Can you imagine throwing your leg over a 60 horsepower machine that goes 80 miles per hour? Now imagine wearing a helmet, boots, pants, long sleeve jersey, neck brace, chest protector, and gloves and hopping on your 260 pound bike and jumping over 100 feet in the air.
Motocross is a very intense sport, motocross by definition is a timed motocross race over winding dirt tracks with sharp turns and dirt jumps. Modern motocross is put on by a circuit called the AMA or American Motorcycle Association they take place all across the United States. The races are usually a week apart and take place at the hottest times of the day, there are two races called motos for both the 250cc class and the 450cc class they both last a half hour plus two laps
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The preparation to be in prime condition for the racing season is no walk in the park. Aside from doing your workouts everyday you must think of practice on the bike, dieting and the mental preparation that it takes to win races week after week. The practice that these professional athletes participate in are amazing, for one whole day they may hit the same corner over and over just to get their timing down. They will work on rhythm sections even though when they get to the real racetrack has a completely different set of jumps for the riders to navigate through. The dieting that a rider participates in is a whole new set of challenges for the riders to participate in. (10 tips to eat) According to Active.com one of the main keys to staying healthy is to always stay hydrated, and not only when you are working out but all the time if you are dehydrated you tend to over eat. Another thing that keeps motocross from finding their full potential is there mindset. Success in the sport of pro motocross is a lot more than just having pure skill, most of the challenge comes from inside your very own head. After each race they ask the winners to do an interview in these interviews they ask them what they think of the other racers and these interviews can sometimes get heated. The interviewers can ask how the riders think the other riders did in the race and in some circumstances some true hatred will arise between the