Downhill Mountain bike training

Gee Atherton hits the weights © Laurence Crossman-Emms

Physically, Gee is quite impressive – strong and effective with the ability to push himself to your side of their ability. Therefore training sessions are always worthwhile and we saw great development in his physical fitness throughout the winter months – that is no mean feat itself thinking about the level he was beginning at.

Power work

The sport demands him to ride at very high heart prices for more than five minutes, deliver a large amount of energy over repeatedly, and tolerate ever-building fatigue throughout a battle run. To teach because of this, we develop a variety of many elements – but eventually try to make him powerful, powerful and tiredness resistant so they can continue this power over and over again.

Energy tasks are based around lifting progressively heavy loads, making use of workouts for instance the squat, deadlift, presses, pulls and trunk work. There are lots of variants in this, but basically you can’t go far incorrect in the event that you prepare sessions for this basic, although good series of exercises.

In the bicycle

On the bicycle sessions can vary greatly with regards to the time of the year – but all are based around placing Gee in a position where he is able to provide huge energy and maintain it. Sprint sessions are a lesson in power, therefore the following is a good example of the sort of power Gee has:

Gee’s mechanic, Pete is really directly into his automobiles. Subaru Imprezas tend to be his rally vehicle of choice. One day we had been out instruction on the lane performing sprints over a collection length when Pete pulled up in his vehicle. Gee had set an individual most useful time in the short stretch, so we put Pete the task to see how fast he could get it done inside the vehicle! He roared down and although the time ended up being quicker than Gee it wasn’t the massive space you might have thought – the speed Gee could attain had been impressive and I had to check the stopwatch!

Gee Atherton weight lifting © Laurence Crossman-Emms

Working with the team

The Atherton family members could have 1 surname, but 3 completely different professional athletes, characters and requirements. This is truly showcased during an exercise program inside Canaries in January. We had arranged a road trip with World Champion Triathlete Javier Gomez. The plan ended up being a 4 time hilly drive, at a pace Javier ended up being setting.

This isn’t ideal for Rach as speed we began at ended up being very frightening when it comes to Elite males in the trip, therefore was obviously perhaps not likely to assist this lady day, so she modified the woman course. For Dan this ride is perfect, and then he was excited because of the challenge and to press hard for full timeframe.

For Gee (and Rach) we'd prepared a strength program also on that day, therefore we both chose to perform some very first 2 hours and mind home to rest prior to the fitness center. The rate ended up being frenetic through the word go and Gee made sure he sat up indeed there to show them he was happy in this organization; using his turns from the front and communicating with another triathletes. However, when we achieved our goal and time and energy to turn back, I can’t pretend used to don’t breath a sigh of relief even as we saw the peleton disappear within the mountain! However for Gee to get this done, and then do just what he performed in the gym that afternoon talks amounts about him along with his focus.