ATTENTION BMX RACERS WITH BAD GATE STARTS

STOP WASTING YOUR TIME AND MONEY ON ATTENDING ANOTHER CLINIC JUST TO HEAR THE SAME OLD GENERIC COACHING TIPS

THERE ARE REASONS YOU HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE YOUR START, AND IT ISN’T FROM A LACK OF EFFORT.

THE SAME OLD ADVICE TO TIGHTEN YOUR CORE, LOOK UP, ROTATE YOUR WRISTS FORWARD, TO THROW YOUR SHOULDERS AND HIPS FORWARD, FOCUS ON PULLING, FOCUS ON A SMOOTH 2ND AND 3RD PEDAL, ETC…

DIDN’T WORK FOR YOU.

YOU TRIED SPRINT TRAINING, WEIGHT TRAINING, PLYOMETRICS, ALL THE SAME STUFF THE PROS DO.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE A SLOW 2ND PEDAL AND YOU’RE STILL GETTING BEAT OUT OF THE GATE.

FRUSTRATION FROM SLOW AND INCONSISTENT TECHNIQUE.

NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU HAVE TRIED, YOU STILL CAN’T MAKE YOUR TECHNIQUE LOOK LIKE THE PROS.

I’LL BE HONEST.

MOST OF THE COACHING ADVICE OUT THERE KIND OF SUCKS. I KNOW BECAUSE I USED TO TEACH ALL THE SAME STUFF.

EVENTUALLY, AFTER FEELINGS OF FRUSTRATION OVER MY LACK OF ABILITY TO HELP MY RIDERS, I TRIED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

TO HELP MORE RIDERS, I NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND AT A VERY DEEP LEVEL WHAT THE ELITE LEVEL RIDERS DO IN THEIR STARTS THAT OTHERS DON’T.

SO I STARTED OBSERVING THE WORLD’S BEST RIDERS, LEARNING NEW THINGS, AND DOING TESTS ON MYSELF WITH SOME OUT-OF-THE-BOX CONCEPTS.

THIS IS WHAT I REALIZED.

ALL THE BEST RIDERS STARTING TECHNIQUE FOLLOW SOME VERY FOUNDATIONAL HUMAN MOVEMENTS.

THE THINGS THAT MAKE HUMANS INCREDIBLE AT WALKING, RUNNING, AND JUMPING, ALSO MAKE RIDERS GREAT AT GATE STARTS.

ON OUR FEET, WE HUMANS MOVE WITH AMAZING EFFICIENCY.

BUT WHEN YOU WATCH THE RIDERS THAT STRUGGLE WITH STARTS, THEY DON’T MOVE AS WELL ON THE BIKE.

YOU WILL COMMONLY SEE HIPS THAT SWAY SIDE TO SIDE. A HEAD THAT SHIFTS OVER THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY. BACKS ARCHED SO HARD IT LOOKS PAINFUL. AND HIPS THAT LOOK MORE LIKE A DOG POOPING THAN AN ATHLETE PERFORMING AN EXPLOSIVE MOVEMENT.

WHEN YOU VIEW BMX GATE STARTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN PROPULSION, THINGS START TO MAKE MORE SENSE.

NOTICE HOW THE ANGLES OF JOINTS IN THE FRONT LEG CLOSE AND OPEN IN A VERY SIMILAR WAY WHEN RUNNING AND RIDING?

SEE HOW THE HIP BEGINS TO EXTEND AS IT MOVES OVER THE FRONT FOOT DURING GATE STARTS AND RUNNING?

MY SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING BMX GATE STARTS IS BUILT ON PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN MOVEMENT, AND RESPECTING HOW THE BODY CREATES MOVEMENT, RATHER THAN RANDOM COACHING TIPS.

THE KEY TO EFFICIENT GATE STARTS IS DEVELOPING MOVEMENT THAT RESEMBLES THESE 3 PHASES OF HUMAN PROPULSION AND ALIGNMENT OF YOUR BODY OVER YOUR PEDAL.

I UNDERSTAND IF THIS STILL SOUNDS CONFUSING.

THE HUMAN BODY IS VERY COMPLEX. I DON’T BLAME YOU IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO SPEND YEARS LEARNING ABOUT THE DETAILS OF EXACTLY HOW THE PELVIS WORKS.

QUICK BACKGROUND

I BEGAN RACING BMX 30 YEARS AGO. WON SOME NATIONALS. TOP 10 NAG A COUPLE TIMES. YADA, YADA.

THEN I GOT VERY INTERESTED IN COACHING.

I OPENED A GYM AND GAINED A TON OF EXPERIENCE COACHING MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I GOT REAL NERDY AND WENT A BIT CRAZY WITH COACHING CERTIFICATIONS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES.

ALL THIS EXPERIENCE HAS HELPED ME SEE MOVEMENT ON A BMX BIKE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER COACHES AND DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR TEACHING GATE STARTS FROM A MORE FOUNDATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

2 OPTIONS TO FINALLY FIX YOUR GATE STARTS 👇

Option 1: Benefit from a responsive coaching approach where new, challenging exercises are tailored weekly, ensuring seamless progression through every program phase. Custom programs, training videos, and direct communication with your coach are all conveniently handled by the Spark app, making it incredibly straightforward to focus on your training.

Option 2: Improve your gate start on your schedule with a custom program. You'll receive a detailed analysis, precise drills for technique mastery, and essential on-bike and off-bike training exercises. Clear benchmarks help you know when you're ready to advance to the next challenge.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The journey through the BMX Gate Start Transformation is built on a 3-phase progression, ensuring you master fundamentals before advancing to elite techniques. This program addresses movement off the bike to help support better movement on the bike.

