The situation is a constant within the moto scene where the continuous grind of riding the thin line between success and disaster sees the unexpected raises its ugly head.  Accidents never happen when you expect it but sneak up and before there is a chance to respond you are rag doll in natures “washing machine”, helplessly tumbling towards injury.

There are times you have the chance to react, as Brad Neitzel noted to me when he pushed off from his machine before being pinned or the many others when only your conditioning and good fortune will save you.

On the track, when everything is flowing in perfect synch the ability to react, compress properly, manage transition and maintain technical lines as well as tactical needs is the balance between the victors podium and failure.

Each of these scenarios has the common denominator that the only thing that is predictable is that the unexpected will occur. The age old adage of “expected the unexpected” rings out loud and clear in moto with the firm understanding that success comes to the bold and those who prepare properly.

Reactive strength and ability are the cornerstones of success in moto and to realise your goals you must hone each to a fine point.

Excluding more advanced training measures that are rarely available in the sports conditioning community that involve neuroscience and sensory training to enhance the mental processing of visual information (retinal image) and perception as well as honing peripheral vision in an effort to reduce reactive abilities, riders must utilize more common drills to improve reaction. It should be noted improving the processing of information is a fine line of polishing their skills on the track and outright champions confidence where every opportunity is a chance to attack.

Equally reactive strength must be a major component in resistance training, which will not on infer the importance of bar speed, with loading of compound movements often ranging between 30 to 65 percent as well as extreme emphasis of the eccentric action of a movement and of-course proper generation. This should include multiple joint compound lifts, RED2, Hurdle mobility drills and DMC™.

Prepared by John Davies
Photos: Brad Neitzel

John Davies is available on his personal page on Facebook , Renegade Training™’s, Google+, Renegade Training™ on Google+ as well as or Twitter.

John’s present supplement stack starts daily with the “athlete’s advantage”, Modern, Super Cissus, PowerFull and Prime, along with additional use of Recreate, Yok3d, Anabolic Pump and Pink Magic depending upon his training cycle (workout log 1, 2, 3, 4).

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