Read on to ensure you know exactly what you need in advance of your next muddy adventure. Find details common across all Tough Mudder events including what to bring, what to wear and how to purchase ticket add-ons.
Participants for infinity must be at least 14 years old, while Toughest Mudder participants must be at least 18 years old. Lidl Mudder participants must be between the ages of 5 and What Happens on Event Day? All of that training and preparing for Tough Mudder might leave you wondering what the actual day will be like. If you need any assitance on the day or have any questions just head to the Info Tent. Visit our full list of questions to find your answer. Our pricing is all-inclusive, and your event ticket includes parking and bag drop.
Spectator tickets come with parking also, however bag drop is only for participants. Premium parking is available at certain event locations, and you can pre-purchase this through Active once you have bought a Tough Mudder participant tickets Premium waves such as Tougher Mudder and First Mud can all be purchased through Active once you have bought a Tough Mudder participant ticket.
Parking locations and options will vary by event. Please check the Event Info Pack found on the event page about 3 weeks out from your event for details on different parking options at your event. All and registrations include General Parking, which is covered by the Parking and Bag Drop fee during registration. Are Dogs Allowed at the Event? From , dogs are allowed on-site at Tough Mudder events with spectators, however please make sure you keep your dog on a lead and supervised at all times and make sure you clean up after it.
Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Fitness has so many definitions to different people—to some, fitness is the ability to run a marathon ; to some, fitness means powerlifting impressive weights; to others, fitness is simply about getting up and moving a little bit each day. Pushing way past those stereotypes—and combining several definitions of fitness—is the realm of obstacle course racing.
Obstacle course racing includes any distance-based event with a number of obstacles. Those three companies stand as the most well-known obstacle course races in the U. In this guide, we'll cover everything you need to know about the Tough Mudder, one of the longest-running and most popular obstacle course races, having held its first event on May 2, and gaining more than 5 million participants since then. A Tough Mudder is an obstacle course race characterized by its muddiness—an aptly named event.
Challenges are for the general public and anyone who wants to participate in Tough Mudders, while races are for competitive and elite athletes. Both of these challenges include classic Tough Mudder obstacles such as monkey bars, barbed wire army crawls, and cargo net ladders. Part of what keeps Tough Mudder participants going back for more is the Mudder Village Festival, where you can hang out with friends, drink beer, and eat food from food trucks while you recover from your race.
Yes, a million times over. Tough Mudders—or any obstacle course race for that matter—challenge several components of fitness. Tough Mudders can also serve as fantastic complements to a workout regimen you already have in place, particularly if you want to include more cross-training in your routine. But beginners can absolutely participate in Tough Mudders.
Tough Mudder courses are engineered so that teamwork is essential. The Tough Mudder 5K is untimed, so you can take as long as you need to complete the course.
Everyone, but especially beginners, will benefit from a Tough Mudder training plan described in detail below. At the very least, a good training plan will instill confidence in you that you can attempt strenuous obstacles and make it through the course.
Training for a Tough Mudder requires three main elements: cardio training, strength training, and agility training. Agility comes in as a complement to cardio and strength training — it will help you improve your balance and coordination to prevent falling, tripping, or otherwise injuring yourself during the race. The three training elements are described in this section, but if you want a complete training plan, grab a free training guide from Tough Mudder that matches your current fitness level.
Cardio can be fun! Sprint intervals, rowing, cycling, stair-climbing, hiking, and even swimming can all get you in shape for a Tough Mudder.
Implement cardio into your workout routine twice a week to prepare for a Tough Mudder. You can do cardio on its own steady-state or intervals , or you can add cardio to a circuit workout. Spend two days per week strength training in advance of your Tough Mudder: one session for upper body, and one session for lower body. Both high-rep and low-rep workouts can help you prepare for a Tough Mudder. Try to vary your training by, say, doing high-rep lower body and low-rep upper body one week, and then switching the next week.
Agility refers to the ability to move quickly and easily. This way you can climb much more economically and save a lot of energy. The idea behind this technique is to take as few pegs as possible, so you can finish the Dead Ringer in a very fast and economic way. For this you have to make oscillating movements with your whole body so that you win at least two pegs with every ring.
Your arms are not as much bent as in the technique before, because you almost need your whole arm length to reach the second next peg.
This technique definitely works, but it's very risky. As the pegs are quite slippery it's not only a matter of ability, you also need a bit of luck. So if your strength and coordination skills are about equally developed, and you want to be on the safe side, then you should choose the first technique!
Sometimes, we have nightmares about this obstacle okay, that might be a little exeggerated. It might be the only obstacle that leaves you more frightened afterwards than before though! A wooden fixture hangs over the watery ground, the top just being as high as your rear end. From the top there are plenty of electric wires dangling down. At this obstacle, you can hear people especially male Mudders scream every other second.
You might pass out for an instant though. Highscore within our Mudder Guide Team: 4 knockouts at a single attempt. Switch off your mind and attack the obstacle immediately. The longer you wait at the obstacle and hear other Mudders scream, the more you'll cramp!
The slower you crawl, the harder the electroshocks will hit you and the more likely you'll start to panic! Shortly before you can finally receive your legion headband and the well-deserved beer, you have to face Electroshock Therapy. That means you have to run through hanging electric wires! While this obstacle is far from being a pleasure, in our opinion it's not nearly as bad as Electric Eel.
