Progress JUMPING Skills FASTER than 99% of Riders By Doing THIS [Rapid Progress Secrets]

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Intermediate Mountain Bikers - Jumping a bike is hard. If you've been stuck for months or years...
...you're likely on the intermediate skill plateau. And it's not your fault you're stuck - great coaches have showed you the correct body positions, but using the wrong muscles to put your skeleton in the right place causes arm pump, going dead sailor midair, and just riding stiff.
Watch this video the whole way through becasue I give you exactly what you need to progress FASTER, safer, and in a more sustainable way for a rider in his or her 30s, 40s, 50s, or beyond.
00:00 - Start
01:09 - Short List: The REAL skills that make you progress faster than other riders
03:41 - How to Improve your coordination for faster MTB Shredding
04:44 - The Truth about raw strength and how every mountain biker needs to do THIS…
05:27 - Functional Movement and how you can create more fluid riding
05:57 - Flexibility - Do THIS, not THAT…
06:33 - MTB MOBILITY and How you can instantly gain more without hours of practice…
08:04 - ONE critical endurance tip if your endurance is lacking…

[@TheBikeDads]

Nice! You are filling a void in KZbin MTB tutorials linking fitness to technique overcoming the middle-age skill plateau. Keep publishing, the channel is going to pop!

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Bike dads- can I be part of that? Nice

[@tomasstraka5244]

the clickbait void of MTB tutorials?

[@mountainbikeacademy]

@@tomasstraka5244 only clickbait of it doesn’t deliver. And not everyone will like it. Thats ok.

[@tomasstraka5244]

@@mountainbikeacademydidnt say it was either good or bad ^^

[@NATURALBORNSHREDDER]

I used to ride massive amounts and ran into so many overuse and imbalance injuries. Now after doing full body, full range of motion weight training 3x a week I'm injury free. I also do a full body warm up before every ride, religiously adhered to. If you want to perform at an athlete level you have to train like one, your whole body must be balanced and strong to go the distance. Then picking tracks that scare you and slowly unlocking the lines and ramping up the speed as you memorize everything, once everything is memorized then all focus is on pushing the physical limits and techniques. In combination of riding tons of different terrain, every hard trail has things to teach you, then with wide experience comes intuitive trail reading. Honestly most people don't do repeats on hard tracks enough to really push it, you have to be obsessive.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Good times!

[@jbstillman]

I like your comment on memorizing the trails. Knowing a trail makes a lot of sense in pushing yourself. My two local trails I ride multiple times a week... I know them inside and out. I recently just watched MBA's video on cornering ... I've never been able to corner very well. I took what I learned from that video and was able to shred corners after that. Knowing these trails extremely well, I was able to plan ahead for the curves and corners that I knew were coming up, apply the new knowledge and rip through it without a second thought. With each subsequent ride, I am able to keep pushing it harder and I can now focus on that rather than the trail itself. It really does help to know your trails well to get good!

[@neilburns7381]

what timing, really started focusing on my mobility and coordination on and off the bike to get through my plateau. Glad to see that I'm on the right track and looking forward to 2024!

[@boxy1803]

Great video really like mass majority the breakdown. Before I ride, I do my dynamic warm-up routine I built for myself. I do have a degree in exercise science. But yes, Dave I need to get back into the balance and mobility challenges off the bike as well as being on the bike flat challenges regularly again. Life and rain threw me off my weekly grind. Keep the great content coming

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Awesome! You’d be shocked at how few riders actually dynamically warm up lol. It’s like saying hi to your wife when you get home from being away. lol. Basic.

[@djbayr9516]

I am a huge fan of Zone 2 and 3.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

It’s my favorite stuff to learn from roadies / xc the fitness tips like this ^ very grateful for them!

[@1st-mid-c01]

Great attitude on MTB-ing : ) There is still, more, we can do !!!

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Thanks.

