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The missing piece behind better riding
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Hi , One of the junior athletes I worked with last off-season had a performance recently that really stood out to me. He's primarily been a downhill racer. Lots of time developing technical skills, riding fast and learning how to race DH. Last off-season, he jumped on board and put more focus into his physical development. Strength. Power. Aerobic fitness. Building a more complete athlete, not just trying to make him better at riding fast for 5 minutes. He's continued putting in the work all season long. Recently, he decided to test the waters with a couple of Enduro races. Immediately he has been competitive in the Canadian Enduro League races. Where last year, he struggled in the one enduro race he entered. He already had the riding skills to go fast. So what changed? He improved his ability to use those skills across a different set of demands, under fatigue. More capacity for the climbs. More durability to maintain physicality in the late stages when fatigue starts affecting everyone else. That's why I keep coming back to this thought: "A high level of physical preparation gives you more opportunities to use your skills." You can have incredible bike skills, but if your body can't keep up with what you're asking it to do, eventually those skills become harder to access. Good physical preparation doesn't replace riding. It gives your riding a bigger platform to work from. That's the goal of the training we do at Alpine MTB Performance + Rehab: build stronger, more capable athletes so you can get more out of the skills you've worked so hard to develop. Keep riding, |
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Plyometrics aren’t just “jump training”, or lifting a weight fast. They rely on something called the stretch shortening cycle. When a muscle is rapidly stretched, sensors within the muscle trigger a stronger, more forceful contraction. Think quick stretch → explosive rebound. That elastic response is what allows you to absorb force and immediately redirect it. Think of it as reducing your rebound damping. Less damping in your body is a good thing. On the bike, this shows up when you: • Pump...
This athlete learned it the hard way. On the surface, everything looked right. The program was polished. The coach was well known. The investment was significant. Behind the scenes, though, something wasn’t working. As she put it: “My previous coach felt personalized at first, but over time it just became like she was spitting out some program she had on the internet.” That disconnect mattered. Communication was minimal. Context was missing. And when injuries and challenges in life got in the...
Hello Reader, You 're going to noticed a few things looking a little different around here. New visuals.A refined logo.Clearer language around performance, rehab, and what we actually do. This isn’t a pivot.It’s a sharpening. Alpine MTB Training becomes Alpine MTB Performance + Rehab Why the new branding? Initial Alpine MTB Training was focused on building effective fitness programs for the unique demands of mountain biking. After a short while, because of my Athletic Therapy background, it...