  • Phase 1: Alignment

    • Focus: Develop the necessary mechanics and leverage to channel power directly into your pedals.

    • What You'll Do: Engrain proper movement through targeted on-bike and off-bike drills. Incorporate mobility exercises to help you align over the front pedal and efficiently shift weight between pedals for improved pedaling efficiency.

  • Phase 2: Repeatability

    • Focus: Strengthen your newly developed, efficient movement patterns. Reinforce better movement and consistency in your starts.

    • What You'll Do: Utilize higher-level drills and exercises on and off the bike to build a robust foundation for consistent power development.

  • Phase 3: Turbo Charging

    • Focus: Maximize your performance with high-level sprint drills and advanced strength exercises.

    • What You'll Do: With your strong base established, you'll now get the absolute most out of advanced training, unlocking your full potential for explosive gate starts.

Expected Outcomes

  • Faster First Pedals: Learn to create the proper movement to project your momentum forward more efficiently and rapidly, leading to a faster first few pedals.

  • Consistent Starts: Develop reliable, consistent gate starts through a thoughtful, progressive coaching system.

  • Win More Races: More consistent, powerful starts directly translate to better positions out of the gate and ultimately, more wins.

  • Enhanced Power & Speed: Through a proper progression, you'll unlock more power and speed from your sprint training, avoiding common pitfalls and maximizing results.

DOES THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY WORK?

THIS IS A BRAND-NEW PROGRAM THAT HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. BUT CHECK OUT WHAT ONE OF THE FIRST ATHLETES TO GO THROUGH MY PROGRAM SAID AFTER LESS THAN A MONTH. 👇

FAQ

  • Most clinics and coaching sessions are just too generic. I know because I have taken them in the past and coached plenty of generic clinics myself. I realized us coaches have not scratched the surface to truly understand the human body during a gate start.

    There are really no other programs that have much structure or progressions. As far as I know, no other coach is incorporating specific off-bike movements that are designed to engrain better movement on the bike. Gate Start Transformation is a thought out progression of exercises and drills to create cohesion to help you reach your goals.

    This system has been developed over many, many sprint and gate sessions, countless hours of studying and implementation of exercises. Tons of trial and error led to eventually breaking bad habits. My background working with clients of all ages has helped me dig deeper into some unconventional subjects for a BMX coach. What has come from it is what I believe to be a very useful program for teaching gate starts.

  • Athletes in both programs will receive the same in-depth movement, sprint, and gate start analysis to help me design a program just for you. The analysis will be shared with you so you know exactly where you are starting from and provide the athlete context for what may be holding them back.

    • On-Demand programs are written for you to work at your own pace through one phase of the BMX Gate Start Transformation. This is ideal for riders who prefer to work independently, have a good understanding of their needs, and want a structured plan to follow at their own pace. On-Demand athletes will receive goals to hit to let them know they are ready to progress to the next phase of the program.

    • Accelerated Progression clients will receive weekly updated training and priority communication and video analysis from the coach. This is ideal for riders seeking accelerated progress, personalized feedback, continuous refinement, and ongoing accountability to master their gate starts. Weekly tailored programming will help to speed up the progression of skills and strength. This is a monthly recurring program and can be run for as long as necessary.

  • Yes! I would suggest this might be best for children 10+. Young children are still growing, and I'm not sure if some of the off-bike exercises are absolutely necessary right now. This is still a subject I need to give more thought. Many of the exercises require a good amount of focus to execute well.

    I will do my best to scale some of the exercises down to each athlete's level. If you think your child can handle a more detailed program, I'm happy to welcome them to the BMX Gate Start Transformation program.

  • After purchasing the program, you will be sent an onboarding email. You will be asked to record about 10 different movements. These off-the-bike movements will help me understand certain things. I also review your sprints and gate starts from a couple of perspectives. All this information, along with your training history, injury history, age, and goals, helps me to give you a personalized program.

  • First, many of the "workouts" I program are fairly quick. I believe in frequency of quality movement rather than long, fatiguing workouts.

    "On-Demand" clients will receive a training menu. The menu will list all the recommended training. On-Demand clients will also receive a recommended weekly frequency of each different training day. This allows you to adjust your training to fit your schedule.

    Accelerated Progression clients will receive their weekly schedule through their app. Each day is planned according to their schedule. I take into account practice days, race days, best training periodization practices, and even your local weather when possible.

  • A few pieces of inexpensive equipment are often used. Things like foam rollers, bands, steps, squat wedges, small weights, sprint stands, etc.

    But as you progress further into the program, you may find that having a gym membership or a good home gym to be helpful.

    For Accelerated Progression clients, your programs will be tailored more specifically to what equipment you have available.

  • It’s currently $249 and honestly, I really think it is a great deal. But ultimately it’s up to you to find out. I personally would have paid double this amount to not waste years of my BMX “career” struggling with my starts.

    So much thought has gone into developing a complete, progressive program that actually gets results. This structured program will fast-track your ability to fix bad habits and establish efficient movement.

HURRY, THE $249 LIMITED-TIME

INTRODUCTORY OFFER WON’T LAST LONG

SIMPLIFY THE COMPLEX MOVEMENT OF GATE STARTS TO MAKE LASTING PROGRESS.

The Accelerated Progression program will streamline the process of improving your starts. Daily workouts, drills, sprint training, track work, communication with the coach, all right to your phone.

BREAK BAD HABITS AND FINALLY IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE WITH A FOCUSED PROGRAM.

Make progress on your own schedule with this clear and comprehensive plan designed just for you. Detailed exercises that are designed to help address the things that may have been holding you back all along. Specific drills and training to reinforce efficient movement.

DON’T MISS OUT ON THE INTRODUCTORY OFFER. I WANT TO HELP YOU NOW! -Coach Jake