One of the most common mistakes being made in Motocross and other sports in general, is not knowing how to practice correctly. There are certain things in every sport that each individual must focus on. I will give some suggestions, but you must understand that each person's needs will vary slightly. I will only be discussing the actual riding part, not other parts of training.

             RIDING MOTO'S- When a rider is young, and not at the point where he or she has decided to try and make motocross a career, just going to the track and riding haphazard moto's isn't so bad. But once motocross becomes one's central focus, I feel there are reasons to time your practice moto's. First of all, for time on the bike. A serious rider must ride at least 3 or 4 day's a week, and once they are in good enough shape, and at the high intermediate or pro level, as much as 5 day's sometimes (this includes race day's). A good recovery drink like EnduroxR4, and a proper diet, will help recovery tremendously. The goal should be to ride two strong 45-60 minute moto's, 2-3 day's per week, without killing yourself. The other day's you can concentrate on drills or shorter "sprint" moto's. Each day should be started with 5-10 minutes of stretching and warm-up exercises, then a short 10 or 15 minute "warm-up" moto. This allows the rider's body to warm-up, loosen up and prepare for the harder moto's ahead. Also, if you get arm pump, this will greatly reduce it. If you haven't been riding long moto's, start with shorter one's, say 10-20 minutes, then increase the duration as you get fit. If you ride short moto's do 3 or 4, instead of two long ones; this will give you the time on the bike.

             Reason's for timing moto's are super important. By timing them, it makes you more committed to press on, to work through things like thirst, lack of focus, riding tired, ...