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Mountain Bike Fitness & Training
MTB Tips
In addition to mountain biking, do you run too?
Mountain bikers: Tell us about your relationship with running.
MTB Tips
Mountain biking by the book: MTB might just be the perfect physical activity
It's no surprise we love mountain biking as much as we do. It turns out that MTB is a textbook physical activity.
Community
Study shows lifetime bicycling reduces knee pain and osteoarthritis
A study of 2,607 people showed that "bicyclers were 21% less likely to have X-ray evidence and symptoms of osteoarthritis compared to those who did not have a history of bicycling."
Fitness
Measuring bioactive nitric oxide during exercise could help improve fitness, and this new device provides real-time data
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MTB Tips
So, You Don't Have Time for MTB Training. Welcome to the Club
MTB Tips
Mountain Biking Alone is Not Enough to Keep You in Peak Shape
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MTB Tips
I Can Ride my Bike 50 Miles, But I Can Hardly Run Two. What Gives?
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MTB Tips
The Barriers to Mountain Biking That Make it Better
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MTB Tips
The Relief of a Fading Infatuation to Mountain Bike and Why the Off-Season Should be Embraced
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MTB Tips
How Weekend Warriors can Build MTB Strength and Fitness Like a Pro
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MTB Tips
Hunching Over on Your Bike is Hurting You—But Here’s How to Fix It
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MTB Tips
Ice Baths and Mountain Biking: To Dip or not to Dip?
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MTB Tips
6 Mental Tricks for Surviving the Toughest Parts of the Ride
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MTB Tips
How to Stay Strong in the Off-Season, Even if You're Off the Bike
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MTB Tips
How a Lack of Strength and Fitness Contribute to Injury Risk for Bikers
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Watches
Do You Wear a Fitness Tracking Watch?
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MTB Tips
Feeling a Little Sluggish on the Trail This Spring
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MTB Tips
Should Mountain Bikers Care About Fitness Metrics Like VO2 Max?
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MTB Tips
3 Exercises to Improve MTB Cornering Strength and Form
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MTB Tips
Better MTB Climbing and Punchy Power With These 3 Leg Strength Exercises
MTB Tips
Will You Hire Coach to Improve Skills or Fitness this MTB Season?
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MTB Tips
Be a Pilot Not a Passenger: A Short Guide to eMTB Fitness and Handling Skills
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MTB Tips
Do you Lift Weights to Prep for MTB Season?
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MTB Tips
How to Know if You're Overtraining with Coach Dee Tidwell
MTB Tips
4 Bodyweight Moves to Increase Strength for Mountain Biking
Electronics
The Fitness Tech Arms Race: How Data is Making Cyclists Faster with Chip Hawkins, Wahoo Fitness Founder
MTB Tips
Balance Training for Mountain Biking
Mountain bikes
Lessons Learned Racing a Top of the Line Mountain Bike From the 1990s... In 2021
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MTB Tips
Neck Training for Mountain Bikers: Head Support and Strength
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MTB Tips
Do you Get Leg Cramps from Mountain Biking?
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MTB Tips
Upper Back Strength Training for Mountain Bikers
MTB Tips
MTB Legend Tinker Juarez Shares Tips for Getting - And Staying - Fast on the Mountain Bike [Podcast]
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MTB Tips
Master the Hinge: Hip Strength and Exercises for Mountain Bikers
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MTB Tips
Getting Old Sucks. Rowan Minnion Has Tips for Making MTB Rides Better With Age
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MTB Tips
Core Strength for Mountain Bikers Plus 3 Exercises [Video]
MTB Tips
Why Shoulder Strength is Important for Mountain Bikers, and 3 Exercises to Try [Video]
MTB Tips
MTB Skills Coach Gene Hamilton Talks Fitness and Equipment [Podcast #283]
Fitness
The Praep ProPilot Gives Mountain Bikers a Fun and Novel Tool to Challenge Their Core [Review]
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Community
How's Your MTB Fitness Compared to This Time Last Year? [Survey]
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Scotland
FKT Record Holder and Coach Rab Wardell Shares his Tips for Going Fast and Building Confidence [Podcast #274]
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MTB Tips
MTB Training Tips and Tricks for the Untrainable Athlete
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MTB Tips
MTB Instructor Simon Lawton on Teaching New Riders and Riding in Baja [Podcast #273]
MTB Tips
Strengthening your Posterior Chain for Mountain Biking [video]
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MTB Tips
Virtual MTB Skills Progression [Cartoon]
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MTB Tips
What's Your Longest Mountain Bike Ride? [Survey]
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MTB Tips
What is a 'Flow State' and How Can Mountain Bikers Get Into It More Often?
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MTB Tips
Analysis Paralysis: When the Trail Grows Before your Eyes
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MTB Tips
Mountain Bike Training in the Time of Covid [Podcast #269]
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Community
How do you Reward Yourself After a Big MTB Ride?
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Mountain Bike Podcast
Tinker Juarez Shares his Secret for Beating Mountain Bikers Half his Age [Podcast #262]
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MTB Tips
When the MTB Coach Becomes the Student [Cartoon]
MTB Tips
Enduro MTB Trainer Dee Tidwell Explains How to Prepare for High Altitude Mountain Bike Rides
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MTB Tips
How to Reduce Arm Pump, Aches, and Pain from Long MTB Descents
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MTB Tips
On MTB Coaching with XC Pro Hannah Finchamp
Nutrition
What do you Eat During Long Mountain Bike Rides? [Survey]
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MTB Tips
Don’t get Bitter, get Better with these 8 Mountain Bike Progression Tips
Bike Trainers
Quick-Motion Rollers from Elite Provide Valuable Resistance and Float Features for Indoor Training [Review]
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MTB Fitness Gear & Trainers
Watches
Garmin Instinct 2S Solar fitness watch review
Watches
Coros Pace 3 Sets the Mark for Other GPS Watches to Beat [Review]
Fitness
Whoop 4.0 Strap Review: A Wearable for Peak Performance
Watches
Is the New Apple Watch Ultra Good for Mountain Biking? We Put One to the Test.
Watches
The Coros Vertix 2 GPS Watch Will Outlast You by a Long Shot, and Helps You Stay on Trail [Review]
Watches
Suunto 5 Peak GPS Watch [Review]
Watches
With the Garmin Enduro Smartwatch, Riders Can Largely Forget the Charger
Watches
Amazfit T-Rex Pro Multi-Sport Smartwatch Review
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