How to body position on dirt bikes︱Cross Training Enduro
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- www.crosstrainingenduro.com How to body position on dirt bikes! Body position accounts for much of trials and enduro technique - with such light bikes where and how you move your body has a huge impact on what the bike does. We can show you how to ride dirt bikes using enduro techniques and dirt bike skills. This happens less with a heavier enduro bike, but it is still a critical part of good riding technique. So... How to body position on dirt bikes?
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A key part of moves like this is the use of body positioning and weighting - choosing when to exert pressure on the pegs and when to de-weight or lift the bike up. How to body position on enduro bikes? Cross training means you will almost always be standing on the pegs of your dirt bike and learning how to use your body weight and positioning to maximum effect to apply trials skills to your dirt bike technique. Enduro training tips are based on techniques from Chris Birch, Graham Jarvis, Tim Coleman and other hard enduro riders. So learn how to ride enduro bikes our vids range from basics for the beginner dirt rider to advanced hard enduro racing!! While an enduro bike is heavier, these skills still play a major part in getting through extreme enduro terrain with ease. Want to learn how to ride dirt bikes with our free enduro training videos? Cross Training Enduro is a mix of trials and dirt riding techniques. This dirt bike channel also includes lots of wheelies, philosophy, reviews, and dirt bike fails videos. Experienced enduro riders will usually only sit for sharp corners, very difficult terrain, or conserve energy on an easy section. Become a subscriber to this dirt bike channel for extreme enduro training tips vids with techniques from Graham Jarvis, Ruben Chadwick, and Tim Coleman on wheelies, pivot turns, clutch control, traction and other critical skills for learning how to ride a dirt bike videos for beginners or enduro racers. We also have enduro fail vids lol. If accelerating hard or hitting rough terrain, simply crouch down further, then back up again to conserve energy. Your elbows are always up and out to give you maximum control. The popularity of extreme enduro, endurocross and hard enduro events leads to cross training enduro - trials skills adapted to dirt riding on enduro bikes. Almost all of the best extreme riders are former trials champions. Balance in your dirt bike riding also means you can spend more time standing on the pegs in tough terrain instead of sitting down, so you will have far more control. Point your toes in so that your ankles grip the bike. This should naturally lead to gripping the bike with your legs when needed. This means you won't have to hang on to the bars so tightly, so your upper body, arms and hands won't tire as quickly. This positioning makes the transition between standing and sitting easy, with maximum control of the bike during the transistion. These enduro training vids cover many dirt riding skills and dirt bike techniques such as body positioning for improved off road riding. Enduro clutch and throttle control technique videos? Subscribe to our Cross Training Enduro dirt bike channel for endurocross training and dirt bike riding skills. Maintaining traction is a critical skill hightlighted in our dirt bike videos. Learn how to ride a motorbike with tips from who has applied his trials riding to his techniques. Cross training applies trials to enduro techniques. The sitting position... your hand levers should be either horizontal or only angled down slightly. Trials riders can balance at a stand still for as long as they like - good for hard enduro riding! Cross training enduro has a strong focus on being able to balance on your dirt bike, even at a stand still - this is a handy skill when you have minimal run up to your next obstacle and learning how to ride a dirt bike. Getting into trials riding... Losing traction is a cardinal sin in trials riding and riders go to extreme lengths to ensure their tires don't slip. Body positioning and weighting are fundamental skills in trials, and watching top trials riders will help with positioning. This will be harder on your quad muscles.
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Rough rule of thumb? As it gets steeper you are still in the default position but just squat more to lower the centre of gravity. Or if sitting on the seat, slide forward. Leaning over the bars is only for when it's very steep and must be done to avoid a backflip. I base this on training with Chris Birch we did years ago. Other enduro trainers may disagree of course...
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at 3:20 I lost a little wee wee, Great stuff, keep it up 🤣
Cannot thank you enough for this whole series of videos. Amazing job.
Thanks for all the great info, I fitted my KTM with Steg pegz and bought some Gaerne boots and what a huge difference! No more arm pump!
For practice and exercise, I suggest laying on your back and have a 'buddy' lower the bike upside down on top of you, hands to bars and feet on the foot pegs. Start by holding the bike in that position (arms and knees bent of course) and then move onto doing presses with legs and arms. You should drain the gas tank first, otherwise you get the gas spilling all over you. You need a friend that sticks around too because the only way out of this is to drop the bike on it's side, and none of us want that!
