Yoga For Cyclists
Categories of cyclist
Simple Cycling
1-2 rides a week
Hard Recreation
3-4 hard rides a week
Competitive Cyclists
5-7 rides a week including distance and intensity
Depending on how much and how hard you ride the right yoga poses will very for you. Cycling is a hard sport that uses many different muscle groups.
Yoga is a great way to make the small muscles we might miss strong and relieve our main muscle groups. If you ride a little and don’t have chronic injury general yoga classes work well and a little bit of yoga for cyclists sequencing will be excellent. The more you ride and the harder you ride the more I recommend specific sequencing and gentler yoga. A highly competitive cyclist might benefit from a strong class once a week but more than twice could lead to diminishing returns. In the off season to take 4-5 flow classes a week would be great as cross training. Once should judge their current state and training goals before deciding what is best for their body on a day to day basis.
One of the challenging things for the competitive mind is to not try to keep up with or be better than other students in a group setting. I recommend the goals of not making comparisons and being as nurturing to your body as you can.
There are many variables for what a student needs as we are all highly individual. Most cyclists will work their quads more than their hamstrings but some people are the exception to the rule and need to customize how they work to find muscle balance.
If you are interested in learning more and having personalized attention I encourage you to work with me one on one for the best results. Please call or email to set up a free consultation and we can asses what is best for your progress moving forward!
Categories of cyclist
Simple Cycling
1-2 rides a week
Hard Recreation
3-4 hard rides a week
Competitive Cyclists
5-7 rides a week including distance and intensity
Depending on how much and how hard you ride the right yoga poses will very for you. Cycling is a hard sport that uses many different muscle groups.
Yoga is a great way to make the small muscles we might miss strong and relieve our main muscle groups. If you ride a little and don’t have chronic injury general yoga classes work well and a little bit of yoga for cyclists sequencing will be excellent. The more you ride and the harder you ride the more I recommend specific sequencing and gentler yoga. A highly competitive cyclist might benefit from a strong class once a week but more than twice could lead to diminishing returns. In the off season to take 4-5 flow classes a week would be great as cross training. Once should judge their current state and training goals before deciding what is best for their body on a day to day basis.
One of the challenging things for the competitive mind is to not try to keep up with or be better than other students in a group setting. I recommend the goals of not making comparisons and being as nurturing to your body as you can.
There are many variables for what a student needs as we are all highly individual. Most cyclists will work their quads more than their hamstrings but some people are the exception to the rule and need to customize how they work to find muscle balance.
If you are interested in learning more and having personalized attention I encourage you to work with me one on one for the best results. Please call or email to set up a free consultation and we can asses what is best for your progress moving forward!
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