GNCC Training Tips! 3 Hour Bike Rides?!

How should you be training for GNCC racing? Should you lift weights? Should you do 3 hour bike rides because that's how long your race is? How can I get the best results in the shortest amount time?

We answer these questions and more in today's video.

[JacobPennisiMX]

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[bikesbeersbeats]

Adding a day of MX riding was a game changer for me in cross country races. You’re absolutely correct it helps with normalizing high speed riding and staying in control.

[JacobPennisiMX]

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[d_robotnik]

Pretty good info! It is the closest I've found to my discipline which is rally raid.
In my case I'm doing 5 days of strengh training (frecuency 2 per each muscle group) plus at least 2 days of "light" MX training (focus on technique, sections, drills...) and 2 days of intense MX training, (aiming for long >1h motos or high intensity but shorter motos around 20-30min). A few weeks ago I even added cardio sessions 3 days per week to complement the "on the bike" cardio training but I started to feel interference, specially on the bike, not being able to train as hard as I wanted and increasing the risk of a crash due to muscular fatigue. I removed those cardio sessions for now and I intend to reduce the strength and bike training volume to increase again the cardio towards the last 3/4 weeks before the race (long 7 days desert race with around 10 hours of riding per day).
I designed this training program using a lot of info that I got from your channel and podcasts, including periodization, so thanks very much for sharing with us dirt bike enthusiasts!

[colbymiller]

great info im a desert racer and we do 80 mile races that can last 3-4 hours so this is good info.

[lgraff]

Looking at doing my first desert race next spring so this confirms what I thought. I'm 55 so it's a fine line before overtraining but great explanations. I'm a crossfit guy so need to go long!!

[thedonofcod]

any riding is good practice, MTB, trails, motocross, always gonna carry over, any riding is good riding

[scubasteel]

Okay but what about the most important part, what food should we be eating