+fredman1085 knowing my mates, they'd leave the tank full and leave the cap off lol
Great advice Barry, I've been watching your videos for just over a year now and have been working to apply what I've learned. I have noticed how much your quads get worked when applying better riding posture. Glad I started working out more and dumped 40 lbs. It gets a little easier each time out. Now I just need that new X trainer ... Thanks alot for your videos!!
+desertghost true desertghost, in many cases taking weight of the rider will help more than weight off the bike :D
Looking ahead makes a big difference! It works..
Great video, very helpful, thank you
off to practice this more on the weekend!
Excellent advice and very well explained !! 100% You have helped my son, my buddy and this old fart more than you'll ever know! Many thanks from the Panamaniacs!
+TC Calvo de nada, TC! i love the sound of the name panamaniacs, hopefully red bull will too and host an extreme enduro there. :)
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Great vid,so happy to have found this channel.Thanks for sharing.
+FIGJAM400 hope you find the vids useful figjam!
Excelente trabajo!!
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Gracias!
Love your Channel learning a lot!
Glad to hear it, Tate!
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Thanks for the helpful videos.
Hvala Yasin. Dobro je znati da su video zapisi korisni!
Lmfao I love seeing these cheeky Dual Sport riders (I own one I would know) that stand vertical all the time and think they have magical traction because of it. Great vid.
great video as always sir!
+PracticalAdventureMotorcycler thank YOU for watching kind sir :)
у меня нет возможности гонять на эндуро ,но смотрю и учeсь по вашим видео, спасибо!)) у меня скромная honda ax1))))
+Александр Ли Привет Вам из Якутии и еще раз спасибо за обучающее видео!
Just been out for a ride this morning and practiced the standing attack position. Felt really good and secure at speed when I was practicing flat corners, and the transition from standing to sitting flows smoothly. These last couple of vids and practicing the techniques has firmed up my resolution to upgrade to my next bike now. I just cannot find a way to lock my knees into the KDX to provide a stable anchoring position with my legs on hillclimbs, which I need to be able to do to take the strain off my arms. It seems like the bike shape is all wrong where I want to be able to grab it with my knees. I'm hoping I'll find other bikes better shaped in that regard. Will miss the sweet 200 when it's on the pipe though, love the way it runs.
+Rob McDermott I have the same complaint about my KTM exc... It seems that the Steg pegs help a lot for that purpose. There is a video on this channel about it,
+Wide000 each bike is different when it comes to locking the knees in. i couldn't do it on the kato 250EXC, but could on this old 400EXC the other day. and yep, steg pegz solve the issue although a minority of guys don't like them.
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de nada desde australia belecena :)
This was ridiculously helpful :) Steg-pegs sound/look interesting. I have been mentally trying to design something like this. I used to like to put a foot back on the pillion peg when doing stand-up wheelies - this might be a similar fix. Will research steg-pegs :)
It's just a pity they are quite expensive as they are made in Australia, Campbell. Some guys just make their own with alloy plate and some door stops.
@@crosstrainingenduro Yep, having looked at them, looks like a really easy build. :) And a fun little project. Thanks for the tip:)
love your videos man. I've learned so much for watching them and I've been trying to put a lot of what you teach into my riding. It's really been paying off and I can feel some serious gains. It's only my second year on a dirt bike but I'm quickly falling in love. Thanks again and keep up the great work.
+HooKerzNbLo great to hear, i wish i'd started sooner on proper technique but better late than never. :)
great info the best I've come across so far.
+Pat Fitzgerald thanks pat, had plenty of chances to get info from the best so thanks to them, especially chris birch
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what are your thoughts on being on the balls of your feet when standing?
+Pat Fitzgerald did a whole video on that topic a while back, pat: th-cam.com/video/i7D2XDT57p8/w-d-xo.html
No, you don't sit down at all, you try to do a bench press squat thing then lift the bike you're riding on and start pressing :)
Yet again, good shit!
+daddister we recommend finely dicing the video, roll it into a cigarette and try smoking it too, daddister :)
I've actually been vaping all of your videos....much easier on the lungs.
awesome video.. I must say though, im getting quite confused, as im new to motocross, and really struggling to pull a half decent lap time :(
Im confused because, some tips in this video, contradict what other video's have said.
I watched a motocross body position video a while back, which said to not crouch lower during hard acceleration, But to lean more over the handlebars, Which basically makes the bike push you forward, Not pull you forwards.
