Improve Your Riding

[hughes]

Going to the gym 3 days a week has improved my riding by 10 times. Stamina is the key and that is what I have gained going to the gym. I have found that Propel Fitness water works for me better than the sports drinks. I try to eat a bagel with peanut butter or toast with a banana for breakfast and drink alot of water on the way to the trails. Drink alot during the ride makes a big differance. Doing some stretching of the arms and legs and most of all is the forearms is good way to get ready to start the race or you ride. I like to get the blood flowing before I ride and by stretching and doing a couple of jumping jacks. Most guys I see at the riding places just get dressed and go ride. I use more of a light to med. weight at the gym with high reps. (no heavy weights). I have just started doing some forearm works out so I hope to report back on that. I have done the following for this whole year to date with great results. I hope it will help in my first race coming up. Hope ya'll will add any little sercerts you may have. Thanks.

[zagnut55]

Sure, ok...try this...A rep of push ups before you race will help with arm pump. It works! Paul.

[ebers17]

I race hare scrambles, and one thing I like to do is to wave my hands above my head like a crazy man.  It may look silly, but it helps me out.  When I start to feel it coming on durring a race, I'll wave which ever hand side starts to cramp and it goes away, but do it before it happens!