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    see i would cycle to work but being in fire bregade if siren goes up i know from experience that when you cycle to fire station you are no good to anyone if your puffing etc,

    I drive and the gym here is 2 dollars everytime you go so it is no biggy for me, I had a good work out last night there actually on the push bike and did alot of chin ups on the bar
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    Quote Originally Posted by neil_cb125t View Post
    join the force, free gym and sports membership. You are required to be fit so they have everything. Oh and the give you up to 4 hours a week off work to keep fit..... after you get your training program sorted by personal training instructor.
    why would i want to do that hahaha get my hair shaved and shower with other guys Jokes nah I in fire bregade I love it I dont want to be in army navy or air force but i want to be a fireman
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    Take a look at any proffessional racer and 99% of them look the same - skinny and some look down right sickly!

    I think you need to make sure that you are fit and have stong legs / core muscles. The fitter you are the better you can think when your tired, which is obviously important in bike racing as the brain is far more important than your physical characteristics.

    Unfortunately I would assume that Firemen need strength and bulk, which is not great on a bike.
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    My opinion. Your best workout is actually on a bike going round n round the track--pure laps . second option Id suggest is on a MX bike.
    I feel its best to target the specific muscle groups but also in the way they are used on the bike. Besides that I think anything thats going to raise your heart rate and increase just general fitness levels is a good thing
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    yeah i work a pretty good job with weight lifting in a warehouse and i like to cycle when i get the chance or walk which actually i find is good to but i was just basically seeing what other guys did i know the legs are very important for racing but i also didnt want to work the wrong muscles and actually make it harder to ride
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    I don't think you can "work the wrong muscles" for racing, as you use almost every muscle in your body to race a bike. Because of this variety is important! personally I do a bit of cycling... normally 40-60 Km's per ride (cardio and legs at the same time) and then at the gym I do a bit of everything.. I even make up my own exercises if I'm having a problem with one area when I ride, in which case I just try to simulate the riding situation that causes the problem.
    Basicly at the gym you want to do anything with your arms/shoulders, core strength (basicly the more awkward and gay looking the position you can get yourself in the better) and something for legs. Rowing machine is quite good becasue it does arms legs and cardio at once... but don't just to that alone

    I'm not going to pretend that I'm good at race training because I'm not, but I hope that helps
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    Nah nah all help is good,

    I have been doing the excercycle do 30 minutes to warm me up which is usally 20ks then i have been doing weights usally 10 each arm then i have been doing chin ups bench pressing then the rowing machine for about 10 minutes seems to be a good workout
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    http://www.sportrider.com/features/1...ess/index.html

    "Strength Building

    Although motorcyclists use their whole body when riding, the stomach, forearms and inner thighs are of primary importance. While working on your arms and legs, don't forget to develop core body strength. Your core, also called your trunk or center of gravity, is the fulcrum for many athletic movements and is therefore the center of strength in your extremities. Core muscles include the abdomen, lumbar region, chest (pectorals) and shoulders (trapezius and laterals). As your trunk strength increases, you'll find that you rely less on your arms to support your body while riding, freeing up your arms to control the bike with less effort."

    The site goes on to list various exercises, some being of a compound nature, others isolating. However there are 4 exercises that I think are beneficial to most people, in most situations.

    - Deadlifts
    - Squats
    - Bench press (or pressups)
    - Wide grip pull ups (or some other kind of weighted rowing exercise)

    They are all compound exercises, meaning they work multiple muscle groups, rather than just going for big Arnold biceps etc.
    3-4 sets of 15-20 reps of each, in no particular order. In conjunction with whatever your favorite cardio is (as much as you can handle without over fatiguing yourself).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim 39 View Post
    ... I just try to simulate the riding situation that causes the problem...
    Can see some riders walking into the gym and violently throwing themselves on the floor to simulate falling all the time

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    Hell I'm feeling guilty, I just ran and squeezed tennis balls, and that was for maybe a 6 hour, the rest of the time, nothing !!!!!! G.

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    Ask gixxerracer as I believe he has a strict training regiment but mainly upper body I understand involves alot of pie lifting for arm, shoulders and chest and building mass in the mid section to help keep all 165hp of that Honda on the ground! Oh and helps with Jaw strengthening too, some of the meat he likes to put in his mouth is pretty tough!

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    165hp thats a joke it had 210hp how else could it pull me round that fast. Now Dom you left out the 2 hours of mowing lawns on my horrible hilly back yard, i spend hours lying on the couch watching the missis struglin her arse off mowin it
    Quote Originally Posted by Dom View Post
    Ask gixxerracer as I believe he has a strict training regiment but mainly upper body I understand involves alot of pie lifting for arm, shoulders and chest and building mass in the mid section to help keep all 165hp of that Honda on the ground! Oh and helps with Jaw strengthening too, some of the meat he likes to put in his mouth is pretty tough!

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    If you work in town (Wellington) I can drop off or you can pick up some simple strengthening exercises and other stuff that will build up your "core, shoulders, arms and legs". The great thing is no flash equipment is required..

    This should help with both your riding and professional fitness.

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    sorry im based in the wairarapa,

    I actually have myself a trainer now who is working me up for riding he has a real good program layed outfor me to and knows so much about muscles and whats good and whats bad and used to be an ex motorbike rider himself
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ivan View Post
    sorry im based in the wairarapa,

    I actually have myself a trainer now who is working me up for riding he has a real good program layed outfor me to and knows so much about muscles and whats good and whats bad and used to be an ex motorbike rider himself

    CADIOVASCULAR is all you need!!!!!

    The very next time you finish a Qualify session and a race, have Doug take your pulse rate in the pit lane, so it has not settled before you do it, and then you need to train paying attention to your heart rate.

    Push your heart rate to 10 beats per minute above the sample DOUG took, and push it up there for at least 10 minutes longer than the average race time in NZ

    If you have oxygen in your blood, your muscle will be fine, but MOST IMPORTANT, so will your brain, the brain needs food 100%, and the physicall side of racing bikes, is a 100% less than the mental effort required.


    NEXT IS STRECHING

    Go find a GYM with lots of good looking girlies, and settle in for an hour 3x a week doing streching

    Makes you more nimble, and a whole lot better at dealing with crashes.
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