As pushing you forwards is obviously easier on your leg muscles, and helps with fatigue and arm pump too as your not being pulled back on the bike...
these are enduro vids with a trials emphasis on some points so they'll contradict mx vids on some topics.
hi,I have uploaded a subtitle in Chinese for this vid. I am beginning from this and will continue add subtitles to your basic skill vids.
thanks gai lao! i searched for the new chinese subtitles but i did not find any?
CROSS TRAINING ENDURO SKILLS I think you have to reviewing the subtitle I have submited before it can be seen in the vids.or I can submit it again .Thank you
I noticed that around minute 3:10 your elbows are low and looks like you are flat footed in the pegs!!! but great vids, thanks.....
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Two things.
1: what is the reasoning for keeping lower legs vertical? Keep less strain on quads?
2: is it normal for your calfs to burn a lot when riding with balls of feet on pegs?
1 Part of the reason, yes
2 I don't know, I don't use that position myself
Many pro enduro riders says that you should have straight leges and bend over the bar when you do this you get your elbows up and have better control over your bike. when nyou have your arms straight and sloppy light spaghetti the front wheel eil, start shaiking. the straight legs also makes it easier to get the bike up om the rear wheel.
+Simon Larsson that sounds less tiring for the legs, simon. we've been following chris birch's advice so always good to hear other opinions....
+CROSS TRAINING ENDURO SKILLS Maybe this just applies to regular/ more high speed enduro. the riders im talking about is Joakim Ljunggren, Anders Eriksson ( 8 time world champ) Johnny Aubert and Oriol Mena. these guys ride regular enduro mostly but Joakim almost got third (ended up fouth) in red bull megawatt and will also compete in ezberg this year. But when you look at trial riders they stand like you said and many of the extreme riders have a trials backround.
+CROSS TRAINING ENDURO SKILLS Maybe test to ride with straight legs and your head vertival to the handelbar.
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Awesome video, very well explained. Could you do one about tight cornering on gravel at medium/high speed? Thanks!
in loose stuff, I think you'd want to swing tge back wheel out and drift. He has a video on that already I think
+R1200GS_Unstoppable if you mean flat track cornering yep we've done that. not very well of course, just the usual gumby standard th-cam.com/video/iv1HCpUm8W0/w-d-xo.html
+CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES Maybe its time to make the Super Detail Skills Series? :D With that much different terrain situations how it is possible :D Bte im still waiting for braking vid! :D
+CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES Cool, great videos, keep them coming! Thanks.
+Kamil Radoń it's on a long list of vids to do, kamil.... i'm first doing all the ones that supporters have requested then will get to the rest :D
Great vids, have helped me a lot. Thanks. Just one thing on this one, it looks like the guy wheelie'ing at 4:25 has his helmet undone. If I'm right, that's not a great look. Might want to amend the vid. Cheers
You should find a sand whooped out track and do some videos there. I think it would be cool but no worries if not
+Justin F Agreed! But just look at Jeffrey Herlings himself if you want to see the very best sand master of all times in action. Lapping Ryan Dungey a few years ago at the Motocross des Nations with a 250f in deep sand already tell how incredible the guy is... (Dungey was on a 450)
Should my weight be far enough back I pull on the bars the majority of the time? I'm thinking no but the vid almost looks like that would be the case...
thankfully the sound of the engine is louder than the sound of my knees creaking.
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Hey just wondering if you could give me advice on something I just bought a GoPro hero4 silver what's your option on these and also what do you think is the best spot to put the GoPro on your helmet on the side, top on ur chest,handlebar and I heard that putting the GoPro on the side is illegal because people fall off and land on it and it twists their head and can break their neck.
+Sam Jacob i've got vids on all of this already sam, just google 'cross training gopro mounts' for some of the vids and check our review on the proshot chinbar mount.
Are you working on a short person tips vid?
+Levi Turnbull on a long list of to-do vids, levi. but working through all the topics requested by supporters first. :)
love this video its about time some one covered this and from another country cool i grew up only thing covered motocross cool but brain dead riding just ride around track one time then cut off every other rider we had races motor crossers would show up in one lap no trail left wrong porting wrong gearing wrong suspension no skills im so glad that people are finnaly realising the most physically demanding sport on this planet and you do not need 9 teem mates for a medal now six days how would you do sixdays on mcnutts with no rest i did that
when should you be gripping the bike with your legs,i use to think you should always be gripping the bike with your legs for stability but I hear different lately? another awesome vid good on ya mate
+Dbikekid i think most guys grip the bike most of the time but can't be sure actually. i 'm using steg pegz so don't need to grip the bike.
