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Winter DH training

5150dhbiker

5150dhbiker

Turbo Monkey
Nov 5, 2007
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Santa Barbara, CA
Just curious to see what everyone else is doing to keep in shape for the up-coming season.

Personally, I have been riding a lot of XC, running, slight lifting, stadiums (at the local city college) and starting up some moto again soon. Also sometimes take out the DH bike for some work on cornering.

Today is the first time since September that I have ridden a local trail on my DH bike and am getting pretty stoked! I've also been "training" by racing the Southridge Winter Series races. That has really helped improve some of my pedaling and cornering skills.

Anyways, just wondering what everyone else is doing!
 
5150dhbiker

5150dhbiker

Turbo Monkey
Nov 5, 2007
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Santa Barbara, CA
rollertoaster said:
I can't even remember when I rode last. I've been doing intervals and lots of lifting. High weight low reps, I'll switch to high reps lower weight closer to race time.
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Well, you live in a place with snow :P I have to drive 3hrs to get to snow...and it's fake snow at that!

Also, guessing this does not count but I have been doing a LOT of snowboarding. Has NOTHING to do with riding but a full 8hr day of romping through trees is for sure a workout!
 
gemini2k

gemini2k

Turbo Monkey
Jul 31, 2005
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Uhh, you live in SB, just go ride cameusa and romero 3-4 times a week and then do upper body at the gym 2-3 days a week. Spend a day or 2 hitting the pump track at ellings and the DJ's elsewhere. With all this glorious XC around it'd be a crime to do cardio anywhere else, even if it's not the most efficient way to train.
 
IH8Rice

IH8Rice

I'm Mr. Negative! I Fail!
Aug 2, 2008
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Im over here now
lifting, precor workout, Parisi school and using James Wilson's workouts.

the Parisi school kicks my ass 100x more than anything ive done, but its not geared for cycling.
 
bdamschen

bdamschen

Turbo Monkey
Nov 28, 2005
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Spreckels, CA
Had a broken hand for 4 weeks, so prior to last weekend I was the designated hike up the hill with the camera and a beer guy.

If you're hyperactive, you'd be surprised at how many miles you put in at races and shuttle days.

Now that I can ride again (but down 4 weeks of being in shape), it's all about sprints on the bike, pump track in the back yard.

Also been eyeballing this: http://www.dropmachine.com/Feature/lactic-training-%96-how-to-push-through-your-body%92s-shut-down-mechanism-a582.html
 
nh dude

nh dude

Monkey
May 30, 2003
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snowboarding. voodoo board squats. riding xc when its been warmish. got to pumptrack until mid december. once it warms up all the snow will be gone or if we get anymore rain. and not anymore snow. its basically march and last march we had dirt.
 
intensified

intensified

Monkey
Mar 31, 2004
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Canton,Ma
the other best sport besides bikes, hockey. it's great for passing the time and gets the heart going. doing some swimming for the first time and it's funky, i still feel like im going to drown. weights 3 times a week and starting to ride outside now, good stuff.
 
5150dhbiker

5150dhbiker

Turbo Monkey
Nov 5, 2007
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Santa Barbara, CA
gemini2k said:
Uhh, you live in SB, just go ride cameusa and romero 3-4 times a week and then do upper body at the gym 2-3 days a week. Spend a day or 2 hitting the pump track at ellings and the DJ's elsewhere. With all this glorious XC around it'd be a crime to do cardio anywhere else, even if it's not the most efficient way to train.
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Ya, I have ridden some cameusa and yes the XC out here is AMAZING! Going to be hitting up some XC in Santa Ynez tomorrow, but first am doing a sunrise photo shoot for some DH :D
 
aj-monkey

aj-monkey

Monkey
Oct 11, 2007
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Squampton, BC
Digging a lot of trail, xc, some shuttles (thanks to the warm winter here this year!) and sprints on the hardtail all the way to work (about 5 mins, sprinting).
 
yuroshek

yuroshek

Turbo Monkey
Jun 26, 2007
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Arizona!
gemini2k said:
Gross
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haha hey man you gotta get your fitness up in other ways than just hiking and DH. Road is fun if you make it fun. Hop on a road bike and try and race a car. thats where its at. The other day i was drafting a car at an avg 30mph for a little over 3 miles. :)
 
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vtminuteman

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Nov 29, 2004
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Sharon VT
Weights and spinning three days a week. Rest week at the end of each month, three weeks of building in between. Consistent small workouts is the key and slow progression. Just focusing on building a strong base so in a month I can start intense on the bike training. I also do track stands in the basement, cuties/manuals/hops on the road with the dh bike, and plan on doing more to keep my skills and reaction time sharp for the next month.
 
yopaulie

yopaulie

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Jun 4, 2009
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Sounds like the Drummer boys are on completely different training routines...but I bet there there is one you both do while "training" the body er..mind.;)
I agree with the 8hrs skiing trees....brutal, especially the next day!
 
nh dude

nh dude

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yopaulie said:
Sounds like the Drummer boys are on completely different training routines...but I bet there there is one you both do while "training" the body er..mind.;)
I agree with the 8hrs skiing trees....brutal, especially the next day!
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did this today.
http://drummerracing.blogspot.com/2010/02/pump-track.html

if we don't get anymore snow in the next 4 weeks things are going to be dirt.
my foosball mentor is far superior than oliver's ham fisted advisor
 
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Leppah

Leppah

Turbo Monkey
Mar 12, 2008
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XBOX and eating tons of junk. That's my training. It'll make me faster downhill because i'll be heavier.
 
buckoW

buckoW

Turbo Monkey
Mar 1, 2007
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I snowboard all winter for "training."

Here are a couple pics my brother took of me from last week.





I ride my hardtail to and from the tram. Manual lines are fun in the snowboard boots.



Apres ski

 
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gemini2k

gemini2k

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Jul 31, 2005
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San Francisco
yuroshek said:
haha hey man you gotta get your fitness up in other ways than just hiking and DH. Road is fun if you make it fun. Hop on a road bike and try and race a car. thats where its at. The other day i was drafting a car at an avg 30mph for a little over 3 miles. :)
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Road biking is scary dangerous. Especially with how mentally unprepared most road bikers are out on the mountain roads around here. I've tried road biking before, I just get bored to death in like 15 minutes. Although I haven't tried it out in CA, maybe biking through the mountains and along the ocean is better than cornfields in the central, IL when I can't anyone or anything for miles.
 
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