Firstly, you can make it through the obstacle quickly. Secondly, the electroshocks aren't amplified by the water, as in Electric Eel. In the meanwhile we have done this obstacle a lot of times, and to be honest, it's a bit like in the lottery!
Sometimes you ask yourself after mastering the Electroshock Therapy, whether you have received any electroshock…. One of them caused a big laceration at Michael's arm and now he even has a little scar on his right biceps!
If you need to think of something during that obstacle, think of the fact that you've almost made it. Protect your face with your arms, and run as fast as you can. Then, the horror will be over in two seconds! While you can avoid quite a few wires in Electric Eel, they are far too close in Electroshock Therapy: Evasive maneuvers are futile. Faster, higher, stronger — that's not only the Olympic motto but also the motto of Tough Mudder!
Everest 2. Most of the time, Everest 2. Still, you have to gather all the strength you've left, start sprinting, and run up a steep and slippery halfpipe. It's almost impossible to make the final part on your own. Try to grab the hand of another Mudder, so he can pull you up. Only at a few other obstacles, Tough Mudder's camaraderie proves is as important as at Everest 2. If you're running as a team, let the Mudders with the greatest range go first.
When trying to grab someone's arm, every centimetre can make a difference! When running towards the halfpipe, sprint at it with speed. Give it all you've got, or you'll fail.
Every additional attempt requires an immense amount of energy! Another Legionaires-only obstacle. If you are about to take on your very first Tough Mudder don't stress about it. If you've already earned your first headband, you'd better prepare yourself for Fire in your Hole! This obstacle combines fun who doesn't love water slides? You climb on top of a tall platform just to slide down an almost vertical water slide.
On the bottom of the slide fire is waiting for you before you land in a pool of water. We believe you've spend quite some time at your local public pool during your childhood and know how to slide down a water slide, or any other regular slide on a playground.
The only difference is the almost vertical drop and the fire at the bottom. Piece of cake, right? When you drop down cross your arms across your chest tuck your chin in, squeeze your buttcheeks together and go for it.
Keep that body tension all the way down and you won't bang your head or land uncontrollably in the water. Scared of fire? Tough Mudder is about overcomeing fears. It's more scary than the Fire Walker as you have no control when you slide down and also your hole body will actually pass the flames. But remember you slide down a WATER slide and land in a pool of water a slpit second after shooting through the flames. For the ones who haven't payed attention in chemistry: water extinguishes fire!
As the name implies, Fire Walker makes you run among pits of fire with easily up to 4 feet high flames. Smoke will burn in your eyes and breathing will not be the most comfortable thing to do if the wind comes from the right direction.
If you think that is the worst part of the obstacle you'll get a nice surprise at the end, where a fire pit is blocking your way.
You have to take a leap of faith and jump over this pit to continue your way. Well, we can definitely NOT recommend to train for this obstacle. So please… don't try it at home! Running through the first part of the obstacle, we advise to simply run through it at your normal pace. If the smoke is too heavy squeeze your eyes and take rather shallow breaths. The heat is actually quite nice… especially when it's cold and rainy or if you just took a plunge in the Arctic Enema 2.
So no worries about the heat. If you are scared of fires, don't stress about it. Tough Mudder is about overcoming fears, the obstacle is safe. There is no real threat, it's only in your head. So don't overthink it.
If you feel like you start to panic just look around and make yourself realise, that everybody else gets through it safely as well, that there are plenty of fire fighters who will help imediately in case of an actual emergency which, to our knowledge, has never happend and remind yourself that behind the firepit you have to jump over lies a pool of water.
Don't approach the obstacle slowly or even slow down. Rather up your pace and jump, focusing on the water ahead, not on the fire. Apart from the already known ascending rungs in the beginning, you have to to switch to a trapeze in the middle, and then to a swinging descending tube in the end, too.
One of the biggest problems is, that the rungs are exreme slippery because of the countless wet and muddy hands which went through this obstacle before you!
For better traction, wearing gloves can help you. The bar in the middle is very tricky because it's quite thick and therefore difficult to grip. In that case you should definitely use both hands, because otherwise the risk of slipping off is very high!
The tube in the end is also thick and swinging. Instead of crossing your hands, you should win distance with your hand in the front, and drag your second hand. Slightly lift your shoulders draw shoulders in , and you'll can get into a much more relaxed and controlled position. Before you start your Tough Mudder, try to find a good position on a pull-up bar of your local keep-fit trail. You'll get a feeling for the right position.
While attacking Funky Monkey 2. Use your legs to generate momentum. You'll need good coordination and well-developed core muscles for this, which makes this a more advanced technique. According to their own statements, only 30 percent of all Mudders make it across Hangin' Tough successfully. Based on our own judgment and experiences, this number seems to be pretty accurate. If you want to stay dry during Hangin' Tough, you need to swing from ring to ring until you make it to the other side of the water.
This means you need fewer swings to complete the obstacle than at Funky Monkey 2. For significantly better grip, we highly recommend wearing gloves. The smoother you move, the less you will rotate. Since stopping the rotation takes the most energy, try to move as smart as possible. To reach the next ring more easily, always keep your arms slightly bent. This way, you can take a lot of stress away from your shoulders and grip muscles.
The Hero Walls are really tough. Only really tall or well-trained Mudders have a chance to master them without any help! In addition to that, the Hero Walls are usually in the last section of the course, which means you're pretty spend when you attack it.
When we strongly recommend you to do pull-ups during your preparation , the Hero Walls is one of the reasons why!
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