The physical fitness I have to go through to prepare for a dirt bike race is extremely challenging. First, I have to constantly workout and stretch my legs. So I don’t get sore legs and tensed muscles after practicing the track. I also workout and stretch my forearms to avoid feeling “arm pump,” which is when a rider rides the motorcycle gripping the handle bars so hard that the arm muscles start to get tense, tight, and hurt with intense pain. Another important part of training is realizing what I eat affects the way I feel after practice. So I have to eat healthy food or I’ll get sick to my stomach and puke after a hard practice. Doing laps around a track with junk food in my stomach and bouncing around; those both don’t mix. My stomach will get upset quickly and there’s no way to know if I can keep the food down.
Training my legs with workouts and stretching is just hard work. To train my legs, I do several exercises alongside the hard track practices with my dirt bike. I do about 10 repetitions and 5 sets of squats–sometimes with free weights too, run 2-3 miles on a treadmill or around a track, and ride a stationary bike for 5-10 miles or until I can’t pedal anymore. It takes anywhere from 2 to 4 hours a day of just working out. Each day I train, I switch up my workouts between my upper body and lower body to give the muscles proper time to heal and strengthen. [Read more →]
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