[@Frater_Maven]

The one skill that, upon developing, had the largest impact on my overall riding capabilities was: Learning how and when to dynamically weight and unweight each wheel. Unfortunately it was also the one skill that nobody ever told me about or even addressed at all in any way shape or form. And because I had to learn it on my own it took me much longer than it could have. It's the one thing that seemingly EVERY mtb coach, guru, tutorial, skills channel and magazine misses completely! I thought about this a lot and the only explanation I can come up with is that it's SUCH a fundamental and necessary skill that most experienced riders; including all these coaches, gurus, content creators and column writers, don't consciously realize that they are doing it or how often. It's the frequency aspect that makes it so crucial. Riders utilize this skill when cornering, pumping the terrain, manualing, when using advanced cornering techniques like the scandi flick or Endo turn, when preloading the suspension, when jumping, landing, bunny hopping, hitting a drop, braking, climbing . . . You name it. It's the one skill that's all pervasive yet never taught or talked about even.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

We definitely teach that inside our courses. I’ve only been doing this KZbin channel for a month lol. Extremely agree with you. It’s also very hard to teach UNLESS you’re either in person or getting video plus your rider you are coaching knows your curriculum a bit.

[@adamgroves2811]

Great video

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Anytime! Many more to come.

[@walterreyes3722]

Mobility is great point. I follow fit4riding and I haven’t watched their mobility workouts I’ve been doing burpees, squats and push ups which are great! But I suffer from ankle mobility which in turn my back is tight. And yes coordination is something I never thought of doing

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Lots of pros train cord I’d suggest a good PT for the ankle :)

[@Drogos79]

it's zone 3 now? I thought zone 2 was what everyone is preaching. All great points on strength and mobility

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Just a guy on the internet yelling about bike stuff. If I ever go REALLY specific it’s usually on an hour long podcast with a deep expert or 1-1 with a rider in one of my coaching programs. Don’t read into it too much! Zone 2 training has benefits and so does zone 3.

[@Drogos79]

@@mountainbikeacademy Pending amount of time and amount of weekly efforts, any combination of zones might work based on personal situation, I know. Staying mostly in zone 3 and 4 worked great for me for 2 straight years but I realized that in order to evolve further, I will have to do more zone 2 and strength training. When it goes to warm up, let's be real. No one will do those funny mobility warm ups while bros are watching. Best warm up is your actual work out ...whatever it is but at very low pace and effort. Asking bros to REALLY and ACTUALLY go easy for first couple miles is the best thing we all can do to elevate our performance. All the best

[@mountainbikeacademy]

@@Drogos79 lol to the bros thing. Out of necessity I created a cool guy warmup that doesn’t look lame haha

[@zacharypump5910]

Your content rocks ! Would love expert advice dealing with cycling knee pain (as a 40+ yr old)

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Stay tuned. Our programs /memberships are currently not taking new enrollments. This is something we see a lot.

[@jeremyprovonsil7886]

Fitness and flexibility is probably tops. Body position and technique on the bike following that. Shorter cranks is a HUGE factor. People have been riding way too long of a crank for their body size and needs forever as evidenced by industry “standards” of 175mm’s on everything. It’s finally making a ripple in the pond (because GMBN is running out of clickbait), but it’s a worthy deep dive if you are seeking to eliminate knee issues.

[@KYMXRacer]

What are your thoughts on ATG style training for mountain bikers? I have started to implement those exercises in my routine and have already seen improvements.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

It’s a great philosophy. Problem is most mountain bikers can’t do basic basic movement patterns. We are mostly engineers, doctors, nerds, and risk takers not methodical body taker carers. Obviously there’s plenty of real athletes too. I had severe back pain, muscle fusion, pinched nerves, arthritis, etc from high school football injuries. My body wasn’t tough, my ligaments would constantly pull. Once I figured out how to “bulletproof” my body at around age 34-35 I was actually a better performing athlete. 100 percent credit goes to my brother in law who is the movement coach in MTB academy. Hes got a master degree in sports medicine and bachelor’s in exercise science. Our biggest thing is 1. KZbin is here to encourage and shift beliefs 2 membership program offers more personalized plans / riding coaching 3. Flagship program is elite 1-1 transformation Hope that helps. I’ll prob do an episode on this too. Thank you!

