What does it take to make it as a professional in MX/SX??

Welcome to MX Mastery, hosted by Jacob Pennisi and Bryan Johnson Jr!

Mastery is defined as the highest level of skill and knowledge in a particular field or activity. That’s exactly what we’re trying to help you achieve in this podcast. Mastery of anything is more of a journey than a destination, and we’d love to have you come along for the ride!

In this podcast, we talk about what we know best; motocross training, and what it takes to get to the top level in this sport. On MX Mastery, you can look forward to everything from conversations with top athletes to topics like fitness, supercross, racing, amateur, professional, etc. If it’s moto, we’re going to talk about it!

In today’s episode, we introduce ourselves and discuss what it takes to make it as a professional in this sport. Our experience as Head Track Trainer (Bryan) and Fitness Director (Jacob) at Millsaps Training Facility gives us a really unique perspective on the sport of motocross. Over the years we’ve seen many riders make it, and many riders fall short. Today we break down some of the qualities we’ve noticed in each.

Time Stamps:

0:35 - Introductions

3:35 - What gives us a unique perspective

5:30 - What does it take to make it as a professional?

6:03 - Justin Barcia

13:41 - The role of strength training in motocross

16:00 - Motocross is a yearly progress type of sport, and consistency is KING

21:00 - Personality traits of a professional

23:30 - Haiden Deegan’s doing it right

28:00 - Why you’re not racing enough

34:20 - Our thoughts on starting to race at 17 or older

41:00 - Summary of some qualities that we see in riders that make it as a professional

47:26 - The 8th place race that got Jordon Smith a Geico Honda Ride

48:25 - Pressure is a magnifying glass for your character, for better or worse

49:35 - Ask the trainer segment

50:04 - Listener question #1

53:06 - Listener question #2

55:17 - Listener question #3

1:00:00 - We created an online training program that follows what we do at MTF

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