for the charity Folds of Honor (scholarship money for children whose parents were killed or wounded in US Military service).  Miranda ran the virtual event alongside Evan finishing first.

The second half of the episode we talk to male winner Fred Clarke-Louie and 2nd place female Mary Koester about what it was like running their virtual event.  Fred also shares some thoughts on Tough Mudder's Ultra-Equinox event, raising kids as a single dad and converting your old playground equipment into an OCR training area.  Mary shares how she has been helping get others out to race, what motivates her and her future plans.

 

Donate to Folds of Honor here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/3421399457986321/

Pick up a copy of Evan's book (hard copy/audio/digital) to hear about his other charity fundraisers that test the human mind and body: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/ultra-ocr-man

View the live coverage shot by Jay Flores and the results from OCRmill 21000 feet here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/ocrmill-21-000-ft-2021

 

Episode brought to you by ORORO electronically heated apparel, save 10% with this link: http://ororo.refr.cc/terryperperis

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 154: Joe Kent has spent more than 20 years serving our nation in both the Special Operations Community and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).  Besides being a dedicated soldier and top tier athlete, he is also a Gold Star husband.  Joe lost his wife, also a Special Operations Soldier, Shannon Kent in January of 2019 when she was killed by a suicide bomber in Syria leaving behind 3 yr old and 1.5 yr old sons.  This family of heroes has done more for our nation than anyone we know.  Evan and Joe talk the loss of his wife, Shannon, Special Operations Fitness and his future plans.  Includes a shout out to SOFLETE.

 

Learn more about Joe, his future plans here as well as some of the links he referenced.

 

This episode is brought to you by Folds of Honor (scholarship money for children whose parents were killed or wounded in US Military service). Donate to our OCRmill 21000 feet fundraiser here for Folds of Honor:  https://www.facebook.com/donate/3421399457986321/

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 153:  5x OCR world champion and reigning Spartan World Champion Nicole Mericle joins Brenna and Evan to talk her 2021 Development Team.  After a deep dive into the new team along with the massive benefits it provides she talks some of her background in sports including Steeple Chase. After some training talk, the episode ends with guests sharing some information about their love life. 

 

Link to Nicole's Development Team: www.ocrdreamteam.com

OCRmill 21,000 Feet Donation link/Virtual Race Option: https://www.facebook.com/donate/3421399457986321/

OCRmill 21,000 Feet Event Details: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/ocrmill-21-000-ft-2021

New S&S Ladies Joan of Arc Tank: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8211672

Ultra-OCR Man ANW Shirt: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8211666

Ultra-OCR Man ANW Shirt plus book: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8211667

 

Episode brought to you by VJ Shoes giving you #thebestgripontheplanet

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 152: Strength & Speed's Brenna "Red Beast" Calvert returns along with Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Ashley Samples for a content packed episode.  Topics include the recent Florida race OCR Overload, the upcoming Hildervat Jax Beach Race (May 22-23) with some big Spartan Pro names attending, results from InsideTracker testing, Brenna's journey with the #75Hard challenge, Battle of the Lions preview (go listen to BROCR Supercast for the full run down) and Evan's big news for OCRmill 21,000 feet along with American Ninja Warrior.  The episode ends with the hardest we have ever left on air....get ready for some bathroom humor and if you are running, maybe walk it out for a minute so you don't hyperventilate from laughing too hard.

 

OCRmill 21,000 Feet Donation link/Virtual Race Option: https://www.facebook.com/donate/3421399457986321/

OCRmill 21,000 Feet Event Details: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/ocrmill-21-000-ft-2021

New S&S Ladies Joan of Arc Tank: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8211672

Ultra-OCR Man ANW Shirt: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8211666

Ultra-OCR Man ANW Shirt plus book: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8211667

 

Episode brought to you by InsideTracker

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 151: Andrew Potter is a renaissance athlete competing in a wide range of activities from triathlon to running to climbing and even dabbling into Obstacle Course Racing.  This Army Veteran served in both the 82nd Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment in numerous deployments to Afghanistan, now works as the co-owner of ROKC (an epic climbing gym in the Kansas City area).  Andrew talks with Evan about the military, mindset, training for performance, improving on climbing and more in this content packed episode.

 

Episode brought to you by Volition Chiropractic, a chiro clinic owned and operated by OCR World Championships competitor Alexis "Alex" Buford.

Music provided by Dino Sinos

Ep 150: Professional Boomerang Thrower, 4x American Ninja Warrior Veteran, 4x Spartan Pro Team Athlete and OCR World Championship Pro Team World Champion Logan Broadbent joins Evan and his cohost AC Hale for this content packed episode.  Logan's broad background in everything from boomerangs, to triathlon (world championship qualifier) to diving (All-American athlete) brings a lot of great information and lessons learned to OCR. 

(Since the initial recording, Spartan confirmed Logan is on the Pro Team for 2021)

 

Episode brought to you by Egg Weights, a training tool for your arms and cardio simultaneously.  Used this link for 10% off: https://eggweights.com/?ref=ctgproteam

Pick up a copy of "The New Strength & Speed's Guide to Elite Obstacle Course Racing": https://amzn.to/3oZ908O

Music provided by Dino Sinos (Subscribe to his YouTube here)

Ep 149:Which is worse, bear crawl for 3.3 miles?  Clean & Toss a 75 lbs. sandbag that length?  Or lunge walk the length of Warrior Dash?  In the latest episode Evan talks to OCR athlete and former pro bodybuilder Josh Andrews who has done all those self created challenges to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (https://specialops.org/).  They talk further about crossover points with bodybuilding and Josh's upcoming challenge, a 100 mile run with 2x ChopFit Choppers.

 

Episode brought to you by HYLETE, your favorite workout, recovery and now formal athletic fit apparel.  Use this link for $20 off your order

Ultra-OCR Man: From Special Forces Soldier to Record Setting Pro OCR Athlete now available on hard copy digital and audiobook: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/ultra-ocr-man

Music provided by Dino Sinos (subscribe on YouTube)

 

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