[@KYMXRacer]

@@mountainbikeacademyAwesome. I’m 35 and it took me until this year to start taking mobility/flexibility seriously and incorporate a more “athletic” style approach to my training. I guess age started to catch up, as I was getting plagued with random back strains, neck/upper back pain, etc. Hopefully the young guys are paying attention. I wish I had the knowledge in my early 20s.

[@jamisonr]

As a 49.75 year old software engineer of 25 years, who was also a road bike rider for most of that time, my issue is the meeting place of coordination and functional strength. If I'm watching POV videos of a top rider, I can "feel" my body wanting to move how it should move. Put me on a trail, and the timing is off, I ask my body for one output and get another...and at the wrong time. I can juggle 3 balls no problem, solve a 9x9 cube no problem, could ride my road bike up Alp d'huez, but riding a mountain bike fast has been a problem. The punishment for failing of course is painful, and I have finally realized I have to address most of these areas you have talked about here. It's not enough to have "enudrance" (which I get a chuckle out of the characterization, coming from the road bike world).

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Nice awareness - keep hanging in the channel and let me know your progresss!

[@Ryland_28]

"here's a link to a video that explains how to do this" Hi, is it possible to get the link for the warm-up video? Thanks. Great videos by the way.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Top right of the screen shows it? Or did I mess up the link?

[@Ryland_28]

​@@mountainbikeacademy Got it. Thanks. Didn't notice it was showing up at the bottom of the screen.

[@thedirtdisco6279]

HR zone 3... what model are you using?

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Whoop...is that what you're asking?

[@diorez5112]

good video but should come with multiple exercises for each topic with more specifics

[@mountainbikeacademy]

I don't offer specific coaching on KZbin videos. That needs to be personalized for safety's sake.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Let's go! Time to hit those 2024 goals! Share this vid!

[@miyui9269]

the problem is, people think mountain biking is the exercise they needed. but want to be good at it at the same time like pros. they ride, get injured. no exercise til healed and then ride again. and ask why they dont get better at riding.

[@letfuss]

only way to progress is to jump

[@mountainbikeacademy]

Might as well jump... 🎶

[@chrisvillarreal2752]

Perfect recipe for destroying your ligaments

[@mountainbikeacademy]

What specifically?

[@chrisvillarreal2752]

@@mountainbikeacademysuggesting doing an absurdly high number of reps to compensate for not having weight is a recipe for disaster instead of adding on ridiculous number of reps that wear down on ligaments and cartilage you could simply control speed and focus or perform static exercises that equally strengthen without the use of weights. But to suggest doing extremely high number of reps is just as detrimental as going too heavy with weights that compromise structural integrity and longevity. I’ll say it again you’re clearly not a trainer and having a degree in a field means you’re educated not intelligent. There are several ways to train but I will say most of the video is spot on just some of your suggestions are counter intuitive especially if the goal is to last long in these high impact sports like motocross or mountain biking.

[@mountainbikeacademy]

@@chrisvillarreal2752 so we shouldn’t pedal lots then? Look I don’t want to argue online because you seem like a smart person capable of nuanced thought. Thing is- this is just a KZbin video. If you actually need coaching DONT follow this video like it’s coaching. KZbin is KZbin. When we coach, we have a very high instance of writing in 100-300 lunges (no weight) 1-2x a week. Using great form, this is a superb exercise for mountain bikers who sit at a desk too much during the week. So again this is based on working with middle aged riders. We obviously don’t want you hurting yourself lol. Out of curiosity, do you have a degree or certification in anything related to working out? Promise I won’t knock you down if you don’t, just genuinely happy to explain our position! Merry Christmas !

[@chrisvillarreal2752]

@@mountainbikeacademy also have bachelors of science in exercise science and certifications on top of that although that’s irrelevant when compared to the common sense reality of over training. Having any middle aged person doing 300 lunges a session is overkill when there are several alternatives that are scientifically proven to be effective for strength. Most common injury with bikers are ankle, achilles, and knee due to that very principle of over training and over use.

[@chrisvillarreal2752]

Dude is clearly not a professional trainer 😂

[@mountainbikeacademy]

I’m not. My brother in law who is the movement director is. These are clips of me messing around in my backyard for fun that look somewhat entertaining. John has a degree in exercise science and a masters in sports medicine. He is in charge of actually knowing things.