If you’ve ever flown on your bicycle along a winding road on a gorgeous day with the wind in your hair every pedal stroke feeling like silk, only to wake up the next morning feeling like you’re carrying around a sack of bricks on your back, you’re not alone.
Imagine this for a return. Not un-expected to be this way. Cycling is really tough but totally exhilarating. That is where yoga for cycling comes in help!
What to Do? The body is like a finely tuned machine. While cycling makes super strong legs, flexibility is not it’s thing. Yoga’s like pressing a reset button, keeping your muscles healthy. When Louise who cycles in twice a week to do a 100 mile ride was put through a month yoga experiment… She said it best “I felt like I had wings”
Have you spent too much time in the saddle? You get those locked up hips going on. Pigeon Pose is a heaven send; opening them up so they don’t sound like opening a creaky door. And downward dog for a sort of lying down relief.
Don’t ignore the power of breathing. Yoga also gives you some wisdom on how to really harness your breathing. Ascending a really steep hill – your legs are throbbing but then, with some intentional breathing, you find your grove. Accomplishment.
Dude, Recovery. Always going hard in the yard but Yoga is a little softer. You can relax a little, stretch it out. Think about your muscle taking a sigh of relief at the end of the day after a hike
Sometimes the ride problem just rides. You’re so lured to go back. The true joy, the ultimate high…Yoga will help you harness so when you introduce that adrenaline high your body is ready for whatever the mountain/topography throws at you.