The Beast Report: January 2021

The Beast Report: January 2021
This issue of the Beast Report is dedicated to the entire Beasts OCR team. Here's to the start of a new year, new goals, and new and old friendships. What I love most about this team is we consider each other to be family. We are there for each other on and off the course. We help each other and our communities. We are strong in body, soul, and heart! Thank you to each and every one of you for inspiring us with your personal strengths and unique personalities. Whether you are a long time veteran or have just joined the team.....every one here holds a very special place in the Beast Family. Enjoy the stories, memories, and excerpts that follow, and lets go out there and make 2021 the best year ever!!!

The Beast Report: November 2020

The Beast Report: November 2020
Meet James Lapine! "In the beginning of 2013 I was tormented by post traumatic stress and depression. Anxiety was getting the best of me and I weighed 260+ lbs. I had allowed my wounds from combat to hinder me for far too long, a battle damaged left shoulder, pinched sciatica, and arthritis in my hands and knees. In Feb of 2013, my family came together and we set out on a journey to transform ourselves. A year later I had done that exact thing; weighing 183 lbs, off of 7 different meds, which I had been on for 8 years, I felt renewed and finally in control of the wickedness within. It was then that I heard about the race in Washougal and I accepted the challenge. I continued to feed my mind and body healthy nutrition and began to train. I was amazed I could run again, lift again, things I had not been able to do in quite some time. By August I had regained 12 lbs of lean muscle at 195 lbs and became a Spartan race finisher."

The Beast Report: October 2020

The Beast Report: October 2020
Meet Marilou Ubungen! "I was born in the Philippines and my family immigrated to the U.S. when I was 3 years old. I turned 50 this year and have a 24-year-old son. I’ve always been pretty athletic, but I’m fairly new to OCR races. I also had no desire to run races until a few years ago. My brother made me run my first Turkey Trot 5k in 2014, but I didn’t start signing up for races until 2015. In fact, I remember telling my cousins once that I would never run farther than a 5k. I never imagined that I would complete my first full marathon by 2018."

The Beast Report: August 2020

The Beast Report: August 2020
Meet Kelly Cole! For someone who claims to hate running, Kelly is very involved within the running community. She started a local running group to get people involved and motivated (Puget Sound Runners), and ran 52 races in 2019 (23 OCR)! She works full time as a Director of Operations for a restaurant, and what she misses most about live Spartan races is seeing all her Beasts OCR teammates!

Weekly BeastDays Challenge Week 16

Here is your 16th weekly BeastDays Challenge! Every Wednesday a new virtual BeastWOD drops! Have fun with these weekly challenges!

BeastDays #16 Matthew’s GardenWOD

Step #1: Weekly locomotive Movement.

This week, get in 30 minutes of locomotive movement in whatever way you want. Run, walk, ruck, hike, up to you as long as it is 30 minutes

Step #2

5 rounds
15x Grasspickers
10x (each arm) High Plank Reach-outs
10x Weighted Bucket Squats
10x (each arm) High Plank Renegade Rows
10x (each leg) Farmer carry Lunges

Breakdown: Get your movement in, then do 5 rounds of work outside.… Read the rest

Weekly BeastDays Challenge Week 15

Here is your 15th weekly BeastDays Challenge! Every Wednesday a new virtual BeastWOD drops! Have fun with these weekly challenges!

This week, Brayden has us slaying a combo of Steps 1 & 2;

BeastDays #15 Brayden’s Hang Dead Challenge

2 Rounds

20x Dead Hand Head Taps
1/2 Mile Run
20x Pull Ups
1/2 Mile Run
2x 20 Second Dead Hangs

Breakdown: Run lots, throw stuff over your shoulders!… Read the rest

Weekly BeastDays Challenge Week 14

BeastDays#14 – ‘1000 Pokes’

Here is your 14th weekly BeastDays Challenge! Every Wednesday a new virtual BeastWOD drops! Have fun with these weekly challenges! 

This week, Adam has us combining our Step 1: Weekly Movement & Steps 2: Special WOD into the following;

BeastDays #14
‘1000 Pokes?’

6 Rounds

1Km Run
25x Object Over Shoulders

Breakdown: Run lots, throw stuff over your shoulders!… Read the rest

Weekly BeastDays Challenge Week 13

Here is your thirteenth weekly BeastDays Challenge! Every Wednesday a new virtual BeastWOD drops! Have fun with these weekly challenges!

This week, Justin has us combing ours Step 1: Weekly Movement & Steps 2: Special WOD into the following;

‘Justin’s Beast Builder’

3 Rounds

400m Run
20 Sit-ups
20 Sandbag Russian Twists

400m Run
20 V Ups
10 Oblique Leg Raises

400m Run
20 Grasshoppers
15 Sandbag Floor Press Flutter Kicks

400m Run
15 Sandbag Superman Crunches
10 Sandbag Pull Throughs

Breakdown: Three rounds with some heavy work and three miles or running.… Read the rest