Fat and its benefits Fat is one of the most beneficial substances in your diet, and it is often the missing link in developing and maintaining good health and ultimately optimum performance according to...
Racers live by a clock: whether it is measuring lap times or how many months before a big national, we’re constantly thinking about where the time goes. We not only have to plan when...
Over the last three articles we have set the foundation to begin training in a way to maximize your training efforts, now let’s address the other side of the performance equation – flexibility (also...
Based on research – we need to rethink Ice Baths & Anti-Inflammatory Medicine Each year, thanks to improvements in technology & extensive research, exercise physiologists are discovering more about how the body responds to...
As a racer, not only do you need to understand the importance of hydration and its role in your performance on race day: heat regulation, muscle contractions, delivery of nutrients, joint function, etc.; you...
As a human performance coach for the last 24 years, I have seen riders experience the dreaded late moto fatigue not because they are out of shape, but rather not properly prepared for the...
Nutrition and how the human body absorbs and responds is unique from individual to individual, influenced by outside variables (i.e. heat, humidity and intensity) and has to be validated by trial and error. Let’s...
As temperatures & humidity continue to increase, the risk of heat related illnesses and the negative effects on riding & performance continue to be a daily issue. As defined by the Mayo Clinic, “Heatstroke...
As a racer, you understand the importance of hydration and its role in your performance on race day – heat regulation, muscle contractions, carries nutrients, joint function, etc.; however, what many racers don’t understand...
Over the last five four weeks you have been following a complete training program to improve your identified weaknesses in your performance ability: muscular strength, endurance and/or lactate tolerance. [Note: if you haven’t signed...
