Bingo. Let's be real. Almost no amateurs here are strong enough, or fit enough to where do some SUPER specific program is going to make a real difference. Just hitting the gym, doing the basics, and doing road biking or some cardio is going to get you to 95% of what you're realistically capable of doing.
Yes sir. See you Saturday in Downieville then?
http://www.sierratrails.org/events/pack_saddle_trail_workday_partnership_with_rei
Tell us how you really feel about speed checksNo I build good trails, not mess up good trails with switchbacks (a climbing turn is still a switchback), miniscule grade reversals and things that induce braking and reduce sight lines.
Even building those will still give you some exercise though
And yes I'm harboring an enormous amount of resentment regarding what happened to butcher.*grumble*grumble*
You're not the only one unhappy about it. The Stewardship's hands are tied by a bunch of BS up there. Things would be a lot different if they didn't have to be all legit and stuff.No I build good trails, not mess up good trails with switchbacks (a climbing turn is still a switchback), miniscule grade reversals and things that induce braking and reduce sight lines.
Even building those will still give you some exercise though
And yes I'm harboring an enormous amount of resentment regarding what happened to butcher.*grumble*grumble*
Mountain biking is very much about short anaerobic bursts and repeatedly recovering from those sprints. People don't bonk usually because their endurance isn't good enough, they bonk because they can't recover from the anaerobic efforts. Whether it's XC or downhill, it's the same. The only difference for XC is that you do need to be decent at the aerobic stuff, able to do long efforts and such, not be carrying around excess weight, be efficient with your energy and water, but it's still those short bursts or steeper sections where you go anaerobic that will kill you IMO. This doesn't mean strength training to build massive bulk, but just "riding more" or "running" really doesn't do that much, you hit a wall pretty quick. I've been rock-climbing for over a year and working on core strength and lifting moderate weight for a few years now and the results are dramatic, even when I spent a significant amount of time off the bike.
They're also a great way to meet a bunch of sweaty dudes who want to roll around on floor squeezing you.
Kettlebell training is excellent for this.
What you meant to say.
Beating up old people with or without kettlebells?
No, not really. 99% of people taking BJJ in particular are not "trained killers". They're glorified high school wrestlers who usually have a coke habit, and didn't actually do wrestling in high school. I've been around those sports enough to know that much.
And how do we do that out east, when the ground is frozen solid and covered in snow, while out west your dirt made from gods fecal matter is still loamy in spots, and you can still ride?
No wonder the local lifts look like someone took the customers out of a fast food joint, threw them in PJ's and gave them expensive bikes. Seriously.... 
When I was a white belt, I never lost to a white belt.
Oh martial arts in general are an AWESOME workout. Actually, there's very little that is a better all-around workout if you train somewhere decent. Just the all around douchey-ness that comes with BJJ is pretty much intolerable, and good cause to consider any other martial art form.
Yea, you're right. It does attract a type of guy. That guy usually leaves after a few months when he realizes this isn't the gym and big muscles don't impress people as much as they think, and actually hinders their power (speed and strength).
Probably true. But most BJJ dojos are revolving doors of those types, and regardless of how permanent they are, that's still what the dojos mostly consist of.
Agree about that. MT is awesome, and definitely one of the hardest physically.
That was pretty much my point. Never said it wasn't a good workout. I've actually worked out at a couple gyms, most recently Krav. Fun stuff and a good workout, but just had too much other stuff going on and something had to go.
It also doesn't help that I have been around the vicinity of Huntington Beach, which, for some reason, seems to be a nest of BJJ doucheness.
Yea, I'd imagine living there would affect ones opinion on it. I mean, it's Huntington beach, brah. You hear me bro? Do you even tan/lift/bulk/injectsteriods/have10stds, BRO? vomit.
If you have some core strength I'd do grip specific exercises first. Right now my grip is a problem for me and I can't go up in weight in my deadlift because it's too weak. Though for biking you don't need grip strength. I have a weak grip and my forearms need a week of beat up bikepark riding to even start hurting.
I think I mostly agree. Maybe 95% is a bit high, but I see what you are saying. I think the most important thing is to eat right and do whatever it is that you can work hard at and do consistently.
what makes you think crossift will make you lose weight? your wegiht is determined by calories in and calories out, nothing more.
Yes and no. You can easily do a lot of effort and end up with a wrong training that gives you nothing for the summer. Did that for 2 seasons where I had too weak arms and strong legs or the other way around. I see a lot of people train a lot and end up with 50% of what they could have had if they did a dedicated training program. Yes of course sometimes your random winter activities work for you but that doesn work for all of us.
