• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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What type of fitness training, if any, do you do?

I've always been active, and usually done some sort of exercise since I was a teen. My wife is the same, so it's just something we do. I'm 51 now, and in the best shape I've ever been in. I belong to a really cheap gym and try to go 3 days a week and do strength training, primarily weights. On the days I can't make it (work 12 hr shifts) I have 1 dumbell and one of these at home



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It hangs from the doorway for pull ups and chin ups, and lies flat to do a number of variations on the pushup. With that and the dumbell I can get in a pretty thorough workout and find that the variation helps. I no longer get sore or winded when I race, and have no problem working a bunch of 12's in a row in a physically demanding job. I also employ a generous amount of 12oz curls :cheers:
 
I try to commit my self to push ups every day

besides that its getting out on the motor (and finding out I should do also pull ups)

The only fitness machine that i would consider buying (when the price is right) would be a rowing machine
in my opinion that address the majority of the muscles you need when driving.

Robert-Jan
 
Dirtdame said:
Actually, I used to train for endurance when I was young and competing in motocross and grand prix. I'd run cross country almost every morning on a somewhat short course through the hills, then ride a two hour session on a local practice track three times a week. I had a second shift job, so my days were free for such activities.
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These day, getting to ride a dirt bike is about all the physical fitness activity I can stand. I try to ride twice a week and go for a walk a couple times a week, but quite frankly that's about all my body, back and knees can take!:oldman:
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FoxShox eh? I had those on a 1980 RM125. What year is that KX? Nice looking bike!
 
robertaccio said:
Competitive tournament level Football (SOCCER) for many years, got me very high endurance started, that ended, legs and lungs were top notch , then mtn bikes, legs and lungs strong, that is still there but minimal. now its 99% moto seat team with an occaisional good cause 5k run walk/walk run, legs are now twigs and lungs hurt..... And eating well and adding some supplements as well.
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No bridge run?
 
Lots of very good ideas here ... You really just gotta find you a routine and stick with it over time ... Taking time off as needed for whatever reason ...

I've found that as I gotten older, my rest time between workouts that enables the body to repair itself and grow, needs to be extended ... Usually at least 2 days are needed now if I do anything close to intense before my body feels refreshed ... In most normal cases, a day on and day off are enough for recovery ...


PS -- Remember to do your CARBO loading \ liquid \ nutrients intake immediately afterwards working out as that is when your body will absorb the nutrients the best ...

I like the 12 oz curls here as it also helps stop my body pains after a hard ride ... ;)
 
ajaxauto said:
I went to the gym ONCE in my life about 25 years ago. After a full day of work I am done. I do ride everyweeken So my GYM is work and riding
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When I rode a bicycle for fitness, that's pretty much all I did. I was a lot more fit in those days and riding a bicycle was fun, road or mountain.
 
I did a lot of road riding when I was younger. Later, I did a lot of free-ride mt. biking. I found that a good way to occupy the time when I wasn't playing hockey.
 
2 solid days of hardcore trail riding..... oh yea the bridge run/walk, Coastie thats one even I've never done, I never pay attention then I miss the cut off date.
 
Zomby woof said:
I've always been active, and usually done some sort of exercise since I was a teen. My wife is the same, so it's just something we do. I'm 51 now, and in the best shape I've ever been in. I belong to a really cheap gym and try to go 3 days a week and do strength training, primarily weights. On the days I can't make it (work 12 hr shifts) I have 1 dumbell and one of these at home



31uqwXDo2yL._SL500_AA300_.jpg


It hangs from the doorway for pull ups and chin ups, and lies flat to do a number of variations on the pushup. With that and the dumbell I can get in a pretty thorough workout and find that the variation helps. I no longer get sore or winded when I race, and have no problem working a bunch of 12's in a row in a physically demanding job. I also employ a generous amount of 12oz curls :cheers:
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Ya, us too. The Mrs. runs marathons/half marathons. I did a lot of really competitive ice hockey until my knee was stretched out like a rubber band and my leg was bent in a direction it wasn't supposed to bend.
 
robertaccio said:
2 solid days of hardcore trail riding..... oh yea the bridge run/walk, Coastie thats one even I've never done, I never pay attention then I miss the cut off date.
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I get "Voluntold" to do the Bride Run every year - the Mrs. signs me up. I've boycotted the past few and opted to turn those days into "training days". If the run falls on a reserve weekend I can claim it as a drill.
 
when i was doing my thing and really into the death grind stuff:

monday: off, maintenance, rest and massage.
tuesday: 2.5 hours, mtn bike, medium hard pace in steep terrain w/ run-ups on stairs carrying the bike.
wednesday: same as monday with 100 push ups, 100 pull ups, 100 curls with 15# dumbells.
thursday: open- but something cardio. usually ran stairs.
friday: 1.0 hour play on mtn. bike/speed work, calesthenics, gear prep. stretch, eat, rest.
sat: 3-4 tanks through the dirt bike, 3 minmum.
sun: 3-4 tank through the dirt bike, 3 minmum.

it took almost a year to get to this point tracking progress and tapering etc...and be able to maintain it.
the pedal bike was good for keeping legs strong and crampless, also good for a tough tushy. running steps with the mtn. bike shouldered gave me that snap and durress recovery i needed for hucking the motor-bike over stuff, over and over over and over.
riding the motorcycle is key.
you can work out like Arnold off the bike but it wont help your dirt bike riding and there's no substitute for T.I.T.S.
if you skip something skip a weekday training day and ride the motorcycle as planned on the weekend.

i could literally ride hard all day, and most of the night. i did it a lot doing SAR on Mt. Pinos, Alamo, Tecuyas, etc. when the phone rang i went up the mountains. all weather. 24-7. i wasnt the fastest, but i was the toughest. my off the bike training made me hard and helped me recover from boo-boo's way faster. my on the bike training kepy my skills sharp and my courage up.
i carried on like this, solo, and raced mtn. bikes, for 10 years from 1993 to 2003.
not anymore. i can barely get out of bed!

i sincerely applaud those looking for an edge, it shows your commitment to yourself.
i can help, with a few simple words from coach carl. these words will make you. its the end all of excuses and failure. you dont need a computer, a bag of tricks, et al. if you want to excell and be the best you can and obtain your goals, these few simple words can help make it so:

"YOUR BODY WILL ONLY DO WHAT YOU TRAIN IT TO DO"

and

"SPEED IS A WEAPON. YOUR OPPONENT WILL USE IT ON YOU IF YOU DONT USE IT ON HIM. DO YOUR SPEED WORK"
 
I use a lot of my own exercises, generally at least 1.5hrs per day average. At a minimum I would hit up a 1hr spin class and stretches if I didnt have time for a full workout. To me, recovery time is a personal requirement, some people require more some require less.

I also included a lot of Jason Raines stuff into my workouts, good stuff.



 
Well I'm almost 43, 4 months away.
I train 3 times a week doing Muay Thai Kick-boxing and walk at least 5 miles 5 times a week.
The kick-boxing keeps the entire body in great shape. Even the first ride of the year is pretty easy on the bod.
I've done the P90X DVD's that my wife has and find the hardest one to be pretty easy compared to the kick-boxing classes. I'll do the P90X videos when the gym is closed or I'll do a five KM jog, to keep up the fitness level.
The worst thing I find is going on holidays and then going back to kick-boxing class----Freaking Brutal, you really pay if you've been slacking!
 
I chop down dead trees on the property i live on and do some mountain biking, no problem doing 2 hour hare scrambles but I'm not very fast.
 
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