Ball slams are one of the easiest and safest ways to start incorporating power training into your mountain bike training program. In fact, it is one of the first power exercises I sue with new clients. However, believe it or not you can do this exercise wrong and miss out on the type of power training that will help you the most on your bike.

In this video I go over the progression and tips I use to make sure that you aren’t just using your arms and are learning how to generate power with the lower body and efficiently transfer that power into the upper body.

-James Wilson-