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MTB for skiing

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agustinco
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Ok so Ive been training a lot on my mountain bike and I feel I work a lot my legs and the same muscles I use while skiing but I dont know so much about it, if any experienced one could tell me something about it that would be great!

Thanks!

Oct 28 2008 2:57PM
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k-rob
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actually, most of your upper body gets a workout from downhill MTB. your lats, your pecs, your triceps, your forearms, your shoulders, and your lower abs. but yeah, lour legs are going to be in great shape as long as you have been pedalling, or in my case, often riding uphill or hiking uphill with your bike.
Oct 28 2008 3:16PM
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CHRISm
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this is true, but cross-train for lateral stability you wont get from pedalling in 1 plane.
Oct 28 2008 3:17PM
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mrmarks
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yo MTBing is the best skiing workout.  period.  not only do you strengthen important muscles (quads, hams, glutes, calves), but you are strengthening all those ligaments and tendons that make a strong and well-protected knee (without the impact of running).

here's the catch -- you gotta ride up hills to make it worthwhile!
Oct 28 2008 4:27PM
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prontocuts.com
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Im surprised nobody has said anything about lungs. MTBing builds your lungs like crazy
For the past two months I was running 4 miles every other day to help with skiing and skimping out on MTBing, I went with my dad and I got destroyed, my lungs were soooooo out of breath. So im back to biking again with running too.
Oct 28 2008 4:31PM
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FUUUCK
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thats more to do with you using different musckes than your lungs, I can keep up with pretty strong XC mountain bikers because I dide a lot of BMX and rode DH this summer, but if I try to run 5km in less than 25 minutes ill be sore for days.
Oct 28 2008 4:37PM
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prontocuts.com
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I dont know what your saying exactly but im saying that when I rode I felt FINE, my legs had tons of power and I could to anything, but my lungs just werent cutting it. Maybe its the asthma too
Oct 28 2008 4:39PM
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feihlination
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i am damn good at mtb, no doubt about it. but i dont feel it too much in the park. in the pow, yes, no problem with longer runs and higher clifffs and stuff.

the only real good thing is (at least i guess) the knee stabilizing factor of those muscles. i had never problems with twisting a knee or something.

Oct 28 2008 5:54PM
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