BODY POSITION || Motocross Private Lesson Ep. 19
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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Join me as I teach a private session with Nick at Tomahawk Mx. This is episode 19 of a series I've created so that my riders have something to reference after class, and so all of you can learn a thing or two!
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Man, having a lesson with Aj like this would be amazing! I will never race motocross, too old now, but would love to be able to just ride the track well!
6’3 rider here. This helped me immensely. My knees are above the seat on every bike lol
Haha yep. I use same position no matter what, even when riding a pit bike and I feel like it’s just my calves making contact
Exact same situation here bein 6'3, Ive even resorted to puttin grip tape on frame :-) Great vid.. appreciate it
on the 2020 kx250 you can lower the foot pegs i’m pretty sure
im 5 ft 8. and my bike is Taller then me by a hiar or 2 and I had to do the same thing
yes i am 5'9 and ride a kx 100
Thank you! Fastest 18min ever. I feel like having an earbud so you can explain on the fly would help? Or talk over as you video for when your students watch it later. So many good tips in this one!
Having an ear piece so I could talk to them in real time would be really cool!!
Thanks!
@@AjCatanzaro Finding a cheap way to get clear 1-way (or walkie-talkie) audio would be ideal. Your student would not need to stop as frequently to receive instruction. You're a great teacher.
Aj Catanzaro I saw people do that, its possible and cheap
Indeed fastest 18 minutes, when the video stopped it felt like 5 minutes.
Wish you were around like 25 years ago when I was learning now I’m learning again at 47 good work love the videos
Mannnnnn i love your vids. It's just so clean and well explained.
Thanks!
Very helpful tips& lots of them. I’m a 49 yr old novice. Just bought a crf 250. Love this Channel. It’s helping me so much. 👍👍. Although not with the aching after I ride 😂👍👍
Good on you! I know what you mean about the aching....I'm 51 and also a novice riding sherco sef300 mostly trails and enduro, but went to a MX track for the first time last Sunday 😊
great stuff. I"m not a motocross guy but I learned a lot just watching
I love your teaching videos AJ, you have such amazing patience towards every little detail when explaining what you want your students to do out on the track. Also, a lot of technique and motocross sense when describing what the student it doing right and wrong. Keep these coming Budd.
I just started racing about 6 months ago and im faster than about 80% of the locals at my track. this was majorly helpful bro!
i love guys that help teach other people. We as men think we know everything. If you would just take the time to listen to others you might learn something from a vet or something from a beginning rider.. we are all students. Even the pros listen to tips from other racers.
14:28 well said and great advice! So common for new riders to just "plop down" on the seat. It's helpful to have video evidence to show the student examples of this. Nice work AJ.
Just started watching your vids and I’m hooked. Thank you immensely.
New sponsor: HGTV: Chip and Joanna build a race track episode on in the background 😂🤣
Haha!
I'm 6'7" and feel like I'm way to high when I stand. I've got the KX450F Kawasaki. I feel forced to sit. At 52 years old I've been riding for almost 3 months so hopefully I havent gotten set in bad habits
Wow! Man! You explain all with a lot of details!
If you can explain the technique about use of the front brake on the ruts...
I would appreciate!
I love your channel!
Greeting from Argentina!
I’ve rode for 25 years and my current bike is a 2005 RM250. I’m 6’3” and my biggest issue is feeling awkward in transitional position. This helped me greatly
Your tips are amazing and made me so much fast thank you
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Hey AJ, I've really enjoyed watching your videos. I came from an off-road and extreme-enduro background but trained a lot of mx for skills, bike control and fitness. A lot of the jumping lessons you do are things I've battled teaching to some of the kids I've trained in the past. The natural instincts are just to throw their weight back in the "toilet seat" position and it's so dangerous. I love how you explain things even using technical concepts for kids that I never imagined they would understand. You're a great teacher so keep it up, very impressive.
This Chanel should have much more followers! So much awsome content!
Absolutely fascinating! These videos are loaded with nuggets of gold. Paraphrase“If your inside elbow drops your chest rotates right and will want to steer you up and out of the turn...”
enjoy your vids. 51 been riding a long time but you have good tips. At my age I've perfected the lazy man approach but it's cool that you offer all this advice to the next generation....for free.
Thanks!
I encourage to try and tweak the “lazy man approach”. When you learn to ride the way I do, there’s nothing easier!
I love how practical your advice is.
Every time with a great lesson and many many useful advises.thank you Aj for sharing your experience and your pro tips with all of us. I learn a lot from you and i always trying to practice at the motocross track. Greetings from Greece and thanks again.
