History The first motocross races emerged in the UK such as Auto-Cycle Clubs in 1906 and the Scottish Six Days Trial that started in 1909.When a delicate balance and strict trial scoring were dispensed in favor of a race to be the fastest driver to the finish line, it was called a scramble, said to have originated from the phrase, "a rare old fight" that describes one of those early races.Originally known as scramble racing in the UK, as the sport grew in popularity, the competitions became known internationally as motocross racing, by combining the French word for motocyclette, moto for short, with "cross country" or "a cross country "in spanish. The first scramble race took place in Camberley, Surrey in 1924. During the 1930s, the sport became very popular, especially in Great Britain where teams from Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA), Norton, Matchless, Rudge, and AJS competed. at events. Intense competition over rough terrain led to technical improvements in motorcycles. Rigid frames acquired suspension in the 1930s, and forks and rear suspension appeared in the 1950s, several years before they were incorporated into most street bikes.5 The post-WWII period was dominated by the BSA which had become the largest motorcycle company in the world BSA competitors dominated the competitions in the 1940s. In 1952, the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM), the international governing body of motorcycling, created an individual European Championship using a = "Motocross goes International 1947 through 1965" /> In 1956 the status of the world championship was improved. In 1962, a 250 world championship was created.5 The 250 cc category was the smallest category of motorcycle companies that had two-stroke engines. Companies like Husqvarna from Sweden, CZ from the former Czechoslovakia and Greeves from England, became popular due to their brilliance and agility. In the 1960s, advances in two-stroke engine technology meant that the heavier, 4-stroke engine was reaching niche competitions. Motorcyclists from Belgium and Sweden began to dominate the races during this period. The motocross was introduced to the United States in 1966 when the Swedish champion, Torsten Hallman put on an exhibition against American motorcyclists at Corriganville Movie Ranch also known as Hopetown in Simi Valley, California. The following year Hallman was followed by other motocross stars including Roger De Coster, Joël Robert, and Dave Bickers. They dominated the event placing their lightweight two-stroke in the top 6. Motocross began to grow in popularity in the United States during this time, fueling a great growth in the sport. In the late 1960s, Japanese motorcycle companies began to challenge European factories for supremacy in the world of motocross. Suzuki held the first world championship for a Japanese factory when Joël Robert won the 1970 250cc championship. The first indoor motocross event was held in 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. In 1975, a 125cc world championship was introduced. European riders continued to dominate motocross throughout the 1970s, but by the 1980s American riders improved their level and began winning international competitions. During the 1970s and 1980s, Japan's motorcycle industry went through a period of great technological expansion. Typical rear suspension double shock air-cooled two-stroke machines gave way to new machines that were liquid-cooled and equipped with a single shock absorber rear suspension shock. By 2003, increasingly stringent environmental laws in California forced some manufacturers to develop environment-friendly technology that was four-stroke. By 2004, the major producers had started manufacturing the four-stroke machines. European companies also saw a resurgence with Husqvarna, Husaberg and KTM world championship winners with four-stroke machines. The sport began to evolve and was divided into sub-disciplines, such as stadium events, namely supercross and arenacross held in indoor arenas. Categories were also created for freestyle motorcycling, which are events where motorcyclists do not compete in races but are judged on the jumps and stunts they perform and which have gained a lot of popularity, as well as the supermoto category, where motocross machines they race off the track, on asphalt. VMX motocross races are typically held with pre-1975 model motorcycles. Many VMX races also include a "vintage advertisement" portion, typically including motorcycles dating back to 1983. After analyzing this sport so much from a scientific point of view, I can define it as follows: “Motocross is a highly demanding physical, mental and emotional motor sport, with a predominance of combined physical abilities over a Cross motorcycle, which can be performed in all kinds of environmental conditions, where the objective is to finish or reach the goal. , First." This sport combines the different physical capacities to be able to have a better control on the motorcycle in the face of the different variants of the terrain on the track (mounds, tight curves, potholes, surface changes such as sand, mud, stones, etc.) these physical capacities that The predominant features are: strength, aerobic and anaerobic endurance, proprioception, independent coordination, agility or dexterity, and technical abilities on the motorcycle are: speed, cornering, reaction, posture, peripheral vision, concentration, flexibility. Due to the competition time that is variable according to the category in which it is competed, ranging from 8 minutes to 35 minutes, where cyclical and interval movements are performed (movements that are not repeated as in the case of swimming, road cycling, running) since multiple movements are made coordinated to the need of the motorcycle on the track, such as standing, sitting, curving and activating obliques, etc. activation of anaerobic resistance metabolism is required, that is, it will depend on a long-duration training but in an anaerobic or non-oxygen-dependent system, with a heart rate percentage above 85% (anaerobic threshold) that is, using high intensity exercises , short duration but with repetitive or interval loads similar to the competition time. The most activated or predominant muscle groups are hip extensors, glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings (main knee stabilizers) as well as shoulder rotators and finger flexors (forearm) but not least an adequate activation of the center of gravity that is found in CORE. For which resistance strength training is suggested, first by developing maximum strength, that is, to overcome a certain resistance with the least possible effort (1 to 3 reps of maximum weight) and later to increase the resistance of that force. Sounds complicated right? It is very complicated, so you must base your training on loads that are dosed specifically for you by a professional and based on your sports goals. You should not be guided by training loads from the internet or social networks, because each body is different.
Now not everything is physical work, we must also develop mental work with exercises that speed up our decisions on the motorcycle, proprioception training, balance, coordination, mental dexterity and agility, I recommend it at least twice a week, later I will share with you what each of them consists of.
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