Warm up before cycling.......
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nickg
Über Member
- Location
- Colchester, Essex
I go straight out, but I use a very low gear for a mile or two and spin so I get warm, once warm I let the.hammer go lol.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I suppose it depends on why you are going cycling.
Going to the pub or shops? Going for a leisurely day trip? Taking part in a competitive event? Starting out on a four week tour?
The cycling is the exercise for me.
Going to the pub or shops? Going for a leisurely day trip? Taking part in a competitive event? Starting out on a four week tour?
The cycling is the exercise for me.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I just get on the bike and ride, but I never go hell for leather anyway so my whole ride is normally a warm up.
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
I just go.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
I commute 7 miles each way, no time for warm ups.I've had to go hell for leather recently just to get warm.
On a longer ride like I'll be on in a couple of hours I try to take the first few miles easy but rarely do. Naughty me!
On a longer ride like I'll be on in a couple of hours I try to take the first few miles easy but rarely do. Naughty me!
uclown2002
Guru
- Location
- Harrogate
I just go and ride. Stretching cold muscles is not a good idea!
Goldcoast
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Clacton on Sea
+1 stretching cold muscles is not a good idea, warm up first then stretch.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
It's a bad idea(static stretching), but dynamic stretching can be done before a ride.
Simple stuff like running on the spot for a few mins. Visualise a marker point and aim to hit a different height with your knee every 20secs. This is a good representation of the pedal stroke so it's reasonably specific, should also get your HR going too(increasing HR is a component of a warmup)
Go ride then do your proper stretching(as low as possible ie: in the floor).
Simple stuff like running on the spot for a few mins. Visualise a marker point and aim to hit a different height with your knee every 20secs. This is a good representation of the pedal stroke so it's reasonably specific, should also get your HR going too(increasing HR is a component of a warmup)
Go ride then do your proper stretching(as low as possible ie: in the floor).
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
There was an article in a cycle mag a bit back that siad research had shown that prestretching can reduce the time to exhaustion of muscles.The competitive cyclists would do pre ride warm up on turbos etc but for mere mortals i think as already stated take it easy till your engine warms up.
Post ride stretching can reduce DOMS , muscle tightness and the chance of injury.
Post ride stretching can reduce DOMS , muscle tightness and the chance of injury.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
whichever way i go out there are a few slow miles through suburbs- i use those as a gentle war up
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
just go, taking it 'easy' for the first 30 mins to so (though that can be the entire journey sometimes!)
Tigerbiten
Guru
The way I think is ...........
The first quarter of the ride is the warm up.
The last quarter is the cool down.
The bit in the middle is the fun part.
How well this works in practice is ..........
The first quarter of the ride is the warm up.
The last quarter is the cool down.
The bit in the middle is the fun part.
How well this works in practice is ..........
