Cycling Tips #5 Warming Up

Cycling is fun outdoor activity, and sometime people choose this activity as an alternative outdoor sport because this is simple, and you can enjoy the scenery at the same time. But, like other sports, this activity needs warming up, too. Warming up can prevent the injury, and you don't need to do some hard warming up, just prepare and make your body relax. Oh wait, you will need some tools like supporting blocks, or another supporting tool for warming up. Then, what happen next? There are some ways for you to warm up your body before you ride, and this will help you to warm your body up with simple practice and several minutes later, you are ready to ride wherever you want.

Warming up can be started several minutes before you ride, and it will be better with simple practice. You don't want to get injury before you ride, right? So, pay attention of your practice. Little stretching maybe can be chosen to increase the strength. You can also learn some warming up methods for video or magazines, but once again remember the portion. As consideration, maybe you can practice these stretching ways before you riding. Downward-facing Dog, Thunderbolt Pose, Crescent Lunge, Half Pigeon, Bridge, or maybe Recline Hands-to-toes, are the methods you can learn and practice for your warming up section before cycling activity.

But one important, if you get a warming up with Bridge methods, you have to be careful with you head. It is better for you to make your head still in its place, don't try to move you head or rotate the neck. If you have to, do it carefully. Rotate your neck in this position, will be able for you to get back injury and neck injury, and if you get that, you will pass the cycling activity and your friends will tell about amazing places they passed. In other words, warming up is important in any kind of sports, include cycling activity. Usually someone who don't have a warming up often got a cramp, and this is dangerous if you dot a cramp when you ride in extreme track, like downhill or freeride. So warming up is important, and it is necessary.