Just started riding again at the age of 46 ..These videos have helped me alot..Keep the vids coming..love from liverpool... last time I rode I was 16 ,I cant remember the 250s being this powerful hence why the videos have help so much ...
good video little abrupt on the ending there.. lol. kid was doing awesome hope hes back for more, I'd love to see how he progresses. I bet its fast!
Haha sorry camera died! 😂
@@AjCatanzaro 😂 check out my vid on C-class pros and let me know what you think of my assessment. maybe I come down and get some lessons as a collab. lord knows I need it!
Never knew about the front brake helping to guide the front in a rut. I always ride out of the rut. In 10 ruts, I ride out of 11. Makes sense now. I use the rear brake a lot to keep my road motorcycle upright and not falling to the side when making extremely slow, tight parking lot style maneuvers that I'm not countersteering for balance. It's fitting that the front brake has the opposite effect. Though this is something I've never heard anyone say out loud. This is the difference between riders that are fast and ones like you that are fast and can explain why. Thanks for being the latter and taking the time to help out the rest of us.
Awesome training, it's no wonder why you are a pro. 👍 I needed a rut refresher.
Surely Aj likes this comment 👉👈 😊 ...
P.S. Watched all the vids (they have helped me improve as a rider)and the merch is top of the line!
Also i was the 4th comment 🤙
Thank you!!!
At the end he was killing it!!!good job bro
just found ur channel what a gold mine
We could use a basic skills check sheet, maybe on a t shirt, or underside of visors for quick reference when we get to the track, can study this great content, but it goes right out the window soon as first person starts riding your ass out there. Guess we could scratch down our own, elbows up, triangles on grips, pinch knees not past line of foot controls, weight balls of pinched feet, gear high, disconnected hips in attack position, chin over bars, look ahead, make brake chatter coming into corner at designated spots before turn, no clutch, over tank, body straight, weighted pegs, foot up to fender if needed, drag front brake in rut turns, look through turn, look past grooves in straights, use outsides to avoid in grooved lips. Probably would be good to have a warm up stretching/exercises routine sheet, and bike maintenance check sheet. Maybe make a coffee table book with pop ups for us slowskies.
Haha not a bad idea. Impossible to think about a hundred things at once though. Most individuals have 2-4 things that really stand out as needing work and that they should put their focus on
Wow, you’ve been watching these things as closely as I have. Excellent run down. Can you print that on a shirt?
It's been a long time since I rode a bike let alone a track. And a lot of what your teaching came flooding back to me from my first lesson. And now I just want to start skipping meals to buy a new bike and start all over again lol.
Tonight’s viewing sorted already 🙌
his bike and gear are spotless brand new
Hey Cat When someone books an appointment for one of your classes you should offer a choice. Either the normal MX techniques like in this video or to go ride with you in the hills where the big hits are. We got some spots with some ok size jumps but nothing real big around here in Nor-Cal bay area. I have one spot with a ramp 80-100ft but after awhile that gets boring. I'm sure people would pay to do that. My idea you gotta give me a free bee . LOL
61 year old rider, these videos have corrected a few bad habits that I’ve slipped into, never too old to learn hey..
Such a helpful video!!!! I’m seriously considering booking one of these classes! Would do wonders for me!
Thats alot of info to absorb for one corner bro, lol
Front brake is so huge for controlling front end in corners, even as vet rider is was one biggest revelations i had in mx
Good content again ,the techniques you teach are valuable to all off road riders enduro ,hare n hound ,mx etc i am 40 years riding off road but still learning .Thanks
Glad you enjoy them. What I teach absolutely will translate well to all of that
@@AjCatanzaro the seating and gripping was well explained also how you made it clear that people of different staures will change the way they do it a little (blose) also the importance of elbows etc all very important ..but again you can show the benefits with the stopwatch so its fact ..,have you ever thought of racing extreme enduro ?
I can watch your video's for hours AJ. I wished this video was longer.
Thanks! Have another one dropping tomorrow morning! I’ll keep them coming
I wish a found this at the beginning of the season. I’m the same height as this guy and always had shorter guys telling me to grip with my knees forcing me to bend my legs more. I couldn’t finish motos the arm pump was so bad 😭
Nick where you at what’s your Instagram you did great. AJ! These are so dope, thank you for sharing all this info. I’ve watched this one a few times this morning. I neeeeeded this one bad 👊🏽. I don’t know any one that rides so while I’ve been teaching my self the last few years, these videos are making a huge difference. Thank you!
Right here man! He is a great teacher! Definitely worth it. I will be going back
Excellent tips. I especially like the cornering through ruts with constant throttle and manipulating the front brake to control the lean angle. I’ve been doing it with throttle. I can’t wait to try it this way.
It's a 125, it scream a little bit... at 17:40 it starts to scream a lot😁
Tnx AJ you always give us a great package of tips!
