chrisp

Brian,

Go road riding if you can. It's hard to get good fitness Mtn Biking.

TwentySix

I've lost 15 lbs since the winter and found this scale to be a good tool for keeping tabs on myself; the "daily calorie predictor" is useful as it comes up with how many calories it takes to maintain your current weight, so you can budget them accordingly (I tried to average 500 less each day). It measures your body composition (body fat%, muscle mass, bone mass, body water %) after you plug in your height, age, etc... I did the numbers it gave me and put in my former bodyfat measurements from when I was a gym rat, it calculated out to just over what I weighed then, so it seems pretty accurate. You have to go on the scale with slightly damp, bare feet for the scan to work. Once upon a time I had a resting heart rate of 56

pedsurg

Well I just completed the 90 minute enduro at Sebring on Saturday and if you've got fitness pointers, bring'em on. Conditions were brutally warm.

jack

C.J. Ichiban

trust me dude I know what you mean...but as your official halfway point to the rest of the guys on here (I'm 27) I'll warn you that the only thing that really slows you down are your peers and their influences on you. Don't let anyone hold you back and don't marry too young/ knock anyone up and you'll be in shape and spending money on cars for a long time!

well that's been my way of avoiding "old age" pitfalls

MTosi

Haha thanks for the advice. It's already started, most kids now are already hitting the beer hard, and the gym less. I don't stay on campus, simply because I can't stand sitting around on my ***, playing video games and getting drunk for however many month's (it's also a little diffucult to work on a race car in a dorm room). Plus I have to work to afford chasing these expensive hobbies/dreams of mine. I don't realy find a need for any lowly street drugs, I smoke the most expensive and addicting crack pipe of them all , this stuff

Now if only god had blessed me with a level of talent for your sport, instead of for this foolish one where talent mean nothing without $$$$, I'd be sitting golden right now

Dan in Florida

Hi Larry,

Biking is good. Doing 30 miles in anything resembling hills in temps of 98 degrees is better than good. See you at VIR.

C.J. Ichiban

yeah well just got to save up enough for a spec racer to start getting your hat in the ring so to speak. I'm where I'm at because of my desire to outdo my peers, and a big part of that is avoiding the party scene and party people. trust me they'll all be jealous of you finishing 2nd to me in ALMS one day.

lol.

2BWise

Nothing is bad in moderation. Having just graduated I'm already missing my "party people" friends. Even young its rough to do the party thing on a daily basis and will absolutely wreck yourself, but don't completely right it off its still fun. Best advice I can give/have received is split it up. I have tried to stay as active as possible, but keep the party scene/people separate from most daily activities. This way I haven't destroyed myself like they have because there isn't the constant temptation to go out. Its turned out alright too. Just by staying active I was able to avoid gaining any significant weight and by the time of graduation had only gained 6lbs from freshman year.
Did not hit the gym as much as I may have liked but leaned up instead which has really helped with driving because I've traded the bulk for stamina. I hated it, but spent a lot of time on a stationary bike. Took my ipod loaded up with track vids and trained myself mentally and physically, and then would close my eyes and visualize driving the course all the while I'm pedalling. It was the closest I could get to the physical/mental focus outside of the car.

APKhaos

A few people asked me why the heck I was wearing a driving suit for every session at our Glen DE a couple of weeks ago. And the answer is..........heat conditioning. It was reasonably hot, and perfect for getting conditioned with the suit and no cool shirt. Come August at VIR, I'll need all the help I can get.

Oh, and I'll use the cool shirt there, too!

MTosi

Seeing as how were talking about dreams, you must still be in one, thinking your going to beat me

My problem has always been trying to put weight on. I played hockey for the longest time (goalie) and had always been super light but I didn't play this year (freshmen year college) since I work after school, so didn't have the time required to commit to playing for school. Anyway I managed to put on 10lbs since June of last year from just doing loads of upper body excersises which are largely neglected as a goalie, since you have to be able agile rather than big.

If I ever get to the point where I'm racing prof. on a regular basis I would definately buy myself another shifter kart (suprised no one has suggested this yet?). They give you the best workout for racing I can think of (G's, arm's, stamina, etc.) plus you are getting actual practice driving while doing it. The first time I drove one, I was completely beat after a 20 minute session. People don't realize when you are driving a kart everytime you turn you are actually lifting the chassis the way the suspension (or actual lack there of) works. Plus the G's generated by a shifter kart are pretty incredible to. I had an open track session where I was able to do an hour long stint, and by the time it was finished I could barely hold my head up and was just using the neck brace. I'm convinced if one could train to do a 3 hour stint in a 125cc shifter kart on a hot day, you could easily do a 3 hour stint in just about anything other than an F1 car.