WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT RACING TO TRAIN FOR THE SEASON is the question of the week.
I feel like I do a lot of things to help me train for the season when I am not able to race, such as riding my dirt bike, racing on my simulator, doing my daily workouts, watching race videos for races we have coming up, and eating healthy.
When the weather is not cold, icy or snowing, I go outside and get out my KTM dirt bike. We live in Ohio so you can't predict the weather here. Our home in Ohio has several acres and a dirt bike path where I can jump up and down hills and ride through the path as much as I want. My favorite thing on my dirt bike is doing wheelies, as long as I don't fall off that is.
Each night that I am home I get on my race simulator for at least a hour if not more. Racing my simulator helps me maneuver the car realistically, shift change and helps me build some upper body strength. My dad has something called a butt kicker that makes the car feel so realistic. If the car is hard to turn in the game so is your steering wheel, if you hit the rumble strips your butt and arms sure feel it. It feels like you are on the track in a real car racing. The only time the simulator is not fun is when you have the people on #Iracing that use it as a game and not for training purposes. When you are getting hit off the the track for no reason at all, it becomes a little frustrating.
Lately my mom and I have been working on some exercises to help me build more upper body strength, since my kart is so big and I am so little. For a hour a night we will do things like push ups, weights, squats, and neck exercises. We have also been working on reaction time with throwing a ball back and forth, also working with an app on my phone.
When I have a race coming up soon, I watch a race video of that track so I can get familiar with it before I show up to the track. It isn't the same as actually being there on the track, but it gives me an idea of where I need to be, braking points, etc. I have a race coming up at Charlotte and I have been watching a race video on it to prepare for my weekend.
Lastly my mom has me eating healthier to help my brain and my ADHD. With ADHD you have to eat certain foods that won't cause your brain to go all crazy all day. You have to eat food that will help you concentrate and slow your brain down. Eating sugar and bad stuff can cause me to lose focus and make me extra energetic, which doesn't help my learning skills in a kart or anywhere else.
Now you know the things that I do to train for my season, now its your turn to let me know what you do.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT RACING TO TRAIN FOR THE SEASON?
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