Cotton eyed Joe Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 On working out, I would focus on cardio vascular endurance. I would either run on a tread mill, or do a very heavy stationary bike routine. Here at the Golds they have a cycling class that will kick your ass in a hurry. Here is my reasoning. Out at Dumont, I got to ride harder than I ever have, for a longer time than I ever have. Being able to hang on to the front end of my banshee with just my left hand, lift the front end of my bike up off the ground, and rotate it 90 degrees so I could get out of camp, was completely different than my endurance out in the dunes. One of the first things I noticed when I got off of my banshee was I was breathing heavily. I do cardio vascular work outs every day for about 25 minutes each, but I was exhausted. Getting oxygen into your blood stream to your muscles would be way more important than how physically strong you are. If you can lift a house, but can't get fuel to the muscles, then its no good. For the muscles, I would vote the stationary bike again. You would use somewhat the same form on the bike that you do on the Banshee. You're going to use your whole body, so I would go for 18-20 reps of what ever weight you can do. It doesn't matter if you are using the little pink weights from the girls section of the gym. When I do my 18-20 weeks, I'm curling a solid 20lbs. Do 3 sets of that and your arms are going to fall off. Try it with legs.....You'll wish you had never heard of the gym. Calves on the other hand get 1000's of partial reps and full reps everyday. They are a stabilizer muscle. Everystep you take, they support your full weight for atleast a partial rep. When I seriously work calves, I either pile on the weight (seated calf raises with 180+) or standing calf raises...I've done as much as 320+lbs. Or I'll go extreme reps. 150lbs or so for 25-30 reps, and then do as much weight as I can that will allow me to complete 50 reps. Some days its just the 50 rep sets for 3-4 sets. I think you probably work on your grip enough...so I wouldn't worry about forearms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuadMX Posted April 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 DAMN STRAIGHT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansha60 Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Do you still have your junk parking break crap on it? Same exact thin happened to me, all the electronic junk was getting moisture on it and wouldnt let it rev, when it dried out,, it ran fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansha60 Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 alright..just a thought though...haha..nice man..I did the exact same thing ,broke my wrist..tried to triple..cased the landing,and over the handlebars i went..lol..needless to say i prolly wont have a job come monday cause i broke my collarbone last month and was off work for 3 weeks! I guess i'll watch for a month..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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