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my name is Dan, 31, passionate obstacle-course-race participant / spartan race global ambassador / #Berlin / proud member of Spartans Berlin

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Day 709

It's T-1 until tomorrow's @spartanrace BEAST in Liberec, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, and the weather forecast is pretty the same as during most of my this year's races: a cold and rainy day. Yay! 🙃🙂☂️ I am really looking forward to this in order to complete the local country trifecta and to complete my third trifecta of the year. Ready, when you are 🤙 Aroo!

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Day 708

Only two days are left until my next @SpartanRace weekend will take place at the brutal course at the also beautiful surrounding nature of Liberec, Czech Republic . So here is my contribution to today's #throwbackthursday - with some of the best impressions of last year's Beast. Good luck to all of you 😉😎

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Day 707

So, this is my last workout day before the upcoming three @spartanrace at this weekend. In order to not overpace anymore, I did a quite nice biking session, accompanied by some squats and stabilization exercises: Biking: 54km Squats: 3x30 One-leg-stands: 30x25 seconds Time to Spartan Race Beast: T-3 Time to Spartan Race Sprint: T-4 Time to Spartan Race Charity Sprint: T-4

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Day 706

Let's get back to business, everybody! So, for today's workout, I focused on the upper body parts again, in order to get the final strength for the upcoming @spartanrace events. If you are looking for that, too, feel free to follow me with this: Pull-ups: 2x15 Pull-ups on towels: 6x8 Hanging on horizontal #bars: 4x40 seconds Lifting: 2x150 reps (various exercises) Burpees: 30 Time to Spartan Race Beast: T-4 Time to Spartan Race Sprint: T-5 Time to Spartan Race Charity Sprint: T-5

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Day 705

No workout today. After a long streak of exercises and workouts in a row, it's time to relax and chill out today. Stay tuned for more to come, tomorrow 😎 Time to @spartanrace Beast: T-5 Time to Spartan Race Sprint: T-6 Time to Spartan Race Charity Sprint: T-6

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Day 704

Since there are only six days left to my next @spartanrace weekend at the country of Europe's new Team and Women's Champions (Liberec, Czech Republic 🇨🇿), it's time to push a little harder during my last exercise sessions. So, here's my workout of the day: Running: 12km in about 58 minutes including Push-ups: 5x15, every 2km Time to Spartan Race Beast: T-6 Time to Spartan Race Sprint: T-7 Time to Spartan Race Charity Sprint: T-7

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Day 703

Today, I took the chance of the good weather conditions in Berlin to go for a nice workout at a trail running parcours including... Pull-ups Push-ups Monkey Bars Balancing exercises Lifting Rope climbing Rings Time to Spartan Race Beast: T-7

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Day 702

At first: good luck to everyone, who is going to participate in the @spartanrace European Championships this weekend. I hope you all are prepared well enough for this course and those weather conditions. 💪🥇👍

Second: I did some workout today focusing on the body's core: Situps: 600 (various exercises) Pull-ups: 4x10 Pull-ups on towels: 4x5 Time to Spartan Race Beast: T-8

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Day 701

No workout for me today, but here is something that you should not miss this weekend: Save this URL in your calendar http://bit.ly/2gZHPMZ and enjoy the @spartanrace European Championships live stream brought to you directly from Andorra!

Aroo! All the best to you girls and boys! May the best win.

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Day 700

Well, this is just crazy.

Today, I've been sharing my workouts, exercises, adventures and mud-experiences with all of you since 700 - 7 0 0 - days. Cool. 😎

So, here's my regular post, the number 700:

Looking for some new combinations of exercises during my workout routine, today I combined a little tour on my bike with pull-ups: Biking: 63 km Pull-ups: 2x14 Time to @spartanrace Beast: T-10

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Day 699

During today's workout, I focused on exercises for strengthening the body's core. This is essential for all the sports activities you do - a strong core makes everything easier and more stable. So, follow me with this: Situps: 2x140 Air cycling with clapping hands: 2x80 Reverse crunches: 2x50 Planking: 5x80

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Day 698

After yesterday's focus on endurance and on @spartanrace essentials, today it's time to focus on strengthening the legs: Squats: 2x35 One-leg-stands: 20x30 seconds in balance pad In addition, I did some pull-ups again, with some Tarzan-swings. Puh. 😁😉

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Day 697

Let's get back to business! Since there are less than two weeks to go until the @spartanrace Liberec will take place, it's time to push a little bit harder in the last training sessions. For that reason, today I combined endurance running with Spartan Race essentials: Running: 10.8km in about 52 minutes ..including.. 5x10 Burpees (after each 2km) and 12 Pull-ups

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Day 696 No workout today, but this has been today's TV-Programme: live stream of the @spartanrace trifecta weekends Beast and Sprint Races at Oberndorf, Austria! Well done to all of you - and cheers to my mates of Spartans Berlin who already have finished 2/3 of the Trifecta!

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Day 695

While some of my mates of will be reaching out for fresh medals this weekend in Oberndorf, Austria, I am just sitting here and..

No, just kidding, I am doing some #exercises for the body's core: Situps: 2x150 Reverse Crunches: 2x80 Air cycling with clapping hands: 2x70 Twists: 2x30 Aroo and bring home as much as you can🥇🥇🥇🥇😁

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Day 694

Today's workout focused on the upper body parts, again, I order to be prepared well enough for all the monkey bars, ropes and #climbing obstacles during the next races. Besides that, I did some stabilization exercises on my balance pad: Pull-ups: 2x15 Hanging on horizontal bars: 3x45 seconds One-leg-stands: 30x25 seconds

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Day 693 Since there are only three days left, until my mates of Spartans Berlin will conquer all the races at the @spartanrace trifecta weekend in Oberndorf, Tirol, I just wanted to share with you this picture of last year's Beast: peacefully running through the valley with the top of the mountain straight up. Good luck 😎 (and have fun!) to all of you, Aroo.