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what you failed to mention is your normally awake at 2am ;D It's not bad, if you can sleep like it then sleep like it

He looks like Jesus? Decent riding though

The powerball will be fine, Powerball is the name of the brand so as long as it's that then it will work well. Also, I wouldn't bother buying lukozade powdered mixes purely because they taste like crap and you can make the same thing by mixing double concentration squash (even supermarkets own brand) with a pinch of salt - and that's much cheaper too! Ok so: Endurance : Low weights, High reps - the ability to do something for a prolonged amount of time will only come from practice Strength : High weights, Low reps - pushing your body to it's max and thus training for strength. So if you want both, you have to find a balance of a decent weight and a good amount of reps (12-14 reps, with around 3 sets) As for deadlifts, I wouldn't bother. Too easy to get the technique wrong and do some serious damage to your back. Squats with freeweights in your hand are a much better alternative and that's going to increase the power you can generate from your legs. Just make sure you do it infront of a mirror so you can adjust your technique. Like I say though, rowing will become your best friend because it trains pretty much all the muscles involved in trials, and you can make it as explosive (good for generating power and increasing strength) or as 'relaxing' as you like (good for endurance) Think I've covered all what you said?

Yay, I can help you learn gym stuff and you can teach me trials Ok, firstly you are going to want to invest in a powerball (it's those little balls that you spin in your hand) because that's going to increase the strength and fatigue resistance of your wrists and forearms which ultimately means you will be able to grip the bars better and for longer. For triceps and upper body, you can get on a rowing machine and do a lot of distance at a low intensity. That again, will help the fatigue resistance of your upper body muscles. If not a rowing machine, some gyms have hand cycles (it's like riding a bike but you use your hands instead of your feet) that will do the same job. If they don't have one of those machines (which I'm sure most gyms do!) then you are going to want to do weights, exercises like tricep pulls (you can find exactly how on walls in the gym, ask a personal trainer or I can show you if you come worthing on sunday:D) pull ups, chest fly's or chest presses will also be good. Basically though, because you are training for endurance and not strength, you want to keep the weight low and the reps high Also, as for drinks - you could probably benefit from something sugary when you ride as this replaces used glycogen in the muscles, hence why I drink strong squash

As painful as it is, you are going to need to stretch it out. It will feel a lot better after, yeah you can eat/drink protein and sleep it off but I've found the quickest way is to literally stretch through the pain, do it slowly and you'll be fine. It will still ache but you'll have a normal range of movement back. It will go after a few days. As a side note, you should never take that amount of time off and jump back into your old routine, you risk some pretty back damage to your body and I wouldn't be surprised now if you ached for around 3 days. If this is the case, stretching will become your best friend

How's what done sorry? Spraying a bike in general? Or camo-ing something?

Ah right, does look pretty good! I might go for a urban camo scheme seeing as it's a Zoot, think it would suit quite well. Might style it on COD digital camo pattern hahaha

Ok cool, just do your research on what bike. Post here or in another topic the model and see what more experienced users think, they might be able to point you towards a better bike for your money!

Well, I rode a 26" the other day for the first time and it felt completely different to my 24" but that's more because of the geo. In all honesty, if you're serious about trials then a 20" would probably be best. Their usually cheaper than 26" and definitely (this is just a guess but seems most peoples opinion) much easier to learn on.

It was the data allowance and to be honest, she sounded hot (clever business move if you ask me) so I was never going to kick off too much haha. It was the fact that I was being charged £1 a day for every day I was over my data allowance which my spotify rinsed in about 4 days ;( @monkeyseemonkeydo - If I ever switch, I'll bare that in mind cheers mate

Well stock (26") is what your MTB most likely is. 20" (mod) is probably the easiest to learn trials on because it's generally smaller and lighter, thus easier to maneuver. 24" is for street which is basically BMX/trials combined - that's what I ride atm, personally I've found it hard to learn the trials stuff on it but I've only had it a month so yeah 26" (stock) in all honesty I have no idea the benefits of this, apart from that if your a taller/larger rider you won't feel so cramped compared to a 20" and the fact that it's larger means you have more reach for some gaps. If you're still struggling, tarty bikes have a product guide or look at the video section on here and look at different types of riders. The GetCreative competition has a nice mix of all bikes and will help you chose. I would say look at the pro's but that's just misleading IMO. Hope that helps

Some people might tell you yes, but in all honesty if depends on the quality of the sleep. From the sounds of it, your sleep quality is fine and you've adjusted to 4 hours. I wouldn't worry too much about it until you start to age a bit more (no idea how old you are now). It's pretty much fine, although some people wouldn't recommend long distance driving and all. Personally, I think you're fine for a few more years

Ah right ok. I'm thinking of camo-ing mine. I've done it on tents and other stuff before and it's looked decent. Trying to imagine what it would look like on a frame though hahaha Plus if I do go down that route, I've never seen anyone ride a camo'ed up trials bike

Oh right sweet, well here is definitely the place if you need any advice If your from a MTB background, a stock will probably feel the most natural for you

That's irritating. Once I've got some money I might change the BB and cranks anyway. For now, pretty sure a new bolt will do the trick

Looked like good fun, that guy in the green nail a pretty huge gap from what looked like an electrical box? Impressive from all really, some nice spots too

Yes and No. Your body adapts to being able to deal with stress so it recovers quicker but, if you are trying to get 'pumped' then it's good to stress and push your body within sensible limits. Stress -> adaptation. I.e if you are still doing the same reps or weights that you first started with then it's not going to be beneficial and that's why you won't ache. Make sense?

Will check them out as well, yeah I noticed it's pretty decent quality. It's a mission to find decent spraypaint to be honest. Just looked now, did you use the varnish?

Hahaha, I've never understood that. Archbishops telling the people of Africa; "don't use contraception, it's bad for you" some bishops even said it doubles the risk of catching/spreading aids. Christianity is soooooooooooooo wrong. Anyway, this is major off topic so I might just start an atheist thread on chit chat, then we can carry this on ;D

I'm with Ali on this, orange bash sets it off. Out of interest, where'd you source the paint from JD? Just looks like decent quality stuff and eventually I'll stop farcing about and pick a colour and get round to doing mine

and I'd rather believe in Spiderman...

That bike looks the shiznaaay! Great job to be honest, also those stickers are pretty awesome. Might have to invest Indeed, you only gotta look at mine, their graphics/stickers look soo bad! I'm still deciding what colour I want mine, either way the white bars are staying!

Ah ok, will be on the look out for some. What else has god got to do? Other than flooding most of the country and ignoring 982464418642184 prayers to win the lottery