Ian Allen

NINE TIPS TO SLAY YOUR NEXT SPARTAN RACE! Spartan season is a upon us! Check out these 9 tips from yours truly - a Tribeca-based personal trainer, and one of just a handful of certified Spartan SGX Coaches in Manhattan. 1 - No sudden moves! Be sure to test your shoes and diet and equipment beforehand. Nothing new should happen on race day. Advance planning and proper testing is especially important if you're running a race that requires a camelbak, headlamp, gu packs, energy...Continue reading

OMG!!! NBC called and asked me to to audition for the second season of Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge! Blush, blush, brag, brag, who wants to touch me?!! I actually don't have the time or energy to go thru the process, so I passed, but if any of you is interested, they told me I could refer people, so just hit me up for the 411. (A similar thing happened a couple years back, when I got a call cause they were looking for a trainer to replace Jillian Michaels on The Biggest Loser.) Just suuuuch a longshot, it's tough to justify the time it would take to properly get my hat in the ring - b-roll, etc.) Still... It was fun to get the call! http://www.nbc.com/spartan-ultimate-team-challenge

Great article on the benefits of challenging yourself during your workouts. Good lookin' out, Rachel Grundy! Learn to love discomfort. Love the black cloud, y'all... :) http://nymag.com//how-exercise-shapes-you-far-beyond-the-g

I love it when I see someone working out in awkward, mismatched clothes. In my imagination, it means they're new to working out, or, they work out so much that everything good is already in the laundry.

I just did monkey bars, rope climbs, and ring traverses till my hands bled. Cause sometimes you gotta work for it.