exercises for track weekend

[spotrot]

Any particular exercises that help get ready for a weekend at a track?

My first track experience will be with yamaha champions riding school at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah Sept. 28/29.

I'm already running, roller blading and the usual gym stuff.

I imagine there will be a lot more leg action than I get on the street.

 

[Tufbusa]

Bicycle!

This is the best form of preparation you can do!

 

[fastblackblur]

I agree, bicycling is about the best thing you can do. Not to be confused with a stationary bike.

 

[spotrot]

Thanks - great idea.

I'm embarrassed to say I never thought of that

 

[Lamb busa]

This track is the best that there is. Unbelievably fast and smooth as glass. Bicycling is great. Try doing the "chair" Skiers do this exercise and it asks the same thing from your body that trackdays do. Lean back against a wall with your quadriceps perpendicular to the ground. Hold for 3 minutes...rest...repeat.

HAVE FUN! Lamb is jealous

 

[fastblackblur]

This track is the best that there is. Unbelievably fast and smooth as glass. Bicycling is great. Try doing the "chair" Skiers do this exercise and it asks the same thing from your body that trackdays do. Lean back against a wall with your quadriceps perpendicular to the ground. Hold for 3 minutes...rest...repeat.

HAVE FUN! Lamb is jealous

Wow Lamb thats pretty smart. I never thought of doing those, but if you think about it it's almost the exact same type of stress your thighs feel while track riding.

Learn something new everday

 

[spotrot]

Tuff and Fast,
Took your advice and started riding. Surprising how quickly those leg muscles can improve. Could barely do one hill first try. A couple days later could do three. OK, it was not a hill, just a big bridge . We try to make do in FL.

Lamb:
That seems great too. Gravity must be stronger here though. No can do 3 minutes yet.

 

[skydivr]

I like the chair exercise a lot, and my ellipitical made a big difference.

 

[Tufbusa]

This track is the best that there is. Unbelievably fast and smooth as glass. Bicycling is great. Try doing the "chair" Skiers do this exercise and it asks the same thing from your body that trackdays do. Lean back against a wall with your quadriceps perpendicular to the ground. Hold for 3 minutes...rest...repeat.

HAVE FUN! Lamb is jealous

Now Lamb, would that be "Perpendicular" or "Parallel"?

 

[robmmp]

@spotrot

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[Jet Li]

I think biking is great. Lots of pro's do that. Really anything that builds strength and endurance of the quadraceps muscles is key. Make sure you drink water or gatorade between riding sessions. You get dehyrdated way faster than you can imagine at the track. Proper hydration will also help with moving lactic acid outta your sore muscles!!

 

[Tufbusa]

Great point on hydration.

Also, you should begin hydration the day before by drinking lots of water as well as between track sessions.

Improved cardio is just as important (Maybe more so) than strength training.

 

[spotrot]

Maybe it's just me (and my first time on a track and I jog a couple times a week) but it wasn't an aerobic event.

The bicycling was the most help for me. One issue I had was that the muscles near my hip cramped up badly in the first 10 minutes of riding the R6. I thought the event was done for me but it cleared up and I made it through thee two days.

@robmmp I'll review the school in a separate post; thanks for the discount info - that's great.