Guide 01 · First race guide
How to train for your first fitness race
Build repeatable running first, add station strength without crowding recovery, and practise the run–station–run transition before trying full race simulations.
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Fitness race training, explained
Short answers first, then the rules behind them. These guides explain the same run-and-station methods used by Octalap without pretending that one plan fits every athlete.
Guide 02 · Movement guide
The 8 fitness-race stations explained
Train the demand behind each station—pulling, pushing, carrying, lunging, throwing and repeatable cyclical work—while keeping enough running quality to connect the race.
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Fitness-race pacing basics
Open below threshold, protect repeatable technique, and judge each station by the run that follows—not only by how quickly you can finish the station itself.
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How adaptive hybrid training plans work
Keep athlete data, the full plan and completed history in one system; let AI assist with bounded proposals while deterministic rules decide what is safe to apply.
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