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Old 07-09-09, 02:32 PM
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Do you need a good amount of upper body strength to be good at riding street + park bmx.
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It sure helps
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it makes things a lot easier. but i know scrawny kids that can at least hop sorta high.
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I'm scrawny, but I lift. I can hop a decent amount. About 5'7" 130 pounds.
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i can hop 2 feet im 5-2 100pounds
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I'm scrawny, but I lift. I can hop a decent amount. About 5'7" 130 pounds.
I am 5 ft 6 and weight 116
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Old 07-10-09, 02:27 PM
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Haha it's alright. I wrestled at 110 at the beginning of March. I weighed about 125 in late April.
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just beef up enough for what you want to do. me, i work out twice a week, but thats for sports. I was actually kinda glad when i realized that it was actually helping for bmx hahaha
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