Table 2

Sporting habits of the practitioners.

N = 461Total
Regular practitioner 
Yes (%)44295.9
No (%)194.1
Time practising 
Less than 1 year (%)245.2
More than 1 year (%)43794.8
Between 1-3 years (%)6213.4
Between 4-5 years (%)398.5
More than 5 years (%)33672.9
< 1 year of practice (months). Me [IQR]227.00 [4.00 – 9.25]
> 1 year of practice (years). Me [IQR]4398.00 [5.00-15.00]
Came to MTB from cycling
Yes (%)7315.8
No (%)38884.2
Experience in physical activities before mountain biking
Yes (%)34474.6
No (%)11725.4
Federation member
Yes (%)20143.6
No (%)26056.4
Federation type*
Royal Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) (%)13829.9
Catalan Cycling Federation (FCC) (%)398.5
Spanish Federation of Mountain Sports and Climbing
(FEDME) (%)
183.9
International Cycling Union (UCI) (%)183.9
Physical condition461
Beginner (%)102.2
Amateur (%)10522.8
Intermediate (%)28261.2
Expert (%)6113.2
Performance (%)30.7
Physical condition (Likert 1-5 scale). Mean (DT)4612.87 (0.68)
MTB training frequency (per week)
Less than 1 (%)92.0
1-2 (%)22949.7
3-4 (%)18640.3
5-6 (%)337.2
7-8 (%)30.6
More than 8 (%)10.2
Weekly MTB training sessions. Me [IQR]4612.00 [2.00 – 3.00]
Practice of other sports and specialties**
Cycling (%)19228.0
Mountain running (%)10214.9
Fitness (%)7611.1
Swimming (%)689.9
Mountaineering/mountain climbing (%)679.8
Skiing (%)578.3
Paddle (%)416.0
Other (%)8212.0
Note. Continuous data are expressed as mean (SD) or median (IQR) depending on their distribution. SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range. (*) These values were calculated for an n = 213. (**) These values were calculated for an N = 685.