The 2015 Washington DC Spartan Sprint and Virginia Super have been done and completed. We are very proud of our Ripped Performance members who accomplished both. For the Sprint team we had Ripped members: Dennis, Jennifer, Robert, Brendan, and Coach Cliff. Two additional friends – Derek and Dougg – joined the team. For the Super, Dennis, Jamal, and Rob competed.

This year’s Sprint was much more challenging than last year’s Some of us felt more prepared but they changed the course and added very steep hills. At times, Ripped members had to bear crawl up them and scoot down on their butts. They also added more obstacles – 23 compared to last year’s 18. We do need to give a special shout-out to Brendan who, at 15, completed the course and promptly asked, “When’s the Super?” Robert, Dennis, an Dougg finished a Spartan race for the first time as well.

Coach Cliff accompanied Dennis, Jamal, and Rob to the Virginia Super. Many claim this is the hardest Spartan race in the series with the length of about 8-9 miles up and down the side of Wintergreen resort. Cliff was there to cheer them on and, in the video on Facebook, coach them along the way.

Bootcamp was essential to training our Spartans. During bootcamp we work on exercises that strengthen the core, legs, and upper-body. The body-weight exercises are especially essential for obstacles like the barb wire crawl, wall climb, rope climb, and others where you have to lift yourself. We also design exercises to help with the Farmers Walk, sandbag carry, and bucket brigade. Our Ripped member, Jennifer feels that bootcamp truly helps prepare her for the Spartan race. She says, “I would not have been as confident on the course this year without the Ripped bootcamps. Mary Beth pushed us hard on Saturdays and that resulted in a much easier time with the obstacles.”

Even if you don’t plan to participate in an OCR (Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, Battle Frog, etc.) our bootcamps will help you with getting more fit and healthy. Whether it is carrying groceries from the store to the car, lifting your children, running a 5k, or just simply living life – Ripped Performance can help you. We welcome beginners on up to fitness fanatics. Bootcamp is set up so that you can go at your own pace. Join us for a session!

Bootcamp times:
Monday/Wednesday at 6:00 pm
Tuesday/Thursday at 9:00 am
Saturday at 8:00 am