If your back hurts, your hands go numb, your legs feel heavy, or you’re constantly sore after rides, you’re not alone. Most mountain bikers assume they need more fitness. In reality, many riders are missing something even more important: durability. Here’s how to build a body that can handle more riding without feeling broken. Every year I see the same thing happen. In May and June, everyone is fired up. The weather is good, the trails are running fast, and the riding calendar starts filling...

This Spring I sponsored the local Ladies enduro race with a free group program. It has been super rewarding to help over 60 ladies get to the start line in great shape and then get to the finish line in one piece and with smiles on their faces. The most common pieces of feedback I received after Loam Hustler surprised me. Several riders told me some version of: "Covering th edistance of the course was easier than I expected." I loved hearing that because many of those same riders started the...

This past weekend we saw the Loam Hustler Enduro here in Squamish where more that 60 women put their MTB Strength Coach programming to good use. This follows on from the Squamish Enduro a couple weeks earlier and various other races & large events across the northern Hemisphere. Which begs the question.... Now what? For a lot of riders, this is where things start to go sideways. Not because they aren't motivated. Not because they aren't riding. But because they accidentally stop doing the...