Race team.
The HNW Race Team program is built around building excellence in our three disciplines of Road, Mountain XCO, and Cyclocross. Our unshakeable belief that all disciplines contribute and build upon the other is central to our program’s success. We build robust, performance-driven athletes by first preparing their bodies for the demands of their sport in the gym with a variety of challenging exercises from Olympic lifts, power-based movements, speed and agility training, sport-specific work and non-discipline-specific exercises. At the core of our ethos is hard, soul-crushing work. HNW has set the benchmark for high performance in North America. While our competitors are working hard to catch up, we continue to push for excellence, minimizing the gap to the world’s best. The race team is U11-U23 multi-discipline: Road, Mountain XCO, and Cyclocross with athletes in each discipline committed to training and maximizing their performance.
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Road
Intensive training including long road rides with maximum elevation gain, criterium training sessions, ITT and TTT training, focused interval training, motor-pacing, bike handling skills, ITT skills.
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Mountain
Gap analysis -> apply measures to minimize gaps including intensive skills training (features, high-speed bike handling, drops, air position) on trail and @JoyRide, both group and individual interval training, race pre-rides, weekly series for maximum stimulus, and acquisition of skills.
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Cross
Gap analysis -> the heaviest focus on skills, specific interval training, group stimulus, use of higher caliber/deeper competition in the US, weekly series to punctuate both form and skills acquisition.
Additional Information
Regular run training in conjunction with S&C to expand aerobic capacity, injury prevention, maintenance of CX specific demands. This runs once a week from May through November.
U19 and U23 champions mentoring of younger development athletes.
Use of professionals (seminars, skill sessions, on-site interventions) for essential skill sets in nutrition and sports psychology, physiotherapy, and chiropractic to build whole athletes as well as injury prevention.
Those riders who wish to race must possess a valid OCA license. All riders must submit kit sizes once the ordering portal opens. A fit kit will be made available for those needing to check to size. Riders are required to sign a team rider contract to obtain discounts with our sponsors. Only riders who are registered with the team can order the Hardwood Next Wave team kit and receive sponsor discounts.
Race Program runs from April 27 to Nov 01
April 27-Aug 27 (3 days a week) Mountain Bike/Road training is at HSB every Tuesday, Wednesday race series, and strength training every Thursday.
Sept 01-Nov 01, (3 days a week) Cyclocross training is at HSB every Tuesday, Wednesday race series, and Strength training every Thursday.
Race Program Cost $1975. (+HST if the athlete is 15 yrs or older) This program may be sold a la carte - $1475. (May-Sept, MTB), $500. (Sept-Nov, Cyclocross). $1475. MTB portion is a mandatory minimum for participation.
"Race" program athletes also benefit from the following:
Certified Coaching Staff who are committed to the progress of each individual athlete
Hardwood Ski and Bike Summer Season's Pass Holder ($145. included)
Hardwood Ski and Bike Wednesday Night Race Series ($230. included)
Team discount at Hardwood Retail Shop
Team discount for Hardwood Ski and Bike Winter Season Pass
Team Kit includes one long and one short sleeve jersey, bib shorts and socks. ($375. included)
Team support at all Ontario-Cup MTB races and many other events