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I think that track was way more physically demanding than people thought maybe?
This type of comment doesn't belong here. Do you even lift, brah? This is sarcasm beofre anyone gets their panities twisted.
Malcolm has showed he has podium speed (easily keeping pace with Tomac in heat), if he can keep pace through a race.
My guess: you line them up on the treadmill and Vince wins 10 out of 10 races. You line them up on the track and Malcolm wins 10 out of 10. And that simple exercise shows what both athletes are missing, and where their focus should be.
Maybe there is a reason that he never scored a top level ride after winning the 250 sx title.
He has had plenty of chances to step up his game but has never seemed to step up his fitness to be the contender some think he could be.
Clock is ticking. Soon it will be "what might have been" instead of "what could be".
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He really has stepped up his fitness, and is now a legit top 10 guy (Currently 7th in points). I just think everyone recognizes that his ceiling is crazy high.
He'll do much better the next time he runs up front
With that being said,I am impressed with his progress, and i think he will continue to improve.
"clock is ticking" as if there is a list of riders who can ride that pace for even one lap, let alone 25+ laps.
Clearly the dude is in top notch shape, it's fucking tough to keep your heart rate down, not make mistakes, not hold your breath, not hold on too tight etc. I have spent a TON of time at the test tracks with top guys. They put in their work during the week, kill every lap of their motos, run in front of guys that win then the weekend rolls around and they're not even close at the end of a 20 minute main. It's fucking TOUGH to put it together one main, let alone every weekend.
Maybe this is an indication of how tough it is to win a 450 SX main. Either that or he needs to retire lol.
I like Mookie a lot, great personality and speed, but he has underwhelmed and I dont expect it to change. If it was going to it would have by now. Yes, he has gotten better, but his potential is for podiums and top fives yet he is often around 10th place.
Training at the level of a top athlete is hard. Many are training very hard. Some have the talent. Some have the determination. Some have both in tandem. But that's very few. Mind blower: there will never be more than five top five guys, no matter how hard the top 10 works.
Posts like these confirm how far the general fan is away from understanding what it takes to perform at the highest level of this sport. The dude who qualified 55th or 68th in the 250 class this weekend and watched from the stands is FIT.
But putting it all together - not making mistakes, breathing properly, not holding on to tight, pushing through jumps etc is a whole different story. Some guys figure it out immediately though intelligence, talent, determination etc. Others it takes a bit more trial and error. And most that try never figure it out.
Then, there's the people who watch from the stands or couch that like to think they have it all figured out and spout out diarrhea all over the internet like it's the gospel.
I don't understand why people choose to come on here to condemn riders rather than appreciate them for the time they put into their craft. I spend a lot of time with some of these dudes on and off the bike. Every decision they make is based around what will benefit their race results.
Imagine that, a professional rider admitting he hit a fucking wall with fitness and simply got tired out there. He didn't make one excuse about arm pump or his bike setup, I like him even more now.
Now he knows he needs to train harder to run up front so let's see how his season progresses. Can't wait to see what he can do at the triple crown with short mains next weekend.
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There are so many pieces to the puzzle to having a perfect program. To assume it's from a lack of work is just plain wrong. Each athlete/body needs specific things to work perfectly for SX. He is in the process of finding what works and what doesn't. Hell, it could be more REST and less grinding off the bike during the week. I've seen that make a hige difference for riders.
Relax with assuming he's eating Dorito's while everyone else is doing Ironman Marathons.
Never once did I say Malcom was eating Doritos you dipshit. I made an observation and asked about Malcom's fitness as it appears to me he can improve in that area. Next thing you know people are saying his fitness is fine, he knows what he's doing, it was arm pump, and I'm a keyboard warrior who doesn't know what I'm talking about, etc...
And then Malcom comes online and puts it to rest. It's his fucking fitness. I questioned it, he confirmed it. You don't have to like his very honest response in the video, but I do.
I think we all know fitness consists of many key components including rest and recovery, so you can save that for all the pro riders you train. You should start your own Aldon Baker factory if you haven't already.
He was visibly out of shape 2 years ago. His conditioning and results have improved dramatically since then, and he isn't showing any signs of plateuing yet. He is noticeably getting better and is more competitive later into the race each time he lines up. Whatever he is doing is working -- the progress just needs to continue.
I do work with Aldon and his guys with recovery products like Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Pulsed Electromagentic Field Therapy and Low Level Red Light Therapy.
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