Thread: Fitness training for ridin'

train for endurance mostly, I mean like go up on your weights but getting stronger isnt your main goal. I never ran because I hate running but that is a pretty good part of a routine for something like this. When I was in a gym I would only use free weights. I dont remember the names of tyhe workouts or whatever but focus on core strength. I do remember two though. I would do hangcleans and squats. I thought these two were pretty awesome. I would do them after I did everything else becasue the hangcleans absolutely killed me. When i lifted the weights i would go three sets like this. 12 10 and 8. Adding 10 Lbs everytime.

just do alot of core stuff like gscx said. also those stationary bikes are a great thing to use. the best work out is to just RIDE lol .

agreed but more things you can add to that. you can take dumbbells and with your feet at about shoulder width apart slightly have your knees bent. keep your hips on the same plane as your feet and slightly lean forward. hold the dumbbells in front of you and bring them out and up. this will work out multiple areas of importance (abs, shoulders, arms, & back) i mean there are multiple arm exercises, shoulder, back, legs. squats can be a double edge sword they can really build the strength in your legs and lower back, but there is also the risk of injuring your lower back. now an alternative to putting the bar on your shoulders is to grab some dumbbells again and hold them to your side or up by your shoulders and do a body squat. you can do this with out weights, hence the name body squat. another alternative is leg press on a leg press machine. the only thing you want to make sure is do not lock your knees, what i mean by that is as you push up do not extend your legs completely where they are perfectly straight. you can go up to that point where your knees are slightly bent. you don't want to hurt a knee. there are i guess a few suggestions. if you want to know specific areas to work out let me know and i can give you some other ideas.