Prepare to face any OCR
WarriorFit (affiliated with Fitcave) is an Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) coaching company. They are dedicated to the OCR market, helping people from all kinds of fitness levels and backgrounds to be able to step into the amazing sport of OCR.
The company is lead by a local South African OCR champion, Thomas van Tonder, and supported by his head coach, Jean-Pierre Nortjé, as well as fellow OCR athlete Sabrina Daolio.
Together they form a team with great practical and theoretical knowledge. Although it was the first OCR WarriorFit Master Class held at the Toyota Warrior Race fourth series this past weekend at Kwanyoni Lodge, it was not the first of its kind.
The WarriorFit brand has held various OCR weekends and one-day workshops around the country.
In fact, the next WarriorFit weekend workshop will be held in the Mbombela area. Exact location
and dates will be released soon on the WarriorFit Facebook page.
Why are they doing this?
As a coaching company involved in the OCR industry, they noticed a great amount of people approached the top OCR athletes looking for tips and more insight on how to prepare for events like the Warrior
Race.
Some athletes want to improve their racing game, and others come in as total “newbies” seeking guidance to take on and train for OCR – it can seem to be a very intimidating sport to attempt as a first-timer.
The class was held on Friday afternoon and it was facilitated on the official sprint course.
The sprint course is a short 400-metre course with 10 obstacles packed back to back. The idea of this course is to focus on the speed at which you can do the obstacles – unlike some of the obstacles on the long 15-kilometre black-ops route that sometimes demand a lot of strength.
Thus it means that someone that is new to OCR would most probably be able to complete the sprint course.
