How a Lack of Strength and Fitness Contribute to Injury Risk for Bikers

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re re-sharing one of our favorite podcast episodes, and we’ll be back next week with an all-new show.

Dee Tidwell is a professional coach and the founder of Train to Ride which provides cycling-specific training programs and plans for mountain biking, road, gravel, and moto riding. He’s also a two time Big Mountain Enduro Master’s Champ and has worked with countless professional athletes including members of the Yeti/Fox Factory professional EWS race team.

We ask Dee:

What is the Performance Pyramid, and how does it work? Walk us through each level.
Is it OK to skip some of the lower levels and jump right to the top?
How electric mountain bike riding and racing this differ from more traditional mountain bike training?
Do you find that people really hate cardio so much that they avoid training altogether? Is equipment cost an excuse people use for not working on getting stronger?
Is soft tissue therapy something folks can work on at home with foam rollers and massage guns, or is this one area where working with a physical or massage therapist in person is beneficial?
Have you seen a shift in the mix of your clients over the years between racers and folks who just want to ride for fun?
What are the risks associated with over training? How do you know if you’re over training?
Why is full body strength so important for mountain biking?
How are golf and cycling related in terms of fitness and mobility? Is it true that mountain biking is the new golf?
How can riders deal with pain and fatigue on long rides?
How does a lack of strength or fitness contribute to our risk for injury?
What can we do to have more fun on the mountain bike next season?

Find more information about Dee and learn about training programs at TrainToRide.com.

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0:00.0	The single track staff is making more time to ride our bikes right now. And hopefully you are too.
0:04.9	This week, we're resharing one of our favorite podcast episodes. And we'll be back next week with an all-new show.
0:11.1	Happy trails. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff. And today, my guest is D.
0:18.4	Tidwell. D is a professional coach and the founder of Train to Ride,
0:23.3	which provides cycling-specific training programs and plans for mountain biking, road, gravel, and motor riding.
0:30.4	He's also a two-time Big Mountain Enduro Masters Champ and has worked with countless professional athletes,
0:37.1	including members of the
0:38.5	Yeti Fox Factory professional EWS race team. Thanks for joining us, Dee. Thank you, Jeff. Stoke
0:44.9	to be here. Yeah. Well, tell us how you got into coaching. Well, so I've been in fitness for
0:50.9	approximately 30 years now, which may give you a little insight into my age,
0:57.9	but I won't tell you.
0:59.7	You started when you were zero, so you're 30.
1:02.9	Well, you know, I told people last week I just had my 35th dyslexic birthday.
1:07.9	So anyway, I was a mountain biker from day one because really, you know,
1:13.3	I started riding when writing kind of started, right, back in the late 80s there. So I quickly
1:20.8	found out in road cycling that I wasn't going to be a very good road cyclist because I carried
1:25.2	a lot of muscle mass because I trained hard in the gym,
1:28.2	but I loved to ride. And so my first couple of cross-country races, I just got torched on the
1:34.5	uphills, but I did the opposite on the downhills. And so I found myself getting stuck behind a lot of
1:40.6	slow people going downhill, but then obviously me being a slow person coming uphill. So downhill was kind of up and coming with Tomac and Missy Jovi and the whole crew back
1:49.2	then. And so I started downhill racing because... Yeah. And so through the years... That's the fun part.
1:59.3	I mean, that's the only reason to go up, isn't it?
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