Obstacle courses build important gross motor skills, develop muscles, develop coordination, help motor planning, increase endurance, increase confidence, and improve problem-solving. Basically all the ...

Why are millions of people paying to suffer through Tough Mudders and Spartan Races? In his new documentary, Rise of the Sufferfests, director Scott Keneally seeks to find out why obstacle course ...

Let's get real: I'm running out of ways to entertain my kids this summer. When they're home all the time, they quickly grow bored with the usual activities — and the last thing I want is to hear the ...

Tough Mudder stages the most difficult obstacle courses on Earth. The courses run up to 10 miles and take over two hours to complete. The obstacles were designed by British Special Forces, and they're ...

A 1.6-mile obstacle course under construction at Johnson County Park will give civilians a chance to try out military-grade fitness. The obstacle course, dubbed the Gatling Gauntlet, has been in the ...

It was one thousand or so steps for a handful of guinea-pig modern pentathletes, but it was one giant leap for the still nascent sport of Obstacle Course Racing. OCR—your Spartan Races, Tough Mudders, ...

Cal State Fullerton community members gathered Friday to celebrate the grand opening of the Roy Lopez Army ROTC Obstacle Course on the CSUF campus. The obstacle course, which stretches nearly half a ...

The Navy SEAL obstacle course is designed to push elite warriors to their absolute limits - and I decided to take it on. From ...