cycling for fitness

Body Maintenance Tips for Cyclists

Cycling is a very special sport that the athlete perform powerful and efficient movement of the legs, while the rest of the body is required in a relatively fixed position. While driving, the hands are on the bars, your feet on the pedals are stuck, and your butt will be firmly on the saddle (most of the time). Therefore cause the repeated movements of the pedal stroke and relatively static position of the body of certain muscles and joints to stiffen and to others to be overloaded. As a result, your body adapts to it and all is well until a part is overstressed and begins to scream. The most common areas of complaint are the knees, back and neck.

SHOULD I stretch before I go?

Dont do general static stretching before your trip and especially not before a race. Studies have shown that decrease performance, the front of a race or training, DO work on certain orientation exercises or muscle energy techniques to align spine and hips for maximum power output.

How can I drive efficiency and power?

Bad knee tracking robs power and can lead to knee pain. If your knee moves in and during the pedal stroke, you do this simple one legged squat test. Standing on one leg on a level surface with bare feet, squat down until your knees over your toes. If it back and forth or dives Sun wobbles in, you have to work at it. Not to arch supports, wedges etc depend on to get the job done, they can help, but your body has to do the work especially late in a race or training. The work on the knee tracking by the following steps:

If legged at 60 rpm on a coach.

Single Leg Balance exercises on a wobble board, dyna disc or bosu ball Hip abductor

Check Bike Fit parameters for optimum cleat position, saddle height and front / rear position to guarantee.

Be able to single leg squat test perform 25 repetitions with good alignment.