ATVriders.com: What offer workout equipment are you using to stay in shape?
Josh Frederick:I have a total gym set up specifically for people in wheel chairs. I can do a wide range of exercises with it from lat pulldowns, bench press, butterflies, and curls. It does a lot of different workouts. It's really cool to have, so I can continue to work out and stay in shape.

Frederick has a total gym, which he uses to work out his upper body

ATVriders.com: Tell me about this special bicycle that you have that you pedal with your hands.
Josh Frederick: It is a hand-cycle. I rode one when I was in the hospital and I really liked it because I used my bicycle a lot when I was training. It's good therapy for me. I can get out on the open road and listen to music or just think and I'm gone for a couple hours. I love getting out and getting exercise. Hoping I can maybe take that more serious next year and maybe get into that type of racing. Hopefully I can be competitive in it and see where it goes from there.

Frederick spends lots of his time training on his hand-bike

ATVriders.com: I saw the chair outside with tracks on it. What is that machine called?
Josh Frederick:That' the Action-Track chair. I was lucky enough that Scott Kiger from Coastal Racing hooked me up with that to go hunting with him. Not only have I used it for hunting, but I use it every day around the house because I live in the middle of the desert. It's good because I don’t have to use my wheel chair to go through the rough stuff. I can use it to enjoy things with my family out in the dirt and rocks. It adjusts so I can climb hills and the seat will stay upright or level, so I never feel like I am going to tip over in it.

Josh Frederick has an Action Track chair with tracks, which allow him to go nearly everywhere, which he couldn't do in a regular wheel chair

ATVriders.com: You had the chance to go hunting in Colorado with Scott Kiger. How was that?
Josh Frederick: Scott hooked me up again. He hooked me up with the track chair and brought me out to Colorado with my Dad. We hunted elk, mule deer, and antelope. I was so happy that I decided to go because we had such a good time. Being able to spend time with the guys from Coastal and being there with my Dad was a lot of fun. I was glad I had the opportunity to do it.

ATVriders.com: Can you use that chair to get around at the tracks?
Josh Frederick: Yeah I took it up to a "ride-day" that we had at Ironmine Raceway (Utah) and I used it all weekend. I was even able to go out on the track and watch my son race and I could go back and forth it was a really cool deal.

ATVriders.com: How was the event at Ironmine?
Josh Frederick: The Hansen's at Ironmine Raceway put that on for me and they did an excellent job. We had a good turn out and the event was awesome. They are talking about possibly making it an annual event, so hopefully we can build it up and turn it into a huge fun deal for everybody.

ATVriders.com: Your son got to race at the event?
Josh Frederick: Yes, Gavin got to ride it was his first race and he rode a DS90 that we have. He had a great time. Ever since then he's been telling me that he wants to start racing all the time and that he needs a faster four-wheeler, so I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing to bring him to the races, but it's fun to see him get excited about it.

ATVriders.com: Do you still have an MX track from when you raced?
Josh Frederick: Yes, it kind of gives me something to do. We also have a swimming pond near the track. I'll go up there and change it up and do some track grooming and there will be some local guys that will go there and train on it. Maybe I can turn it into something where I can do some training schools. Its fun, along with tinkering in the garage, I have to find things to keep me busy and keep my mind off things. It will just get better with time.

ATVriders.com: I heard you were building a couple race quads.
Josh Frederick: Yes, I bought a couple stock DS450s a couple months ago because I really needed a project. I have a lot of spare parts from over the years from racing, so I plan on building them into race machines.

To keep busy, Josh Frederick is building a couple stock Can-Am DS450 ATVs into race quads from spare parts he has around his shop

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