6 Ways To Get Fit By Riding Your Mountain Bike | Fitness Training Doesn't Have To Be Boring!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 27. 07. 2024
- Getting fit this year doesn't have to be boring! At least it doesn't when you use your mountain bike as a tool to get fit rather than spending hours in the gym. Rich has got some pointers on how to get your fitness to the next level in the new year, using nothing but your MTB đ
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What is your favourite reason to ride mountain bikes for fitness? Do you prefer to ride alone or with mates when on a workout ride?
#GMBN I find I work harder going up hill alone. Yet I push myself to go faster down hill when in a group ride. Strange right?
It's like exercise but you don't know you're doing it. Smashing around my local woods I can easily burn 1000 calories. A 1000 calorie run would be emotional!
low impact.
and the ability to go hard for a couple minutes then chill and coast for a bit.
i ride alone with a heart rate monitor.
back roads, snowmobile and 4 wheeler trails, and old rails to trails.
i have bad bilateral DVT.
getting back on the bike is literally a life saver.
so yes.
for mental and physical fitness i love MTB!
;)
Ride for a good time, not a fast time.
@@5hane_ A great tag line for a hooker... No offence intended.
Everyoneâs goal this year. Ride more!!!
Wr...right đ
100%
Bought my family each a mountain bike..thatâs the plan for this summer
Definitely one of my goals!
@@dominocweber9763 me too
i sat in my bed and ate brownies while watching this
Like all real men do
I started mountain biking a month ago.. now? I am ADDICTED
Im so glad sometimes I live in AZ where we can ride all year round. If it wasn't for mtb I would be 40 pounds heavier and a lot lazier. Just bought a dirt jump bike to add to the old stable.
I get really fit by building Trailsđ€
I wish there was somewhere i could build trails, thereâs just no were to do it
@@samb1282 same here!
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I lost @20 lbs already. Can go for another 20 i hope.
I have about 130 km (one way) to work. I'm going to be fit as hell in a couple of months! :D
Way 1: ride your bike. Way 2-6: also ride your bike.
I donât know about your winters, but we get alot of snow in Sweden.
I still commute to work on my merida ninety-six 9.400 with abit lower tire pressure and normal tiers, works thus far!
Really enjoying Rich's content at the moment. đ€đ»
Glad you enjoy it!
While I agree thst riding more gets you fitter, mixing it up with some other type of structured workout makes bike riding more fun. As an example, i recently got more in to kettlebells and heavy maces due to gyms being limited. Doing dome work in 6 different axises has given me more power everywhere, not just on the pedals. Whipping the bike around turns, weighting and unweighting, pumping etc. I believe strongly that being able to generate more torque from the hips, specially as aggressive as is required from maces and kettlebells will translate well in to mountain biking
Cheers guys, be safe!
Love your videos you are my fav you tuber
Thanks Barbara! đ
Think this year of setting a time rather than miles goal for riding. Always been miles before but doing more MTB and less road so makes senseto move to time I think. Plus, time on MTB is fun time, so seems right target!
yeah the speedo on mah bike really helps me to be aware if i improved or got rusty realy helpful gmbn! thank again!!
Good tips!
Still, I'd add for the "mix it up", "un-teching" and going single speed...? That's definitely good for GYM replacement!
I used to bike commute and now I can't, but I've got to be honest, I miss it! I got to start every day with a ride
Never seen anyone who loves to use their bike as a seat quite as much as Rich. đČđ
Strangely enough, I'm going to start back at work tomorrow and while it's only three miles there (mostly uphill) I'll probably ride but on the way back go for a long detour to get the mileage u;, nightride on Tuesday :D
It says on the title is "6 ways". Anyway. I've lost almost 10 kilos now commuting from home to work and vice versa for 6 months straight now. 16 kilometers back and forth 6 days a week. Sometimes we go on a long ride with friends. Will plan to try different bikes one day. Specially road bike. Nice content. Keep it up. đȘđ€âïžđČ
Make the GMBN mountain bike park!
Going on mine soon. Just glad the icy paths have gone
@@MD.media01 yeah i had to turn back dam to icy đ gutted..
Stop night -riding in the woods! The rest of the tipps are okay :-)
Why? Night riding seems like great fun
Yeah, I would like to know why not
It depends where you are riding for sure. In the woods animals are sleeping or hunting at night and in my opinion the should not be disturbt additional to daytime.
@@evanbarnes9984 because the animals need Stress free down time too.
They have enough trouble during daytime.
And you avoid Potential conflict Potential with your local hunter or the Land owners.