I thought that to but I heard from your vids and from many others that in tight terrain (creek beds&stuff) you should not be gripping the bike to allow movement for more balance,and that really spins me out because I thought that was when you really should be gripping the bike with ur legs haha ill have to research this a bit
Great video.
How is the RR480 doing ?
+Adrian Borek loving it :)
+CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES is the rev range ok?
What did you say just after 3:50 ? "Trails riders often teach themselves this by practicing the rear brake ??? but just ..." can't catch what you said. Thank you
... by practicing with the rear brake constantly on. e.g. very slightly dragging.
dunno if ive missed a vid, what happened to the 300?
Go back and watch a few of the latest cideos
+shaun downing in the disclaimer of the RR480 first impressions vid, shaun
Time to get my Husaberg fe650 out of the shed!
+Gravstein got to ride one for five minutes once, unforgettable!
I was trying this today, forgot the crouch low part, almost lost the bike during hard acceleration
yup and i had straight legs, very quickly realised that was a bad idea, had lots of fun on my first ride. forgot to call my wife to check and came back late, didn't realise the time oops.
It's definitely where coaching can play a part sometimes... or get someone to film you and see what is going wrong.
yeh i think so, I have to get over the financial shock of the bike purchase first
what bark busters are you using?
+ramsrider14 specific ones needed for the flexible handlebars
+CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES here is the TE bars vid for more info....
I need to practice standing more, I get tired too easily cause I'm a fatty 😂
+shadetree surgeon takes a lot more energy for us skinny guys too... :) but the pay offs are good for dirt riding technique though
What did he say, I couldn't make it out when he said... and for us older guys a pair of ____ (sounds like stick heads or steak heads) can help as well?
Steg Pegz. We have a video or two about those.
My clicker finger is slowing down. I can't pause that intro screen like I used to.
+Justin Trovrt yeah i thought i had the standard time delay there justin, but i think that one is shorter than normal....
I'm still not entirely convinced on the whole standing thing. I'm a predominantly sit down rider and there's not many people who can manage to get away from me. I know I know, the top enduro guys stand etc etc but at the same time I am much faster than many 'always standing' riders. And if you look at many of the top guys with a motocross background, they too will sit down a lot
+Aidan Gillett Just look at AMA motocross or motocross gp. You will see where and how to stand or sit. Generally, sitting while cornering and early acceleration out of corners (wich include the occasional seat bouncing), and standing (attack position, not vertical) for all the rest. There is no mystery or debatable opinions here. It is just how it's done and must be done. For enduro, the same basic rules applies, except that you must stand even more due to the chaotic terrain and lower speeds. Standing (not verticaly but exactly as shown in the video) and grip the bike with your legs are the two main points to work to improve your riding. If you are doing well sitting, you will find yourself being even much better in no time applying these rules. The laws of physics are the same for everyone, not a matter of opinions. :)
+Aidan Gillett yep, can't say it much better than wide000. i put in a link to our sitting/standing vid.
I am so confused,it kinda seems like some of your stuff is opposite of motorcross and also you guys keep talking about Enduro bikes too, is this more for Enduro bikes than normal dirt bikes. I also know that this is different than motorcross, but what is the difference. lol
explained completely in our intro vid :)
What is the best way to transfer my mastering of body positioning in bed to my dirt bike?
+rminecraftsteve that would involve a huge range of vids for this topic steve.... mostly importantly let that exhaust pipe cool down before trying anything.
+CROSS TRAINING, ENDUROCROSS & ENDURO TECHNIQUES Thanks, I guess ill skip warmup next time
I fall in the "unfit" category...
+back fire lol i think we all do as well. just wrestling the bike out of a rut is enough for me to need a nanna nap.
Trust us Lol ;)
+Paul Rhodes I am confused. I don't know what to trust now: the disclaimer telling us not to trust anything or the video telling us to trust the given advice... :) Well, i will trust the video since I have always think that it is very important to look far ahead to anticipate and better choose an appropriate line.
+Wide000 i think it just gets even worse with the disclaimer on the latest vid, wide000 :(
Hahaha! Effectively. Now I am not even sure if I can watch it... :) But hey! I am a rider and a beer drinker, so I am strong enough to stand it!
I love the armchair bike. I don’t want your DVD’s though. Very suspicious of the content.
True... I'm trying to dodge Interpol who are chasing the source of those DVDs.