FINDING BALANCE

Balance is of critical importance for mountain biking, but we’re not talking about riding along a skinny or negotiating a slow, technical climb, we’re referring to muscular balance. Or, to be more accurate, addressing imbalances.

Not only is riding a repetitive action that makes you more prone to overuse injuries, it also puts you in an asymmetric stance, as you have to ride with one foot forward. Riding also disproportionately uses certain muscles and neglects others, a great example being that you spend 90 per cent of your time supporting your weight on the handlebar in a semi-push up position, so your chest