The Basics of Hydration and Dehydration
The causes of dehydration may be different between athletes and astronauts,
but human physiology and the results are the same...
How To Start Running - Five Important Things Any Runner Should Know
Are you pondering about how to start running? Let me guess...you may be a little overweight, or unfit and you think that running can help you.Well, you're right! But you don't know how to start running? What do you need to take into consideration. What are "real runners" doing? Read this article for five important things you should know before you put on those running shoes.
Maximize Your Training Performance With Motocross Journal Software
Practice makes perfect – isn’t that what they always say? This saying holds for every sport and motocross is no exception
Training for Motocross and Off-Road Riding
By
Rodney Womack, CSCS
If you want to improve your results in motocross, enduros, hare scrambles, or any other type of off-road motorcycle or ATV racing, you need to maximize your strength and conditioning. When you develop a good training program that puts you in top condition, you will ride faster for longer periods of time, have less fatigue, improve your racing results, and, ultimately, have more fun. Improving your strength and conditioning will also improve your overall health, and, most importantly, it will help to prevent injuries.
However, many riders don’t train properly, or train at all, other than their riding sessions. As a strength and conditioning coach, and lifelong off-road and MX racer, my goal is to provide you with some strength and conditioning advice that will help you to improve your fitness and strength specifically for your sport.
In fact, my specialty is creating home training programs which will help you improve your strength and fitness without having to go to a gym. Some of you may already go to a gym to work out, which is fine, but there are many exercises and workouts that you can do at home, with little or no equipment, which will give you a great work out and help you improve your strength and fitness.
And, there’s no better time than the off-season to start planning a training program to prepare you for the next racing season. So, let’s get started!
Training During the Racing Season
By
Rodney Womack, CSCS
By now, if you have followed an off-season training program, you should be in good physical condition. If your racing season has already started then your strength and conditioning should be much improved from what it was in December or January. In a previous article about pre-season training, I talked about assessing your weaknesses before the season starts. Once you start racing on a consistent basis this process will continue. In fact, the focus of your in-season training should constantly address this issue.
Pre-Season Training for Motocross and Off-Road Riding
By
Rodney Womack, CSCS
Previously, I have discussed the need for different phases of training when preparing for your racing season. Off-season, pre-season, and in-season are the three most common methods of dividing up the training season.
Add Intensity to Your Pre-Season Training Program
By
Rodney Womack, CSCS
As you get closer to the beginning of your racing season it is important that you increase the intensity of your workouts to prepare you for the actual intensity of racing. No matter what type of off-road racing that you do, it is important that you prepare yourself physically to be able to ride effectively and safely for the duration of the race. And, one of the most difficult aspects of training is to recreate the intensity of a race through training.
In this article I will outline some ways to increase the intensity of your workouts by using circuit training. Circuit training is a great method of developing both your muscular strength and endurance at the same time. In essence, you are “killing two birds with one stone”.
Five Mental Tools to Help Racers Enter the Zone
On the start line, you were so confident that day, you believed no one could race with you. On the track, racing felt effortless and smooth. You were in the flow on every jump, bump, and turn. Your rhythm was perfect in the whoops. Every section of the track was executed just as you saw in your mind. Your mind was so immersed into racing each section--one at a time--that you were oblivious to other racers. Today you were not checking to see who was behind you. Your motorcycle responded with ease to every thought—it felt like an extension of you. The feeling of being in complete control of yourself and your emotions was awesome. It was so fun to race the track just as you have envisioned in your mind. Only after the moto did you realize that you raced the moto of your life and found an elusive state of peak performance called “the zone".