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It’s amazing how much I learned from just this one video!
Love that!
Great video AJ.
Funny at 18.03 stabbed your foot in the ground! ( that’s what it looked like any way) great video series.
I haven't even ridden in years but this video reminded me of all the training I went through with different pros and they always told me the same things to do differently that you were telling Nick. I'm 6'4'' and being this tall I really had to make conscious efforts to do these different techniques, but when I did it day in and day out it became instinct. Doing these things will make you a safer and faster rider for sure. It makes you much more comfortable and feel like one with the bike. Good job AJ!
No wonder he learned so fast! Your such a good teacher!
Thanks!
Love to see you pumping out these videos as usual man this corona stuff is good for riding that’s all I’ve been doing, been riding the yz125 and we just got a hold of a yz250 two stroke #mix gas haul ass!
We’re lucky! Most people have their tracks & riding spots completely closed!
Man that track looks incredible
AJ. I wish you lived in Colorado, anywhere in Colorado. Awesome lessons. Please Keep posting.
Thanls for those lessons man. I have been riding for 6 weeks now. I have the basic learings done now, now i need techniquie. Im 6 foot 2 inches (185cm) i weigh about 140kg (312 pounds) heavy dude. Only thing to adjust on the bike is rear spring. To soft for my weight. But now i want to learn better for sitting position. Feet position and speed in corners and acceleration. The track i train on, i have figured out about 2 jumps. There are 4 more bigger jumps, so i need more speed. But i will figure how to gain thrust to the bike and not get afraid if i go full throttle. I got a ktm 250 sx-f 4 stroke. Got plenty of power for me. Now its just getting faster and getting more endurance. Ill last just 5 rounds in a heat and im dead tired. I do atleast 20 rounds. But lately i got better and lasted atleast 1 round more eack week. Weightloss also. Lost 12 pounds last month. Not changing diet, just training
Nik do be rockin the AEKTIVCO tho
Gear is so sick! Love it.
Nicholas Krakowski yeah man it’s so nice
Hoping they drop some more sets soon. I'd love to have a few more on hand to choose from haha
Nicholas Krakowski definitely they just swapped owners but their trying to get everything up and running soon as possible
Good to know the part about being to low in the gears and pushed back or forward. I have the same problem and I’ve only rode once! I’ll try this next time I ride!
This dude has the best gear for first time riding
Who would dislike great vids keep it up
I love those vidoes!
So much to learn and verry good explanation on why you have to do it.
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Awesome stuff; I don't know if I missed it, did you mention vision? Leading with the eyes helps some of the fundamentals.
Love your videos aj! Would like to see a video on clutch control. When to use it, how much, 4 strokes and 2 strokes. I don’t race but I have a small track on the farm that I mess around on and your videos help a lot. I’m just looking for basic knowledge to toy around my track. Thanks aj you da bomb!
NoVa has it pretty bad but down in SE VA, we getting the worst of it in VA. Thankfully a few tracks making it work. shout out to SFMX!
Super good info on body positioning
Wow... i can't wait to see you hit 100k subs... ur a beast... u deserve it....
Thanks!!
These are so helpfull if you can keep putting these videos thank you
Hey AJ, I love these videos they are super helpful! I don’t really have anyone else who rides seriously in my family or friend group who can teach me things, so I really appreciate being able to learn this way. A few times I’ve heard you say to break without the clutch, how do you do that without stalling the bike?
Cool at the first of the video where you attempt to set up and show a good example with the virus saga we are living today.
Very useful lesson as usual.
Thank you AJ!!
What's helped me a lot when I was being coached was try to over exaggerate the elbows to get use to having them up once i get use to doing that my elbows are up in the right spot about 96% of the time the 4% something weird happens and I make a mistake.
Thank you for talking about the gearing. My friends are saying I’m in too low of a gear mainly 1st and 2nd and just a touch of 3rd in the straights. But they’re using gears 2-4 on the same track. Basically I know what you mean about it being way too responsive on both throttle and on breaking. It tried my best to use at least 3rd gear most of the way around the track and a little of 4th gear but I’m still to uncomfortable in turns where it’s rutted deep and wet at the same time so it’s both sticky and slippery if that makes any sense.
I completely understand the knee above the bike, I’m 5’10 and on a kx100 and it’s a real struggle for me.
Good stuff, I'm always learning.
Amazing work, My technique has improved a lot sense I started looking at these videos and I also feel more comfortable riding!
May I ask what watch you are wearing?
BR Sweden
Thanks!
It’s the Polar Vantage M
One of these private lessons would help me out so much, and also be a lot of fun. Only problem is idk how far away Tomahawk is from where I live
Sad Bois Only type it in on google maps. It’s close to the east coast
@@curt248 I'm on east coast, and ik tomahawk is WV. Being from md I keep getting different answers fro my buddies who go there
I spy a Hellion helmet. Let’s go!
