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Tough Mudder – Full Race and Tips for each Obstacle

The Helpful Dad provides you with detailed tips about each obstacle at Tough Mudder…

(SKIP to Different Obstacles with Links Below)

This is a FULL Tough Mudder Race with Commentary to provide tips and advice. If you are getting ready to do Tough Mudder this vid may help you. If you have a tip to share, please do so in comments section. We have tons of other Tough Mudder Vids on our Channel too.

0:36 Steeplechase (watch out for other side)

0:45 Arctic Enema (crazy cold!)

1:22 Underwater Tunnels (careful of barbed wire)

1:48 Kiss of Mud (Time to Get Muddy)

2:35 Tire Pendulum (Hanging Tires)

3:00 Spider’s Web (Careful at the Top)

3:18 Warrior Dash Dig at 3k Distance

3:24 Hay Bale Wall (Climb up and over)

3:37 Devil’s Beard (It Stinks in There!)

4:39 Ball Shrinker (Beware the Cold Water Effects)

4:55 Berlin Walls — Low Version (Easy up and over)

5:32 Rest Stations  (example)

5:47 The Trenches (Aka Mud Mile — Beware of Hidden Holes)

7:07 Dirty Holes (dark holes you crawl through)

7:45 Twinkle Toes (Balance Beam)

8:18 Boa Constrictor (Use Those Elbows)

9:34 Walk The Plank (Try a Flip)

9:54 Muddy Women (Always a Good Thing)

10:01 Cliff Hanger (Run Up the Sides)

10:39 Bale Bonds (Aka Jumpin Bales)

10:49 Gator Bait (missing the gators)

11:12 Eating PB&J Sandwiches

11:22 Fire Walker (avoid the smoke)

11:42 Berlin Walls — High Version (careful as you come down)

12:30 Carry Your Wood (careful of hidden holes in water)

12:43 Funky Munky (I like the 2-hand per bar method)

13:04 Just The Tip (kills your calves)

13:26 Turd’s Nest (roll across the middle)

13:41 Hay Pyramid (it’s higher than it looks)

14: 04 Captain America sighting

14:11 Everest Half-Pipe (run as fast as you can!)

14:27 ElectroShock Therapy (time to get electrocuted)

14:50 Finish and Congratulations!!

Tough Mudder Tips – New Obstacles and Fun Ideas

 

The Helpful Dad gives you more tips for Tough Mudder.

Part of our growing Tough Mudder series. Once again we give you EVERY OBSTACLE + Tips with ideas for YOU to try too, such as…

00:42 and 01:05 Going into Arctic Enema TWICE

06:08 The Wingspan Technique on Electroshock Therapy – ouch!

03:33 Ten Pullups in middle of Monkey Bars

01:36 Boa Constrictor with a rope

02:20 Surviving the Electric Eel

03:05 Getting TOTALLY MUDDY on the Mud Mile

04:17 Using the Trash Compactor as a new obstacle

04:10 Backflip off Walk The Plank

03:20 The Relaxed way to go across Ball Shrinker lake

04:26 Tips for the Berlin Walls HIGH Wall

04:55 Running on Wounded Warrior Carry

05:13 Why Mexicans rule on Trench Warfare

05:39 Caution for your calves on Balls to the Wall

05:50 Racing up Everest

00:24 Tips to avoid injury

This was filmed at Sarasota, Florida. It was the Tough Mudder for Central Florida and Tampa/Orlando area. Tough Mudder and other mud races like this are a lot of fun. We’ve done a number of them in the Florida area. If you see us at a race, be sure to say “Hello”

Cheers!

Tough Mudder Top 10 Training Tips

Tough Mudder Training AND Tips. This vid is filled with tips to help make YOUR Tough Mudder experience better. If you have a tip to share, please add a comment. See you at the next Tough Mudder!

Check out more of our favorite vids:
Tough Mudder Race + Tips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkSU7SHE7Z4
Tough Mudder 2012 Obstacles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZIc1JtbenI
Tough Mudder SHOES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNReuMKhJBo

Tough Mudder – Tips on Shoes, Clothes, Gloves, and more

The Helpful Dad discusses more tips about Tough Mudder. (Skip ahead with links below) This video will give you tips on what SHOES, Clothes, gloves, etc to wear and other items to bring for a Tough Mudder Mud Race. If you have a tip to share, please do so in the comments section. Go Mudders!

1:00 Shoes
2:45 Socks/Compression Sleeves
4:00 Clothing
5:05 Compression Gear
5:30 Gloves
6:40 Fanny Pack/Dry Socks Tip
7:35 Elbow/Knee Pads?

Tough Mudder Tips – Full Race

Are you doing Tough Mudder — watch this video to get an idea of the entire course – complete with TIPS for every obstacle! This was my first Tough Mudder back in 2011 – this video has over 750,000 views and 1500 likes on YouTube and has helped a lot of people – hopefully it will help you too. BTW, if you’re wondering that’s my friend Todd in the pic and no he did not drown in the mud – although we all sure tried! 
If YOU have a tip to share, please do so in the comments section. 
Tough Mudder is an insanley fun race – especially if you do it with friends. 
Video Key
00:05 Start
00:13 Arctic Enema
00:51 Underwater Tunnels
01:17 Kiss of Mud
02:05 Tire Pendulum
02:30 Spider’s Web
02:47 Dig vs Warrior Dash (ouch!)
02:54 Bail Bonds
03:07 Devil’s Beard
04:05 Ball Shrinker
04:22 Berlin Walls Part 1 (Short)
05:02 Water Break
05:15 Trench Warfare
06:35 Dirty Holes
07:15 Twinkle Toes
07:45 Boa Constrictor
08:45 Walk The Plank
09:35 Cliff Hanger
10:10 Jumpin’ Bales
10:20 Gator Bait
10:40 Sandwich Break
10:50 Fire Walker
11:10 Berlin Walls Part 2 (Tall)
12:00 Carry Your Wood
12:12 Funkey Monkey Bars
12:35 Just The Tip
13:00 Turd’s Nest
13:40 Everest
14:00 ElectroShock Therapy
14:25 Finish!
14:38 Our Group

3 important tips for Electric Eel Tips at Tough Mudder – shockingly good fun!

Electric Eel (aka Shock on the Rocks) is one of the most DIFFICULT but also one of the FUNNEST obstacles at Tough Mudder. Yes, you will get shocked. It’s a long, slow crawl across a watered down tarp, under the barb wires which have electric wires hanging down – doesn’t that sound like fun? This vid will give you tips on how to avoid getting shocked or how to GET shocked – your choice.