franco2017 Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 +1 Does your wife feel the same?Hope his wife does not read his post...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Practicing. Sessioning bits of trail that I was dubious about, just going that little bit faster or smoother each time. Building up the size. Flat pedals. Riding with better riders, and just plain riding. If I see an obstacle I don't like, get off, look at it. Study it. Find the right line. Ride it. If I get it wrong, try again (this doesn't work for drops bigger than 1m just yet) I find that if I've got something (like a drop) which I haven't done before, or has a slope on the back end but I'm just too scared to drop it off the bat, I roll it first. If I can roll it, my mind, for some reason, says "okay, you can drop it" and I do. It's getting to be a problem now though, with the bigger drops... Fitness - not so much just yet.
Oakley360 Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 1. Nutrition2. Loosing weight( including loosing the alcohol)3. Cross train- running, HIIT classes, swimming weights etc4. Yoga or Stretch after a tought section of training
RockCoach Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 In terms of skill (this started about 8 years ago):In 2007 I bought a 6" trail bike instead of a marathon bike. I have never bought an xc bike since...Entering the first Mankele Avalanche on it was eye opening.Fitting a dropper post when they first hit the market.My handlebars became progressively wider and stems shorter. Flat pedals elevated skills the most out of everything.Figuring out myself how to improve my own skills so that I can now assist others. In fitness terms I trained with pro roadies from 1991 and learned a shed load...Learned how to set bikes up without lasers and computers Learned bunch riding and team strategy.Racing at the sharp end is much more fun but it's flippen hard work.Learned that easy rides are just that - short recovery rides or long and very very easy.Hard rides will have you excreting every type of bodily fluid from every orifice.Medium rides are social rides with your mates and you achieve little in terms of gaining fitness but lots in terms of fun.If you want to be properly fit you ride at least 5 or 6 days per week.
AlanD Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 +1 Does your wife feel the same?Lol..Them babies getting in the way of my riding
blondeonabike Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Ride with the guys. It hurts and they laugh at you when you are suffering, but it works.
RocknRolla Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Ride with the guys. It hurts and they laugh at you when you are suffering, but it works. In my case it's the reverse...i ride with my missus.. and she make me bleed every time.
BenGraham Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 +1 Does your wife feel the same?Okay poor choice of words. We are incredibly happy to have him, he was planned and we fully expected some things to change.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 In my case it's the reverse...i ride with my missus.. and she make me bleed every time.oi, keep it in the bedroom...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Okay poor choice of words. We are incredibly happy to have him, he was planned and we fully expected some things to change.good man. 2 words. Turbo Trainer. It's like an instant sleeping device for the lightie.
blondeonabike Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 In my case it's the reverse...i ride with my missus.. and she make me bleed every time.I like her. No mercy
Honkdonk Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 BodytecA very intense 20 min workout once a week.That and a 12km run once a week combined with regular hill repeats (3 x week) and a long ride - 100km (1 x week). A good IDT session is also in the mix 1 x weeklyTook 18mins of my previous 947 time and almost cracked a sub 3 CTCT 1st time round.
AlanD Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Okay poor choice of words. We are incredibly happy to have him, he was planned and we fully expected some things to change.You mean everything will change...lol
Mada3400 Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 straight up time on the trail riding properly (hard, pushing yourself, chasing strava), riding with someone you're competitive with and is close in skill level to you
Escapee.. Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Ride with the guys. It hurts and they laugh at you when you are suffering, but it works. You dont laugh at them?
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