Physical race fitness

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So you know you need to reduce your calorie count. Actually, no you don't.

You're totally right I'm already doing an hour or so at least 3 times a week, with a 10 minute run to and from the gym each way. I've done the math, I'm simply taking in enough to maintain my weight as it is, even though I'm getting fitter and stronger.

In my particular case, yeah, it's cut the intake a little more because I'm just eating too well.

Drink a heap of water. That is important.!!!

I drink a lot of water, and I make sure I get a solid night's sleep too. That can help. Always eat breakfast, and other tricks like walking to the further lunch spot rather than the nearby one.

For excersise I prefer resistance training to buid core strength and tone muscle groups without gaining solid mass, fast paced walking and martial arts.

Motorcycle specific programs along these lines are what I'm looking for. The hardest part of it is being a desk jockey in a mentally intense job, it's finding the discipline before or after work to put in a proper exercise routine which itself can be mentally taxing.

Thankfully there's a 24 hour gym a short run from here which allows me to go when I'm mentally ready. The run itself takes the drudge out of the actual cardio warm ups.

I used to be an accredited ice hockey coach (3 games a week, 4 training sessions a week, and coaching at least 3 times a week, I have a MVP trophy with 'Is A Machine' as my middle name), from that I know where my personal biomechanical weaknesses tend to lie. I've taken a bit of guess as to what other physical strengths I need based on my own track experience and some other training, and certainly healthy weight loss is cheaper than carbon fibre fuel tanks.

Thanks for all the advice so far. I'm going to do some more research and see what I can dig up. I find it hard to believe there hasn't been a sports specialist that has published a program for the likes of MotoGP or SBK riders.