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Ride Fit – Work out your Shoulders for a Better and more Controlled Ride

As the link between the handlesbars and our core, our arms take a pretty decent thrashing when out riding so it’s crucial to pay some TLC to your shoulders during training. Here are three mobilization techniques and five staple exercises to insert into any workout.

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Winter Training – Making the Most of it!

You know what’s great about winter – nothing! At the end of every epic summer, we enthusiastically proclaim, “I’m not going to lose my fitness over the winter.” We mean it too… but soon we find ourselves sitting in front of the TV while our fitness ebbs away and the bikes go rusty in the shed. What the hell happened, and how do we hold onto that summer stoke?

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Mountain bike winter training Part II – Setting Goals

Fast forward yourself to June and picture where you are at and you’re riding with your buddies. You’re working hard on one of your favorite epic rides, enjoying the beautiful surroundings. But like usual, you start to peel off the back due to increasing fatigue that you just can’t shake off. At the same time, that inner voice starts to talk to you, “What’s up? You’re getting tired again? Come on… just keep going.” “Argh”, you sigh. No matter hard you try, you just don’t have the gas to keep pushing.

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12 Winter Riding Tips to Make the Season Fun

You know what’s great about winter? Absolutely nothing! Love it or hate it, winter is coming so it’s time to brace yourselves. This the season where motivation falters, resolutions are broken and we all get lazy and fat! We may not be able to rail a flat corner for a few months but let’s not write off the winter season yet.

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German champion Fabian Scholz’s training plan

Many of you are surely wondering just exactly how a pro trains: what do they do that you don’t do? We took it upon ourselves to interrogate Fabian Scholz, digging into his training schedule. Not only is he the German national champion but also the overall winner of the Specialized SRAM Enduro Series 2014 and a rider for the Focus Trail Team, so he’s not unfamiliar to riding at the top level.

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