Great! Could have used your help back in '76.
My favorite part of these is when you hop on these 2 strokes and rip 😂😂
I wish I could do a lesson but i’m all the way in MN. maybe dungey will start doing some coaching... anyways thanks AJ I really feel like your vids help out my riding and they especially give me more confidence for learning jumps and such. I’m a woods rider but I want to get better at mx since the principles between the two are really similar.
20yt03 AJ did one at Meadow Valley in 2018 with Christian Craig and it was amazing. He said he’d be back, so hopefully after this covid stuff is gone, he’ll be back 👌
Yep I’ll be back at Meadow Valley Mx July 20th!!
Man wish i could come to the US and train with you
fantastic videos. Novice rider and got lotsa bad habits. This makes wanna go ride and try out new techniques.
Great front break tip for lean angle..
I love the picture of chip and Joanna
Please make a video talking about body position over jumps!
Sooo funny hearin you talk about “social distancing “ 4 years later. How ridiculous we were. I gave my Mom C-vid for her 75th birthday that killed her 1 1/2 weeks later. There was nothing that was gonna prevent that. God knows exactly how each of us are gonna die. Die well fam. But more importantly…..LIVE well. Much love. 🍻
I need to remember to work on my shifting technique. I wear size 14 boots so the distance i have to move my foot is a lot more than all my buddies who have baby feet lol
I wear a 14 too 😆 and 6'3.. I miss shifts all the time because my big boot is kinda hard to get under the lever..
@@TerrickHarden lucky me, im only 5'11 1/2" i just have big feet
Size 13 tech 10s are pretty hard to up shift haha
I think it would help to lower the foot legs 2” and shifter making you fit the bike better. Also your torso is longer so actually putting the legs back 2” and down 2” and that bike would feel 100% better
Dammm these videos are so good! Keep em coming!
Nice new subscriber👌🏻🔥
Hi Aj I discovered your channel like two days ago. I am impressed. However, I am aging at 68 years now and only began riding, not yet a full 4 years ago. I am mainly doing the confusing 'adventure riding' discipline. After so many crashes at the beginning I went for adventure riding training. But dammm most is at very low speed. So I invested in a WR450F to do my own skilling. I think that I improved with my 'self-help' training. But sure, I am instating very very bad habits. So now, I am considering either MX training or enduro training. (I do not quite get the distinction). What do you advise?? By age 70 I aim at being a 'age solid' rider. Flippen
Like watching myself. Also riding 125, legs are starting to work with bike but just cant keep the elbows up, like constantly have to tell myself to keep em up, but aint so easy and once i really start pushing myself they are like wet socks just hanging in the wind. Right elbow also comes down with the twist of the throttle and 125 needs to open like, a lot.
Could you do a video on flat turns without ruts? Please and thank you sir!
Good thinking. Can definitely do that
Good stuff! Thanks
Awesome video! Thanks!
Great video
Very informative
Rippin it on a 2 stroke !!
I'm literally so tall and having the same exact issue. Whenever I stand up on a bike it feels like I'm trying to ride a rollerskate
Stupid questions maybe; but why do you put your foot out so high ? ( almost touch the front fender ), is it to anticipate a front wheel wash out and to prevent the bike from landing on your inside foot ? Or for balance ?
And why do MX riders move their bikes flat when doing bigger jumps ? ( does that make you faster, or is it because it looks good, NOFI ) Thx. I wish I had a track and coach like you to learn how to ride a dirt bike, great video's !
Hey AJ,
love your videos dude! U mention in this video that your knees are cut up from gripping the bike…
What knee braces do you use? I’ve been looking to get a pair of the Leatt X-cross braces, however, I’m currently working on re-training my body positioning and sometimes find it hard to tell when my knees are actually gripping the bike correctly when I have the cheapies on. I’ve seen someone else teach the body posture using the “plate technique” where u hold paper plate between your knees and bike to ensure you’re in attack position and knees are consistently gripping.
What do you recommend?
how do i get a private lesson with you aj? not for one day tho lol… id need u to help me for ab a month bc u would make an entirely different and better rider! i wish id have a coach like u helping me out constantly…. i wanna get a lot faster get rid of arm pump, and i want to start racing, so having u around would definitely help do much
nice lesson
Going that slow in those turns in 3rd without a clutch on a yz, cr, kx or rm would bog like crazy. Are these Husky 2 strokes really this good or was the dude riding in first and second at first so now he’s actually just riding in 2 and 3rd? You wouldn’t need 4th going up that hill unless you are AJ or RC.