Mountain Bike Strength and Mobility Training with Bike James
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2019
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
James Wilson has been helping mountain bikers all around the world get strong and fit since 2005 through his online training programs and podcast. He’s also designed his own flat mountain biking pedal called the Catalyst to help riders improve both power and comfort on the bike.
In this episode, we ask James for mountain bike training tips, and talk about why flat pedals are better than clipless for many riders.
Connect with James at bikejames.com.
--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks
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| 0:30.0 | This week we're resharing one of our favorite episodes of the Single Tracks podcast. |
| 0:34.5 | If you've already heard this one, don't worry because next week we'll be back with an all-new show. Hey everybody, welcome to the Single Tracks podcast. If you've already heard this one, don't worry, because next week we'll be back |
| 0:37.8 | with an all-new show. Hey, everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today |
| 0:43.9 | I'm going to be talking with James Wilson. So James has been helping mountain bikers all |
| 0:49.3 | around the world get strong and fit since 2005 through his online training programs and his podcast. |
| 0:56.0 | He's also designed his own flat mountain biking pedal called The Catalyst, which helps riders |
| 1:02.1 | improve both power and comfort on the bike. Thanks for joining us, James. |
| 1:06.1 | Yeah, thanks, Jeff. Glad to be here. |
| 1:08.5 | So how did you get started as a strength trainer? |
| 1:12.4 | Did you have a background in that, or did you get your start mountain biking? |
| 1:17.1 | Actually, I started, I think, working out like a lot of dudes in high school because I want to put on some muscle so girls would look at me. |
| 1:25.2 | And, you know, just that kind of led to, I started running track and then I got introduced |
| 1:32.6 | to using strength training for improving performance as well. |
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