📜 THE AMBASSADOR PLAYBOOK: Beyond the Fire Jump 🔥 | Spartan ⚔️ DEKA 🏋️ Desert Racing 🏜️

📜 THE AMBASSADOR PLAYBOOK: Beyond the Fire Jump 🔥 | Spartan ⚔️ DEKA 🏋️ Desert Racing 🏜️

⚡️ Spartan Middle East Ambassador Panel: Justine Welch, Artem Kremko & Nisha Alagha

⚡️ Host: RA George

Contact info

• Justine Welch @ustine1616fitness
• Artem Kremko @trustkrem
• Nisha Alagha @fit.by.nisha.dxb

• Spartan DEKA FIT - Registration link here

• Spartan Super and Sprint Al Ain 10th October Registration link here

• Tough Mudder - 31st October Registration link here

  🏆 2026 Abu Dhabi Spartan World Championship Weekend Registration link here

🏆 Topics: Spartan Racing, DEKA FIT, OCR, Hybrid Training, Endurance, Heat Management, Hydration, Nutrition, Mindset & Coaching

🔥 In This Episode: Justine, Artem and Nisha share their personal Spartan journeys, how they got into OCR and DEKA, the challenges of training in the UAE heat, overcoming mental barriers, preparing for races and what it really means to represent Spartan Middle East as an ambassador.

💪 Key Discussion Points:

🏃 How Justine, Artem and Nisha started their Spartan journeys

🧠 Overcoming fear, self-doubt and mental barriers

🔥 Training and racing in Dubai’s extreme heat and humidity

💧 Hydration, electrolytes and managing fluids during races

⚡ DEKA FIT training and preparing for the different zones

🏃 Zone 2 training and building endurance for DEKA, Hyrox and ultra racing

🏋️ Combining strength, running and hybrid training

🥵 Managing fatigue, recovery and recognising overtraining

🥇 Race-day preparation and achieving peak performance

👟 Choosing the right footwear for different types of races

🤝 Building the OCR, Spartan and fitness community in the UAE

👑 What it means to be a Spartan Middle East Ambassador

🎯 Yancy Culp — Spartan DEKA Co-Creator & Senior Director — asks the panel about celebrating fitness for ALL levels and how DEKA can encourage beginners to start their fitness journey

⚡ How DEKA can make fitness more accessible to people who are new to training

🌍 The future of Spartan and DEKA events across the Middle East

🏆 Upcoming Events Discussed:

⚡ Spartan DEKA FIT — 26th September at Coca-Cola Arena Registration link ⁠here

🏃 Spartan Super & Sprint — 10th October in Al Ain Registration link ⁠here

🔥 Tough Mudder — 31st October Registration link ⁠here

🏆 Spartan World Championship — Abu Dhabi