@@Alex22M1 Exactly, here in south-west Germany the acceptance of trail building and MTB riders depends on some consideration for forest animals, i.e. no night-time trail riding.
I just ride a dh bike everywhere and that keeps me quite fit
The guide to how to suffer
That's a really good looking bike.
Great ideas of where to start, the hardest part is the beginning.
On the subject of tech, will #gmbntech be doing a video on some of the available gadgets?
0:22 If you had someone to bike, it would work :( I don't have anyone
Great video for pre-pandemic times. Would like to see a video on recommendations on how to stay fit while dealing with restrictions in a pandemic
Try cross country. Itâs a simple way to push your limits since you can simply see your rides getting longer and more technical.
I use free websites to plot out the path I took over the day and it counts the mi/kmâs. Iâve got an Apple Watch now which also helps with tracking and even speed and heart rate, if youâre into that sort of metric. Nice to know but totally not necessary.
big explosion of zwifting because of the pandemic.
I love you Richard!!!
What GPS / Garmin mount is that Rich is using? Nice compact and central. I canât get mine stem cap mounted as my steerer isnât tall enough to let my Garmin clear the stem :(
Can't even image what it would be to have longer summer than 2 months. Proper riding season is max 6 months, after that weather is pure death here.
where do you live?
Rich's videos are like the Captain obvious of mtb videos
Looking to get a bike on the cycle 2 work scheme. Lots of bikes out of stock though. So I'm looking at the Boardman mht 8.9 at Halfords for 1k.... What's your thoughts? Should I be looking at any other bikes? I wanted a cube acid but none in stock anywhere đą
Iâm not crazy about tech attached to my bike but you can download a simple app for free that does all this stuff. Donât count on it on an epic adventure ride but...
Good ideas, can you come up with ideas what to do over the winter with an MTB livin in a near flat area? i have no "home" trails.
Start learning and playing with trials riding. No trails needed and you will wiped out fast just messing around on a few curbs for a half hour. Also ride some street stuff. I came from skateboarding and bmx in Chicago. Trails and skateparks were non existent around me but we shredded the streets and you'd be surprised how much full body fitness is needed for that stuff and how fun it all is. Not having trails is just an excuse not to ride.
@@Nick_CF hahaha I have no trails, no city with stairs nearby, no mountains and no friends. What should I do I have no motivation to ride anymore even though I love bike
You could try some of these! gmbn.eu/carparkskills
Whatâs the chances of delving more into getting fitter using your bike? Training plans, breathing techniques, when to rest etc???
Dont expect serious content from gmbn. They are burned out. Watch their older videos from 5-6 years ago. With Marc Beaumont, Simon Richardson. Those are great and well educating videos. I learned a lot from those. The newer videos doesnt worth a penny
I like riding uphill with heavier gears. Will it make my thighs grow bigger? Because i want slimmer thighs!
So lucky no mountain lion or rattlesnake nor coyote warnings on you map legends
Our mountainous areas are much smaller ( due to small country ) and much much shorter than American bike park mountains.
We do have some warnings on map legends for animals but it's not added by default. In the forest of Dean for example there's warnings for wild boar.
I once came round a corner on a jump trail to be greeted by a litter of piglets on the trail. Good job I didn't meet mum! She'd have chased me down the trail!
Lots of the gmbn footage is at forest of Dean too
@@JamieBFilms Good stuff thank you for mentioning. I've heard of wild bore/pigs here also. Pretty mean animals.
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Move more etat same and I loose 25kg in 2y.
I don't want to be a boomer but does anyone thinks about the animals when you Ride in the dark?
In the Winter season the animals have more struggle to get food. ( So they are weaker compare to the Summer season)
So it is also more stressfull for them when somone shreds in the night through their livingrooms.
Always remember we are all are just visitors in the forest. And it is not the end of the world when you cant Ride as often as in the Summer.
Have a great 2021 !
Can someone write me these ways because i can not hear
Getting my pup up to speed and trained to run along side a trail. And to lose about 40kg...
Did you lost your dog?
@@rcs2003 no fella, losing weight :)
Hi
Get a singlespeed and you will never miss leg day
One up it by making it fixed gear. My legs were never as solid and stout as when I was committing 10 miles both way to work on my fixie. Love my mountain bike but you can't beat that fitness output.
Most of us canât afford a lot of bikes. Spend your money on one really good bike... that you can afford
What watch and computer are you using?
I think the watch is a garmin fenix 6 (probably the plus version). Try to get one used, they're pretty expensive when new.
@@elenaa_28 I might get a fenix 6 or Apple Watch SE. But if I get the gamin, I will definitely get second hand.
