How to get dirt bike fit? ideas?

**cheese** · 3rd July 2013, 22:42

I've been going to the gym 4-5 days a week for the past 3 months. I doa mix of Upper body, cardio, lower body, then cardio. I've found my riding has gotten so much better just being fitter in general. I can ride twice as long on th eMX track now. Helps that I dropped around 5kg too.

Fitness is fitness though, go for a push bike ride or a run. Everything helps. The gym works for me, but enjoy going.

**Jay GTI** · 5th July 2013, 19:12

flyingcr is correct, nothing beats seat time for bike fitness, but cheese is also correct, if you're not fit in the first place, you won't get the benefit from the seat time. I ride every 3-4 weeks, so there's no way that will make me fit, bike or otherwise, so I run 5ks twice a week and do bootcamp 3 times a week. Diet also helps, lots of protein and small quantities of good carbs, try and stay away from the junk food.

The fitter I am, the faster I ride.

**nzspokes** · 5th July 2013, 19:55

This would be a good start, http://www.silverbullet.co.nz/event.php?id=10361

**bikerannie** · 5th July 2013, 22:31

The only exercise I do... Is I turn my music up nice and load and just dance around the house like a crazy person. Works a charm

and it's super fun

**bosslady** · 5th July 2013, 22:37

Originally Posted by bikerannie

The only exercise I do... Is I turn my music up nice and load and just dance around the house like a crazy person. Works a charm

and it's super fun

Lol I don't think that would quite work, Dirt biking makes me considerably more tired than road riding, aren't comparable really.

Originally Posted by nzspokes

This would be a good start, http://www.silverbullet.co.nz/event.php?id=10361

not likely a) I suck b) I don't get back to nz until 6am!

**newhere** · 5th July 2013, 22:58

Originally Posted by bosslady

Surely there must be some kind of exercising I can do to make this unfit fatty a little more dirt bike fit? Google shows nothing, not that I could find anyway. Any kind of exercise in particular that could help?

Who are you talking about? Not you right, your so far from fat its ridiculous...

**Kornholio** · 5th July 2013, 23:04

Originally Posted by bikerannie

The only exercise I do... Is I turn my music up nice and load and just dance around the house like a crazy person. Works a charm

and it's super fun

Pics and/or video and we'll be the judge

**bosslady** · 5th July 2013, 23:17

Originally Posted by newhere

Who are you talking about? Not you right, your so far from fat its ridiculous...

Yes me, who else! You know it's easy to hide a fat tum and thighs, Depends what ya Wear mate

don't ever ask me to pick up something up off the ground though unless you wanna meet Mr builders crack and Ms Side muffins!!

**newhere** · 5th July 2013, 23:48

Originally Posted by bosslady

Yes me, who else! You know it's easy to hide a fat tum and thighs, Depends what ya Wear mate

don't ever ask me to pick up something up off the ground though unless you wanna meet Mr builders crack and Ms Side muffins!!

pfft, oh dear LOL its funny how we see ourselves sometimes. In 10 years your likely to be thinking, who gives a fuck im fab LOL

**Kornholio** · 6th July 2013, 00:19

Has the ol 'stop eating pies' topic come up yet....

**Maha** · 6th July 2013, 08:11

Being bike fit is like sex really...at first you suck, then there's the pat on the head from some close by saying ''there there that wasn't so bad now was it''?
By the time the tenth time comes around, the mess is less, the smile is not strained anymore and best of all, you arse can take it...

Thank me later.

**bikerannie** · 6th July 2013, 13:20

Originally Posted by bosslady

Lol I don't think that would quite work, Dirt biking makes me considerably more tired than road riding, aren't comparable really.

Yes I went dirt biking yesterday and it is far more work then on the road! All the more reason to work harder at exercising to get your fitness levels up