The Key Towards An Enhanced Performance Lies In Your Gear
While riding a horse wouldn’t matter if you have the correct gear, competing in motocross requires lots of riding gear. Here are some tips on utilizing riding gear to rev up your efficiency.
Raise your visor. This is to make sure that you have nothing blocking your sight. Always look up the trail, the farther you look ahead, the higher your margin of safety is, and the quicker you can go into that section.
Make sure you remove the vinyl liner of the one in front of your mouth and inside your helmet. This maximizes the airflow to your face. The backflow from your humid breath will be reduced too as fogging of your goggles, therefore, help you avoid overheating. However, it is best not to remove the Styrofoam or any similar material because these serve as shock absorber during crash.
Be prepared for the worst and get your goggles ready. Make sure you thoroughly wash the goggle, remove the lense then wash it with your hands and dry it. Using breath fog deflector solution, spray the inside of the lens and treat the outside with windshield wash. Make use of a static remover to repel dust if water is expected on the course.
If the circumstances are extremely hot and humid, use riding glasses instead. There is an amount of difference in terms of the air cooling on your face. A note of caution though, be aware that you are compromising eye protection.
It is necessary to carry water to drink in any race that lasts longer than half an hour. So you’re going to have a drink system attached to the back of your chest protector. To counter its weight zip-tie the bottom front of the chest protector to the belt on your pants. This will prevent the front of your chest protector from digging into your Adam’s apple.
During hot weather, do not wear calf-length socks but rather wear light, short socks. Your feet acts like a radiator for your body. Thick, tall socks overlap your riding pants, thus, heating you up further. That is, if your boots are comfortable enough to be worn this way.
It’s better to check for weather forecasts so that you can be prepared for what’s to come. And this can give you an idea on what to wear.
Having enough supply of latex/vinyl gloves is always good. This is because when you clean and reoil your filters, you will need them.
When you sweat, you lose 2 percent of your body weight which can lead to loss of mental acuity and can lead to exhaustion. So always rehydrate. You are dehydrated when your urine has a dark color. Only drinking when thirsty should be avoided.
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