He's using a Fenix 6 Sapphire watch and the head unit is the 830 đ
Now that I ate a medium pizza i will go out start riding. Maybe tomorrow.
Buy hardshell rollerblades if you are a city dweller.
Feeling first with 15 others
i dont have riding buddies
You can do it yourself. Don't give up and your ridding buddies will find you soon.
@@shadowboss6393 Sounds good but reality is different. Life is not a fairy tale.
It all depends on that how motivated you are. When i bough my bike i rode it alone for like 3 months. Then some of my buddies got really inspired cuz they saw i was motivated and really had fun riding my bike. They saved money and bought their own mountain bikes. Later we started riding together and even met some other bikers. For now on whether we go to school, ride in the city parks or go ride in the mountain (yes, there is one near to our city) we always prefer to ride together to support each other and have fun. Nothing is impossible if you want it hard enough :)
@@shadowboss6393 Everything depends on the circumstances. Wanting something hard is simply not enough in reality. Life is easy when you are in school, but after that comes the work and a real life, things changing heavily, you dont have time to ride when your friends are free, or they dont want to ride when you are ready for it, so it often sucks. Thats why i ride since 2 years full alone. In 2020 i rode 7500km. I had only one friend who rode mtb too, but he isnt my friend anymore because he is always "busy" with his fucking boring life, he doesnt even had a time for just drink a beer, and in fact he is very weak compared to me, so "training" with him could probably pointless. Plus he married to a fat woman in summer and they now live like a 70 years old people. :D I told him I never gonna ask him again to ride with me because in the last half year he always refused when i asked him about riding together, or even just meet to talk or drink a beer or just do something. Fun fact: he lives about 2 minutes to me (cca 400meters). Funny and sad. Oh yeah, I live in a flat section of my country, so there are no mountains just flat fireroads, those covered in mud since about two months. Absolutely unrideable. I dont want to wash my bike and clothing for 2 hours when i did a 20 minute ride in mud. Winter is sucks here nowadays. So i train for summer races on tarmac and on turbo trainer. When things get dry, i move onto fireroads and some forest roads nearby. Here are some roadies but they are too fast on their road bikes compared to me on my mtb. I dont have money to buy a roadbike. Sometimes its pretty hard to keep myself motivated. Strava helps a lot and my wife always supports me. Probably now you understand that things are not always easy in real life!
Happy New Year- #nadeemvlogs
I don't have a mtb friend
Unfortunately I don't
What if you donât have friends?
Your bikes your best friend anyway so who cares
What if you don't have friends, city with stairs, trails and mountains?
@@PxulSR, then youâre probably watching the wrong content on CZcams.
@@pgjudo why? Mountain biking is still my hobby
@@PxulSR, with no trails or mountains? Sounds frustrating (e.g., Rocky Mountain SCUBA enthusiast). Thatâs where my comment was coming from is all. I totally agree with your affinity for MTB, and I share it. âïž
Why am I still up đ€·đœââïž
Because it's 1 pm đ€Ł
No issues with assembly for me czcams.com/users/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L but I could see where some might benefit from using an experienced bike assembler/mechanic. I'm an older rider starting back after a 10 year break. This bike exceeds my capabilities and has been easy to get comfortable riding. I'm mostly on easy trails with almost no street riding and have not been disappointed with the performance of the bike. My fitness level is far below what I previously rode with and because of that the mileage is going on the bike slowly. While I'm losing weight slowly, the bike seems to tolerate my 220 pounds just fine. The bike has been used by several family members ranging from 5'5" - 5'9".
All mountain biking is for fitness.
To me winter as snow im in Canada and your winter is not winter. In real winter you can't really ride the way you guys say. Still good video.
Winter is winter everywhere, its not about the weather.
0:27 lmao not the best tip to give in times of tier 4
first from philippines
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Step 1, actually ride it.
Pump tracks
#1-6...go ride up a hill. Done n done â
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I will never, never, never, you hear me? Never will I ever ride a road bike!
Your loss. The lightness and speed of a road bike is great.
It is great to take a ride on it at winter. You don't get muddy...
Both deceplines are fun
@@itaybruck9671 yeyey haha, I can see how they are fun, It just doesn't appeal to me, plus the more mud the better!
If i only coud ride my damn bike.. f**k lockdowns
All you need is your bike and a helmet. Modern technology is definitely not needed.
Iâm first lol
Imposter
1000th view
Bros. You need a female presenter. There are some rad women riders out there - and possibly riders-to-be - not being represented.
Seems like itâs always focused on northern hemisphere.
because they live there
@@rcs2003 & the âGâ in GMBN means global
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