My 2011 race season is over, aside from the occasional track day if I can manage to get a couple in this winter, I will be off the race bike for the next 4 months or so.
The weather will be turning cold and rainy and the limited hours of day light in the winter months make it even more difficult to get outside and “play.” Many of my racing friends will turn to off season training to keep busy and fit; spending time in the gym, pushing weights and working out on stationary equipment. While this type of workout has its place, and I will get in my share of gym workouts this winter I prefer to keep fit another way.
Flashback to childhood — I spent my free time riding bicycles, climbing trees, playing tag, riding horses and generally being outside. I was always a fit kid and I never had to lift weights or ride a stationary bike to stay that way. And here I am, a “few” years later and I still prefer to stay fit the same way. I suppose this is why my husband Jason and I got together in the first place, because he is much the same, and now he has started a personal training business based on that philosophy.
The custom tailored workout program Jason created for me this off season involves riding my bicycle, rock climbing, riding my dirt bike and a core body workout that I do at home in my backyard (or my living room if it is too cold.) I have a few pounds to lose and I have some goals to build my endurance and core strength. I’ll keep you posted on all the fun I’m having and how I am doing on reaching my fitness goals.
Here’s a video of our indoor climbing workout yesterday, check it out… and if you have fitness goals of your own and don’t know where to get started, maybe you should give Active Body Training a call and see what he can do for you. 
