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lightweight dumbbells and the endurance work he had done with the Swedish programs. He ~as lower at the strength level, but we increased that. But most American riders have been relatively weak in the upper arm area. "I worked with Jeff during July and did some other work with Kawasaki off and on with injuries. Rehabilitation conditioning. " A highlight of Dean's year was the performance of two of his "boys" in a Cycle Magazine·organized test of eight professional motocrossers by the National Athletic Health Institute. "When Brad took that test he had been off training for over a momh. Yet he bea t everybody so convincingly ac· cording to the standards set by the testers. And Jeff Ward finishing second to Brad was really good as far as I'm concerned, considering the quality of the athletes they had there. If the In· stitute had tested endurance as well as strength I think Brad would have won even more impressively. "This year I know where Brad was weak. So we have the edge as we refine the program and make it more specific to the needs of motocross. I've done some bio·mechanical studies of how the legs work as they apply to what ha ppens on a motorcycle. This will let us refine the exercises that simulate this work. I expect there will be less gross weight training replaced by more specific intensity training. We'll also get further into nutrition.al breakdown, analyzing foods, fluid consumption, caloric intake, energy requirements and the variation of vitamin supplementation according to the demands of com· petition. Some of this information might prevent what happened to Mike Bell last summer at Carlsbad." Dean now has a second motocrosser . under his full time supervision. "I am working with Donnie Cantaloupi, who fmished fifth in the 125cc class last year. He's a friend of Brad's. He's coming up three days a week to work out. Right now we're getting his knee back in shape after surgery. 1 think 1 can groom and refine the talents Donnie has so that his skills as a rider will really show. He'll also be doing Super. cross this year and needs some experi. ence there. We're approaching his training for Supercross differently. It will be more intel)sified. A lot of the riders feel it's only 20 minutes and concentrate on training for the Nationals. But Don· nie will be training specifically for Supercross at first so his program is different from Brad's. "What's interesting is how the information we gathered last year speeded _up this year's program. Last year Brad showed a 25 % increase in the first two weeks. With this new modified program Donnie is up 45% in the first two weeks. This backs up my opinion that we can get better results by shortening the program but make miling it more specific to the needs of motocross. How Donnie does this year will be the U.S. test of the entire package. No one else in the States is going to have what Donnie and Brad have." Another northern California, name of Kenny Roberts, became acquainted with Dean's work through Brad and began training with him to prepare for the Winston Pro ~ries openers in Houston. Miller is busy developing a program aimed at the specific needs of the road racer/flat tracker for the two time world champion. Miller's involvement with Lackey this year will be more intense than in 1979. After Brad returned from Japan where he tested his new GP bike, he invited Dean to join him on die continent to provide daily training supervision. If Brad brings home that world champion. ship this year it can only further im· press the professional motocross com· munity of the importance of regularly supervised training. Green Fog rolls over ! Fl Kevin I.~lvf)ie. Open Class winner Moun .! Telliro, Tennessee. March 22·23. The fuggy Mountain TwcrOay. Round one of the 1980 AMA ISOT Qualifier Series. The first of seven qualifying events to select the U. S. representatives to the world championship of enduro motorcyding, the ISOT. Kawasaki-mounted Kevin Lavoie srored a big win in the Open Class on his KOX400, while teammate Ted Leimbach finished overall serond place winner on a K0X250. The way Kevin and Ted see it, if you're after the good times, better make sure your bike is green. Otherwise you're gonna be singing the blues. 00 0") ~ Kawasaki Heh, heh, heh 11