Originally Posted by
BradleyMangrum
Hi, I ride Endurance XC MTB race and all that good stuff. I am about to be off my bike for two solid months but I will be walking between 30 and 40 thousand steps a day 7 days a week for that time.. When these 8 weeks are up would you think my fitness on the bike be totally lost esp. For race season a month away afterwards or could the walking help at keeping some kind of fitness at all.
A lot of it depends upon your age. Under 30 and you will have perhaps 20% of your fitness level lost which you can regain in the month before your season starts. Over that age you will lose more and it will take you longer to regain it.