So yesterday I decided that I can’t put it off any more and I need to start doing the gym again to try and sort out all of my aches and pains and try and get into some ind of shape so that I can start racing again at some point this year!
I am planning to make my regional comeback on:
Sunday 31st May at Cardiff
And my National comeback on:
Rounds 5 & 6 Gosport BMX Track, Gosport – Saturday 13 June and Sunday 14 June 2026.
This gives me 43 days until the Cardiff Regional and 56 days until the Gosport National
My plan is to follow the following training plan from Monday until the racing starts:
Monday = Weights
Tuesday = Sprints
Wednesday = Gates Andover
Thursday = Weights
Friday = Sprints
Saturday = Track (Gates at Cardiff when possible)
Sunday = Rest
My weight sessions will consist of the following exercises:
squats 3 x 10
bench press 3 x 10
deadlift 3 x 10
lat pulldown 3 x 10
Stepup 3 x 10
leg externsion 3 x 10 (knee rehab)
The 5 main exercises will be the squats, bench press, deadlift, lat pull downs and step-ups and I will do 3 sets of leg extensions as I have found that they get rid of my leg knee pain and instability!
Tuesday and Friday mornings I will do sprint sessions that consist of 12 sprints with 6 alternating front leg sprints for 25 m and 6 alternating front leg sprints of 50 m and both types of sprints. I will just do downhill sprints for mow as its the easiest for me as I live on a hill! I also need to work on my leg speed anyway.
Bike wise I will ride the S&M Big Jumper for now but I may change to the Curtis Cruiser if my wrist and shoulders fell better after a few weeks of weight training as I didn’t enjoy racing the S&M as much as I do the Curtis!
I am going to try and get a many Saturday gates sessions in at Cardiff on a Saturday to ride a harder track and also get used to the track as it is a hard tack to ride well and will be good practise for Nationals and the only other national that I plan to race this year is at Cardiff anyway as its local 🙂
I may also start going to gates at Andover on Wednesday nights as well as I really enjoy gates there.