I started cycling a few weeks ago and got some very good advice on here and I am hoping to get some more now.
I started cycling 3 weeks ago after 15 years of neglect and lazyness resulting in me ending up at almost 20 stone. I have literally done no exercise for 15 years really, since i left college.
I am enjoying the cycling even though I only do 3-5 miles most days.
At the moment I do 1 day of 3 miles, 1 of 5 miles then 2 of 3 miles and then 1 day off and repeat this. I do not find too much trouble whilst Im actually cycling but my legs do get tired very easily. I am reasonably confident my bike is set up correctly as the people in Evans were very helpful and Ive also watched a couple of youtube videos and tried it out with a friend helping. I am fairly sure that its just down to over using muscles that arent used to it at all.
Whilst I dont mind the aching as it means Ive worked hard, is there any way I can something to recover faster? Id like to step it up to doing 5 miles a day soon and I think I need to get some sort of stretching routine sorted maybe?
I realise it might sound stupid to talk about stretching for 5 miles as Im sure a lot of people would consider that a cake walk but given my overall physical condition its a lot for me at the moment.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
I started cycling 3 weeks ago after 15 years of neglect and lazyness resulting in me ending up at almost 20 stone. I have literally done no exercise for 15 years really, since i left college.
I am enjoying the cycling even though I only do 3-5 miles most days.
At the moment I do 1 day of 3 miles, 1 of 5 miles then 2 of 3 miles and then 1 day off and repeat this. I do not find too much trouble whilst Im actually cycling but my legs do get tired very easily. I am reasonably confident my bike is set up correctly as the people in Evans were very helpful and Ive also watched a couple of youtube videos and tried it out with a friend helping. I am fairly sure that its just down to over using muscles that arent used to it at all.
Whilst I dont mind the aching as it means Ive worked hard, is there any way I can something to recover faster? Id like to step it up to doing 5 miles a day soon and I think I need to get some sort of stretching routine sorted maybe?
I realise it might sound stupid to talk about stretching for 5 miles as Im sure a lot of people would consider that a cake walk but given my overall physical condition its a lot for me at the moment.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated
Thanks