Okay, as some of you may know, I just got into MTBing about a month and a half ago. I have been very sedentary for about a year and half due to a back injury. During this time I put on about 20 lbs and have really gotten out of shape.
Every time I go out on the trail, I have to stop about every 2 minutes or so to catch my breath. I mean I'm sucking air like a fish outa water. It really sucks as I know I'm slowing everyone down. In addition to this, the heat is f***ing killing me. I'm at the point that this is not fun for me cuz it's physically brutal.
Yesterday my husband, son and I took some MTB lessons. For the first 3 1/3 hours we did various practice drills out in the open sun. It was about 87 degrees with about 75% humidity. I had to stop and catch my breath every couple of minutes and sucked down about a gallon of fluids during this time, as well as hosing myself off every 30 minutes to cool down. After this we went on a trail ride. I was totaly spent. I was holding everyone up and even crashed on a small incline cuz I didn't have the energy to get up it.
What can I do to get into better shape so I'm not killing myself on trails? Is there a routine anyone would recommend to build up my endurance, increase my aerobic capacity and lose the excess blubber so I can actually begin to enjoy this? I love MTBing but it's just brutal right now.
Every time I go out on the trail, I have to stop about every 2 minutes or so to catch my breath. I mean I'm sucking air like a fish outa water. It really sucks as I know I'm slowing everyone down. In addition to this, the heat is f***ing killing me. I'm at the point that this is not fun for me cuz it's physically brutal.
Yesterday my husband, son and I took some MTB lessons. For the first 3 1/3 hours we did various practice drills out in the open sun. It was about 87 degrees with about 75% humidity. I had to stop and catch my breath every couple of minutes and sucked down about a gallon of fluids during this time, as well as hosing myself off every 30 minutes to cool down. After this we went on a trail ride. I was totaly spent. I was holding everyone up and even crashed on a small incline cuz I didn't have the energy to get up it.
What can I do to get into better shape so I'm not killing myself on trails? Is there a routine anyone would recommend to build up my endurance, increase my aerobic capacity and lose the excess blubber so I can actually begin to enjoy this? I love MTBing but it's just brutal right now.