Let’s face it, getting consistent with an off season strength training program can be difficult. Creating a new routine can take time and a busy schedule can make it even harder.

Even after making time on the calendar, deciding what to do when you get to the gym can be intimidating. What strength movements should I focus on? What exactly should I be doing to achieve my goals and feel better on the bike next season?

Imagine a setting where weekly strength training classes, focused on training for the demands of mountain biking and provided by experts in strength, mobility and injury prevention are at your finger tips. A supportive community with ready made programming to address your goals as well as science based evaluation methods to help determine what exactly you need to improve on to make your upcoming ride or race season the best possible.

That’s exactly what we are offering with Revo’s Mountain bike strength and conditioning classes this off season.

1. What gets measured gets managed, this concept is a critical component of any high level training program. Randomly picking exercises or even worse, choosing to do exercises just because you are good at them already is a surefire way to not optimize your progress during the off season. A thorough evaluation to kickoff an off season block is key to help inform what your areas of need are so you can be sure to prioritize those areas. This could include strength, joint mobility, movement quality and aerobic fitness. Testing at the end of a training block can help show your improvements and inform if your focus should change for winter/spring programming.

2. Progressive overload built into your training program. Progressive overload is gradually increasing the stress of your body to allow for adaptation to that new stress. Think of moving slightly heavier weights each training session to allow for true strength changes. A common issue we see in DIY training is not embracing progressive overload. We see athletes get used to using very similar weights for a strength block and those athletes are typically disappointed with their lack of improvement come the next riding season. Having help with programming how much to increase resistance will greatly improve your outcomes of your investment.

3. Community. Getting out of bed early to hit the gym in the cold winter months can be really difficult. For some, the challenge is maintaining energy to hit the gym after a hard day at the office. With a supportive community of fellow riders and coaches, helping to hold the group accountable for achieving their goals, we aim to make the challenge of getting into the gym just a bit easier.

Here at Revo in Boulder, we have an entire team of physical therapists and strength coaches who are passionate about, not just mountain biking, but also helping other mountain bikers get stronger, feel their best and make training a fun part of their week. Our mountain bike strength training programming will provide a thorough assessment, expert programming and coaching, data to show your progress and a consistent schedule to help solidify new habits for the off season.

Benefits you can expect during our off season training program.

We hope you can join us this off season. The Revo mountain bike strength training classes are running now. There are 2 morning class options on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30am and 2 evening class options on Monday and Wednesday at 6:00pm. You can join us for as many months as you like. The class membership costs $159.00 per month and includes

• access to all of our classes (even those not specifically focused, on MTB programming)

• 3 days per week of strength and mobility programming

• access to our online platform to log your training and track progress

• access to our indoor cycling class options

• open gym access at our Boulder facility to perform training on your own if that fits your style better than a class setting

• a screening session with one of our expert clinicians

Resident MTB strength coaches

Dr. Eric Yoon, PT, DPT, CSCS

Masters Enduro National Champion