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Author Topic: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride  (Read 13111 times)
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« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2009, 09:30:24 PM »

You may also try cycling to improve your fitness. I'm an avid mountain biker/roadie and although it doesn't do much for your core it enhances  your motorcycling ability.  For newbie's like me (been riding 3 years) it gave me a lot of confidence coming from 2 real skinny wheels.  Plus riding a bicycle on a 2 inch wide saddle makes the stock seam plush by comparison.  I'm studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and that pretty much works out the rest of they body.

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« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2009, 10:03:09 AM »

Well as anyone who is familiar with the San Joaquin valley in CA. can tell you Valley Fever is a pregnant dog, turns out all the aches pains and general fatigue was just that Valley Fever. Last 2 years I've been dismissing forementioned symptoms as a sign of just getting older. On the meds now i think I'm feeling better. WOO - HOO
I still need to loose a few pounds..........
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« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2009, 08:51:02 PM »

I'm 46,and i go to the gym religously for 27 yrs now,not huge or anything like bulky,just staying in shape.I've been riding for 7 yrs.Now the thing for me when riding long trips,track days, city rides etc...is i can recover faster than my riding mates who doesn't workout.So staying fit really benefits us riders,plus you can handle a fall much better... Grin
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« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2009, 08:23:00 AM »

Well as anyone who is familiar with the San Joaquin valley in CA. can tell you Valley Fever is a pregnant dog, turns out all the aches pains and general fatigue was just that Valley Fever. Last 2 years I've been dismissing forementioned symptoms as a sign of just getting older. On the meds now i think I'm feeling better. WOO - HOO
I still need to loose a few pounds..........

Whereabouts in the SJ valley are you at? I was born and raised in Stockton, but (as I always say) I escaped.  Smiley

Back to your topic. The one thing I need to really work on is my left wrist. Last September, I was in an accident and fractured it. I have a titanium (cool! waytogo) plate now. But over the past 6 months, atrophy set in and my wrist is still stiff and weak. Prior to my accident, I was working out religiously 4-5 days/week. I'm now slowly going back to the gym, but it hurts soooo bad. My incentive is I can't ride very long till the pain kicks in. Knowing this is preventing me from going on longer rides keeps me motivated to working out.

Yesterday, a buddy and I put on 360 miles in one day. Another part of my workout regimen for a big 850 mile ride we're doing in May. My wrist was killing me by the end of the day as it is today, but no pain, no gain! waytogo

Best of luck and stay consistent.
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« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2009, 08:36:20 AM »

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« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2009, 07:24:09 AM »

I started working out regularly over the winter and i have to say my first ride on my bike after only a month of regular excercise made a big difference in my riding!  I do a lot of cycling mainly with weight lifting and core 2-3times a week.
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« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2009, 07:27:51 AM »

I have been on a strict regimen of 12 oz curls for years. I don't know if it helps but I find it enjoyable. drink
That's my regimen except I use a different liquid.
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« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2009, 09:07:46 AM »

That's my regimen except I use a different liquid.

I have been successfully fighting malaria since 1984; the gin is just to dilute the quinine.
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« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2009, 04:22:12 PM »

Well as anyone who is familiar with the San Joaquin valley in CA. can tell you Valley Fever is a pregnant dog, turns out all the aches pains and general fatigue was just that Valley Fever. Last 2 years I've been dismissing forementioned symptoms as a sign of just getting older. On the meds now i think I'm feeling better. WOO - HOO
I still need to loose a few pounds..........

Woe - freaky. A friend of mine almost died from it a couple of years ago. He was down to 90 pounds.  I had that in AZ when I was 8, but it was mild.
I don't remember much about it. Are you on on-going meds for it? Does it ever go away?
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« Reply #24 on: April 03, 2009, 08:52:24 AM »

Desmostro - yeah they got me on meds they say that once you fight it with the meds you build up an immunity 2 years of meds that terrorizes your liver, we will see what happens.
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« Reply #25 on: April 04, 2009, 09:32:08 PM »

I'm 47 now, when I was younger, late teens through the 30's or so, I used to ride my dirtbike 1-3 times a week at Hollister Hills.  I was 5-11, about 210-250 over those years, lots of dope smoking and and eating crappy food all the time, but I had a whole lot more wind than I do now.   And I could actually keep up with most anyone I rode with back then.   I kiind of burned out on that stuff after about 20 years, went street only for a while, quit weed and started doing cocaine, got down to about 170, which was as light as I have ever been.  Got tired of the dope, dope dealers and all the BS, bought another dirtbike, quit dope, bought a few more street bikes over the years, and have come to the conclusion that I can't ride as well as I used to.   I've got a YZ450F that I don't ride as much as I should, mainly because it kicks my ass now, and I don't bounce as well as I used to, and also, I've got a mortgage, a kid in a local college, one at Berkeley, and a whole bunch more responsibility and have to go to work on Monday.  No more calling in sick because I'm all stoved up from a crash. 

Right now, on a longer ride, the two fingers of my throttle hand go numb after 50 miles or so, carpal tunnel maybe?   Also, knees get stiff, hips get sore, etc., etc.    Wow, almost time to eat a bullet.  Or get a wheelchair to do wheelies in. 
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« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2009, 10:16:18 PM »


Right now, on a longer ride, the two fingers of my throttle hand go numb after 50 miles or so, carpal tunnel maybe?   Also, knees get stiff, hips get sore, etc., etc.    Wow, almost time to eat a bullet.  Or get a wheelchair to do wheelies in. 

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« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2009, 11:23:44 PM »

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i'm getting the numb fingers too. so yoga helps that?
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« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2009, 11:35:59 PM »

I'm 47 now, when I was younger, late teens through the 30's or so, I used to ride my dirtbike 1-3 times a week at Hollister Hills.  I was 5-11, about 210-250 over those years, lots of dope smoking and and eating crappy food all the time, but I had a whole lot more wind than I do now.   And I could actually keep up with most anyone I rode with back then.   I kiind of burned out on that stuff after about 20 years, went street only for a while, quit weed and started doing cocaine, got down to about 170, which was as light as I have ever been.  Got tired of the dope, dope dealers and all the BS, bought another dirtbike, quit dope, bought a few more street bikes over the years, and have come to the conclusion that I can't ride as well as I used to.   I've got a YZ450F that I don't ride as much as I should, mainly because it kicks my ass now, and I don't bounce as well as I used to, and also, I've got a mortgage, a kid in a local college, one at Berkeley, and a whole bunch more responsibility and have to go to work on Monday.  No more calling in sick because I'm all stoved up from a crash. 

Right now, on a longer ride, the two fingers of my throttle hand go numb after 50 miles or so, carpal tunnel maybe?   Also, knees get stiff, hips get sore, etc., etc.    Wow, almost time to eat a bullet.  Or get a wheelchair to do wheelies in. 

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« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2009, 04:07:42 AM »

Yoga improves circulation, flexibility, and strength.  It certainly won't hurt to try it, and any side effects will be total body health.  I started it less than a year ago, and will continue to do it for the rest of my life!

Plus, you are pretty much guaranteed more boobies than bacon in every class  Cool

Ride Safe!

- Oh, and I enjoyed Corndog's honesty...I doubt many of us would admit to same type of regrets on a public forum.  It shows the strength this tight knit owners group has, and how comfortable he feels with us.
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