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The Groover Method Podcast

Chris Carter mtbtips.com
Supercharge your mountain biking skills with daily insights into the Groover Method that help you ride better, safer, and easier.
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Episodes

How To Come Back After A Crash

In this bite from Episode 7 of the #AskGrooverChris Show and answer a rider’s question of how to restore confidence after a crash.

Jan 16, 20185 min

Ride With All My Tips At Once

How to remove the confusion and the risk so you can mountain bike with all my DailyGroove tips at once.

Jan 12, 20182 min

Repetition And Tenacity | DG31

Repeating or 'sessioning' a short section of trail is overlooked by many riders as an incredible way to get better skills sooner. Repetition also rewards you in other ways, too...

Jan 11, 20188 min

Steep Gains Climbing Challenge

In DailyGroove #029 I gave you a fun little challenge that dramatically boosts your climbing power and skills. In Episode 30 I’ve got another climbing challenge that gives you a big reward you won’t see coming.

Jan 08, 20184 min

5-Digit Climbing Challenge

Don’t pass this off as a gimmick, Groovers! This fun little challenge will give you great insights into solid gold ways to boost your climbing power and skill.

Jan 07, 20185 min

2 Ways 2 Get Flow & Efficiency

It can be easy to know what stuff to do MORE of Here are two things I want you to do LESS of, to get more Flow and Efficiency. Do it on the trails and let me know how much it helps you!

Jan 05, 20185 min

Leaning Vs Lowering To The Bar

In this episode of the Daily Groove I’m going to help you get more control over how you lower your chest when you’re climbing, descending, and everywhere in between.

Jan 03, 20183 min

Take My 24-Hr Challenge Today

Take this 24 Hour challenge and surprise yourself with the powerful insights it gives you for improving your mountain biking skills.

Dec 29, 20173 min

3 Reasons 2 Index Finger Brake

3 BIG reasons why you must brake with just your index finger. I bet you didn’t know number 2 ;) It made so much sense when I found out.

Dec 27, 20173 min

Key Tip 4 Pedaling In A Squat

Remember this tip when pedaling in a squat, no matter what your hips are doing. Your knees will thank you for it!

Dec 26, 20172 min

Climb Steeper With This Saddle

A quick bike equipment tip that helps you Chest and Nose better, so you can climb steeper trails far easier and with more comfort and control.

Dec 26, 20173 min

Keep Speed 4 Tightening Turns

How to keep the same speed through the corner when it starts tightening (turning sharper). Let me know how this helps you improve your skills for tightening turns!

Dec 24, 20176 min

How To Use Your Dropper Better

Can't get your dropper post down when you need to? Only using it for rough downhills? Turn that around with DailyGroove 019 and have more fun and skill on your next ride.

Dec 23, 20179 min

#AskGrooverChris Q&A Ep 2

In #AskGrooverChris Episode 2 I answer your questions about Leaning in Turns, Flats Vs Clipless, Jumping Position, Eliminating Numb Hands. Enjoy, and hop over to Facebook and let me know what helps.

Dec 22, 201727 min

Radical Way To MTB Faster

In this episode I’m going to help you become a faster mountain biker using a completely different approach that will give you the edge over your competition and help you avoid So many of the struggles and disappointments that mountain bikers experience.

Dec 22, 20176 min

Steep Climbs Skills Booster

Let me set the scene. You’re going up a climb so steep that you have to use the Chest and nose technique to maintain a great balanced position, so you’re not wrestling or pulling on the bar. You’re hip hinging and lowering that chest, and your bum is forward towards the nose of the saddle. You’re doing well. But here’s the problem: Because you’ve moved forward on the saddle, you’ve just...

Dec 17, 20171 min

How to Position Your Elbows

💪 How should you position your elbows when mountain biking? Out, In, or somewhere in the Middle? 🤔 Let’s get those elbows positioned right, so you don’t have to worry about them on the trail.

Dec 15, 20175 min

Stop Mother N Killing Ur Speed

In this episode I give you a tip to help improve your momentum and efficiency, and if you’re up for it halfway through the podcast - how to use the same tip to improve your adaptability

Dec 08, 20174 min

Easy Skill Boosting Postur Tip

In this episode I show you a really cool tip you can use OFF the bike during your work day to dramatically improve your posture, flow, strength, pedal power and efficiency for ON the bike, check it out!

Nov 30, 20175 min

Extra Turns, Wasteful Thinking

In Dailygroove 11 I give you one simple tip that takes the busyness out of your thoughts, and helps you ride simpler and with more control. This is a fun one and I love looking for opportunities to use it on the trail.

Nov 29, 20175 min

If I Could Only Say ONE Thing

This is what I would say to help you mountain bike better if I could say only one thing to you for the rest of your life

Nov 24, 201711 min

Do you ride the way you think?

What we think we’re doing on the bike, and what we’re actually doing are often two totally different things. In this episode I give you two fun tests to do, to help you develop your self awareness so you’re not holding your skills back by doing things the wrong way for years and even decades! Let me know what you discover from performing the tests!

Nov 23, 20176 min

How to Get Rid of Back Pain

In this episode I go through just one of the BIG advantages of riding with a posture that maintains Core Stability - the elimination of back pain. If you suffer from back pain from riding, or you bend through your spine, or your back fatigues faster than your legs, you need to watch this episode! Core Stability will transform your mountain biking skills and fun.

Nov 23, 201723 min

Hidden Benefits of Low VS High

In this James Bond edition of the DailyGroove I dive deep into the hidden advantages of riding lower on the bike when it counts, on and off the saddle. Grab a Martini, shaken, not stirred, and enjoy DailyGroove 007!

Nov 21, 201714 min

What The Trail Is Telling You

In this episode I teach you how to listen to what the trail is telling you and how to take advantage of it’s advice so you can ride in control. Curious? Sound weird? Listen up, because I drop a heap of Groover Method Core Rule 1 and 2 Gold Nuggets!

Nov 20, 20179 min

7 Habits Killing Your Skills

I this extended special podcast version of DailyGroove 5 I present 7 Common body language habits that are sabotaging your skills, how they are caused, and how to eliminate them with the Groover Method’s 3 Core Rules. Now these habits might not show all the time BUT there’ll be a couple from the list that you do when you’re most under pressure to keep control of your bike, like when you’re wrestling through a tight turn or up or down a steep technical trail. Enjoy!

Nov 19, 201726 min

Stop Peeling To Corner Faster!

What the hell is peeling on corners, why do you do it, and what can you do about it to corner better on your bike? You might not even know it, but that rising off the saddle as you exit corners is killing your skills, even if you think you’re getting a gain. There are good reasons why you do it, but that doesn’t mean they do you any good. Here I give you 2 simple solutions to stop the peel so you can rock the trails even better!

Nov 14, 201714 min
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