5 Performance Strategies to Try This Offseason
Yeti's team trainer shares some tips and tricks for recovering from a hard season of riding.
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Breathe Right For More Energy - Yoga With Abi
Learn how to control your breathing to help you manage your energy more effectively on the bike.
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Motion is Lotion: Joint Mobility - Yoga With Abi
Movement is the only way for joints to maintain health and if you want to be more supple, agile and faster on the bike the health of your joints is paramount.
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Slow Down To Go Faster - Yoga With Abi
Reap the rewards of a better connection with your body by focussing on relaxation, recovery and meditation with the corpse pose routine.
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Manage Lower Back Pain - Yoga With Abi
The most common type of lower back pain experienced by mountain bikers is caused by holding an ‘unnatural’ posture for long periods of time, excessive repetition of a specific set of movement patterns and a lack of movement diversity. This 1-hour Yoga routine should help you to manage lower back pain.
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Pre-Ride Yoga Warm-Up - Monthly Yoga with Abi
Abi breaks down how you should limber up before sending it on the trails.
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6 Tips to Get Your Boyfriend Hooked on Mountain Biking
With these tips, you're bound to keep the couples therapy to a minimum, and the fun to a maximum!
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Pre-Ride Glute Activation - Monthly Yoga with Abi
Activating your glutes can help with movement and stabilisation and strengthening them will maximise your sprinting power and give you greater control on the bike.
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Yeti's Trainer Makes the Case for Strength Training - Video
Coach Dee Tidwell has coached some of the best racers in the world and wants to challenge riders to add several gym sessions per week.
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Four Ways to Release a Tight Groin – Monthly Yoga With Abi
Drawing your thighs towards each other to control the bike and relatively little stretching can wreak havoc with your groin. This month Abi takes us through some exercises to help alleviate pains and problems associated with the groin.
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Yoga For Strong, Supple, Somewhat More Bulletproof Ankles - Monthly Yoga with Abi
There are three components to healthy ankles—stability, flexibility and mobility—and yoga can help to improve all three. This month Abi takes us through some exercises to help strengthen your ankles.
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James Wilson's Workout of the Month - November
James takes us through a workout to help transition into the off season with a focus on bodyweight training.
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Yoga For Sore, Weak or Inflexible Wrists - Monthly Yoga with Abi
The key to protecting your wrists is to develop a strong core, here are four yoga poses you can do that will benefit your whole body and protect your wrists.
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Loosen Up: End Of Season Hip Recovery Stretch Routine - Video
Here Dee takes us through a four-part myofascial stretch sequence to help with crucial areas of your overall riding experience; your hip flexors, quads, groin and hamstrings.
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Transitioning Into the Off-Season - A New Training Series
James Wilson gives you the keys to winding down after a long season of riding while still wanting to be able to get out there and prepare for the next season too.
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The Yoga Solution For Neck Pain - Monthly Yoga with Abi
This month Abi takes us through a few poses and things to be mindful of if you suffer with tension and pain in your neck.
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Abi's Lessons From Crankworx - Stretching
Abi is back in London after two weeks teaching yoga at Crankworx Whistler, and it turns out we're all terrible at stretching.
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A Quick Guide To The Most Effective Poses For Mountain Bikers - Monthly Yoga With Abi
This month Abi has put together all the posts she's written about over the last few years into a quick guide focusing on the most effective poses for mountain bikers.
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Release Tension In The Upper Back and Injury-Proof Your Shoulders - Monthly Yoga With Abi
Abi walks us through some techniques to release the upper back and shoulders, so you can ride for longer.
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10 Yoga Poses You Can Do in Front Of the TV - Monthly Yoga With Abi
Don't have the time to do yoga, or find that you're too tired? This month Abi takes us through poses you can do while watching TV to help aid recovery and remain flexible.
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Loosen Up Tight Hips With 3 Types Of Poses - Monthly Yoga With Abi
This month Abi takes us through the basics of hip mobility and recommends some additional poses for your sequences.
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15-Minute Post-Ride Routine Designed To Optimize Your Recovery - Monthly Yoga With Abi
Abi takes us through a post-ride routine to optimize recovery and talks about what happens to our bodies when we exercise..
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Crafting Performance: From Gym to Trail with FMD Racing
MTB fitness coach, Chris Kilmurray talks us through how he trains with the FMD team, taking what they learn in the gym and transferring it to the trails.
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Post-Ride Yoga Poses For a Tight IT Band - Monthly Yoga With Abi
Ever suffered with a tight IT Band? This month Abi takes us through stretches to release tension in the iliotibial (IT) band to relieve pain in the hips, knees, and thighs.
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Three Levels of Yoga to Relieve Lower Back Pain - Monthly Yoga With Abi
This month, Abi takes another look at lower back pain and reviews the stretches and exercises she finds most effective.
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Stretches to Relieve a Tight Chest and Stiff Shoulders
This month with Abi, learn how to stretch your chest and internal shoulder rotators and strengthen your external shoulder rotators and the muscles that stabilize your shoulder blades.
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Training: Time to Build the Base For Next Season
It's December and the holiday season is in full swing, and although this is a fun time of year, it's also time to start thinking about training for the upcoming season. Dee Tidwell takes us through the basics of getting started.
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15-Minute Routine to Ease Chronic Knee Pain - Monthly Yoga With Abi
This month Abi takes us through a 15-minute routine that focuses on strength and stabilisation for the knees.
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Assess Your Season, Rest and Cross Train
Dee talks us through the importance of rest, and taking the time to mix up training in the off-season.
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End of Season Fixes: Part 2 - Shoulder and Thorax Care
This time, Dee dives into four valuable self-therapy techniques to address shoulder, neck and thorax issues.
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