Podcast: Offseason Gains with Jonny Thompson from Fit4Racing

 Obese America

 You've misspelled fatness.

 @cliff-huckstable: very clever. I say this as I relax on my lazy boy chair eating Halloween candy that I’m supposed to give out in a couple days.

 If you ride a lot and burn tons of calories, you can drink beer and eat ice cream moderately. Tons of the athletes I follow eat bad stuff occasionally but it is not their core diet and they are burning thousands of calories per day.

 Only racers have off seasons. Real riders and trail builders go all year.

 @JustinVP: unfortunately that's not an option in lots of places, for instance Canada

 @etm94: Do you ski or board?

 @etm94: Year-round fatbiking on Baffin Island, I hear.

 In Northern California the fall through spring is the best part of the year to mountain bike. Summer is good but you have to get up early.

 @etm94: There are less than 5 days of snow I can't bike in, here.

 @jorgeposada: yeah I snowboard, so i suppose that counts

 @Regamaro: Ontario and Quebec have a slightly different climate than the island...

 @JustinVP: Racers are riders that race...

 Commercial Jackhammer might be useful!!

 @greg390: WAKI ultimate Brit Summer in Portes du Soleil:

Warm Up: Burpess x10, plank 1.5 min, hip bridge raises x5, stretchband pullups with weight vest x10

Circuit 1 x3: throwing ball to each other while doing box jumps x10. 30s sprint on assault machine, jackhammer 5 minutes
Circuit 2 x3: squats x10, kettlebell swings x20, side leg raisesx10, jackhammer 5 minutes
Circuit 3 x3: rowing 2 minutes, single leg deadlift with juggling lacrosse balls, jackhammer 5 minutes.
Cardio: run with jackhammer for 5 minutes

The jackhammer would be the actual conditioning exercise, preparing them for enduring hours of making brake bumps with nearly locked out brakes. The rest is only to distract them and make them feel like they are doing something meaningful.

 @WAKIdesigns: stretchband weighted pull-up have to be the most meaningfull exercise in that whole hardcore training plan ! Those gainz gotta be sick lol

 @Balgaroth: jackhammer on 20mm steel plate if you want to simulate wet conditions and armed concrete for bone dry brake bumps on Super Morzine.

 @greg390: Commencal make jackhammers now?

 @WAKIdesigns: tried your workout, jackhammer gave me arm pump.
Solved it with revgrips, all good.

 Sorry to hear you felt that way @nwarren I hope you got something from the episode though.

 @downtimepodcast: Thanks for the reply. I listen every episode of your show and love it. Thank you. I did not mean for this comment to be negative, I could have been more constructive in my feedback. I felt you were asking him great questions but his answers were wandering and off topic, ETc. Do you give guests a heads up on topics that you want to discuss so that they have time to prepare and give a bit more structured/thought-out answers?

 @nwarren: I'm glad you're enjoying the shows. I didn't read it as negative, I just always hope for listeners to get something from the episodes. I sometimes give people a heads up, it depends on the style of the episode, and the guest, as sometimes that can mean it becomes less natural and a bit forced. In this instance, there was a rough plan. I think perhaps we drank too much strong coffee before it!

 @downtimepodcast: fair enough on the 'less natural'. cheers and thanks