A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...
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o dispel pre-race nerves, pro mountain biker Ruaridh What do you think is the most effective exercise?
pedal powers with some good tunes on his iPod. The Core exercises - you don’t need any machines and you start
20-year-old from Stow in the Borders travels around the noticing the benefits quickly.
world competing as a professional mountain biker. He was
Do you have a healthy diet?
Junior World champion in 2007 and he’s currently gearing up
I eat a lot of energy-rich foods and I also try not to drink any
for the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William on
alcohol.
06-07 June.
Do you take any dietary supplements?
How do you train?
Cod liver oil for my joints and probiotic vitamins to help avoid
As well as going to the gym and doing various bike related
illness.
exercises, I keep in shape by road cycling, country cycling
and turbo training. I’m at the gym three times a week for a full What’s your unhealthy vice?
body workout concentrating on my upper body, core muscles Tucking into junk food occasionally.
and legs. It lasts between two to three hours and I have set
Top tips?
routines from my coach that change every month to keep
As long as you exercise and eat a healthy diet, you can’t go
things fresh.
far wrong.
What do you think about when training?
I'm usually thinking about how much pain I’m in. When I’m
racing I focus on beating the person next to me…
What is the longest you’ve gone without exercise?
Off season, the longest I’ve gone without training is one day.
During race season I can have two or three days without exercise
because I’m travelling between competitions.
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