[adrenalinerush]

I just joined a health club today, and I was wondering what are some good excerises to do that would help prevent muscle rippage and all that stuff. If you dont no what excerise you to, could you tell me the muscle area and then I could find a machine to use. They also have some classes that look good to use, the have a spinning class and this overall work one. So hopefully in a couple of months Ill look like the Terminator.

Thanks

 

[BurlyShirley]

face plants.

 

[adrenalinerush]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
face plants.

EDIT.... Please just say like the muscle to work, or if you do say your excerise tell how to do it and what group of muscle and what its good for. Because I dont no if a face plant is something for realy or if u r just messin with me. At r school we got dome names for workouts like skull crushers for example.

 

[Curb Hucker]

id go with cock pushups

 

[Jm_]

kegel excersises.

 

[mack]

a big one for me is to ankle strech. If i land with my feet to far back on the pedals (aka when my ankles arent directaly above the spindle) my ankle with pull reall bad. So this i how i do it.

Put one foot back with the ankle not streched, then put ur heel down onto the floor, you will fell it strech well. I find this exersise very helpfull.

and strech your shoulders so they dont go pop. As for muscles, i dont really work out. i mountain bike for exersize

 

[Ice Bullit]

I would look into stretching the back muscles, the more flexable you are the less likely you are going to pull something.

 

[1000-Oaks]

Work your hamstrings and be sure to stretch them daily. After I tore my ACL jumping off the bike over the bars, I learned that tight/weak hamstrings and strong quads can tear your ACL without even touching the ground.

I'm not alone in this, I've talked to other guys that tore ACLs for the same reason, doing the same thing.

 

[Dog Welder]

Take some martial arts and learn how to roll. Saved my ass many a times.

 

[ChrisRobin]

Ok, here's what you should do...

Workout everything! The stronger you are overall, the better. Having a stronger upper body keeps your bike under control over serious terrain (if you're NOT like me and race and pick the perfect lines, well, don't worry about it then). Of course legs are key to get you pedalling faster and stronger.

For key muscles, shoulders for sure. If you do fall, most people stick their arms out to break their fall but can result in injuries in the shoulders. The stronger your shoulder muscles (back, sides and front), the more chance you have of your body staying in one piece when you do fall. For legs, keep your knees stabilized by making your leg muscles (quads, hamstrings) strong. Specific excersizes are easy to find for legs in your gym, if you need good ideas for shoulders, PM me.