Your first Tough Mudder as a team? A 12-week plan with trail running, functional strength and team pacing. The goal: conquer every obstacle, finish healthy, have fun.
Tough Mudder courses are muddy and technical. Trail pace and uneven terrain, trained.
Mud Mile, Berlin Walls, Funky Monkey — bodyweight-focused strength training.
You run at team pace. The plan trains team compatibility — no lone-wolf pace.
Water trenches and cold obstacles. Optional: cold exposure training in the final 4 weeks.
Build → Peak → Taper. Trail running and functional strength weighted in alternation.
A mid-length taper. Running volume down 50 %, strength stays light.
80% of your training in low zones (Z1/Z2), 20% in high zones (Z4/Z5+). The most effective approach to endurance performance — backed by Seiler (2010) and Stöggl & Sperlich (2014).
4-week blocks: Build → Build → Peak → Recovery. A systematic increase in load all the way to race day, through the Base, Build, Peak and Taper phases.
Training zones calculated with Coggan Classic (Z1–Z7) from your FTP, HRmax and threshold pace. No guesswork — precise targets for every session.
No hidden costs. Cancel any time.