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Kyle Bennett is a three-time Union Cycliste Internationale world champion whose Olympic bid was cut short by a dislocated shoulder. The 29-year-old Conroe native fell in love with BMX competition when he was just 7 and had gone pro by the time he was 18. While still a pup by most standards, Bennett says he’s feeling his age in a physically unforgiving sport. He now takes better care of himself and says recovering from injury and just plain sore muscles is easier with a good diet and a lot of stretching.
Q: BMX cycling seems like it would be hard on your body, especially your joints. What aches and pains do you have?
A: I’ve had lots of stitches, cuts and scrapes growing up. Broken collarbone, ribs, separated shoulder. The pretty good setback was my ACL tear at the end of ’06. I had knee surgery, an ACL replacement, but I came back from it and won the world championship.
Q: What do you do now to prevent injury?
A: A lot of stretching. As I get older I realize how important it is to be limber.
Q: What is your training regimen like?
A: For cycling, lower body is …Â Details
Hurry up summer season! We’ve just been reading about the all-new bike park which will be opening in Val Thorens this summer and it got us so excited we had to put fingers-to-keyboard straight away to tell you about it.
The park, which is open to all, is over three kilometres long and boasts four different zones, with a total of 25 modules of varying levels, for your biking pleasure. All accessible via the Cairns bubble lift, the park will surely be a fave place to hang out for the two wheelers this summer season.
For your delight and delectation there’s a…Â Details