One of the biggest mistakes after long bike rides is not stretching.<\/p>\n
Yet it only takes a few minutes to avoid inflammation and prevent annoying back pain from cycling.<\/p>\n
But what is stretching after all?<\/p>\n
These are movements for stretching and muscle relaxation, to be performed after any kind of physical exertion. Stretching is useful for eliminating or limiting possible muscle traumas.<\/p>\n
An essential exercise for your back, one of the muscle areas most 'at risk' of injury for a cyclist. The exercise consists of bend one leg and bring it close to the chest<\/strong> holding it steady with the opposite arm. At the same time extend the other arm upwards. It is very important never to take the lower back off the ground.<\/p>\n Maintaining the position 15 seconds<\/strong> repeat for both legs 2 times.<\/p>\n Start standing and step back with your left foot. Place your hands on your right thigh and bend your knee slightly. It is important to have your heel firmly on the ground.<\/p>\n Hold the position for 5 deep breaths<\/strong> and then reverse the legs.<\/p>\n Sit with your legs crossed, back straight and arms stretched out horizontally. Push your arms back as far as possible.<\/p>\n Maintaining the position 5 seconds and repeat 10 times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The necessary premise is that the quadriceps femoris<\/strong> is the muscle that is most involved in cycling training. It is therefore good to stress this muscle during stretching.<\/p>\n Sitting, extend the leg backwards<\/strong> and bring your torso towards the back with your hands firmly on the ground so that they can support you well. The further back you go, the more you will feel your quadriceps muscles pulling.<\/p>\n You should feel no pain, only tension. This exercise can also be performed standing: simply bend one leg and grab the foot as close as possible to the buttocks.<\/p>\n Lie completely flat on the ground. Flex a leg<\/strong> and with the opposite arm push the leg as far as possible towards the ground. Take care to keep shoulders firmly on the ground<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Maintaining the position 5 seconds repeat 3 times per side<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uno degli errori pi\u00f9 gravi\u00a0 dopo lunghi percorsi in bicicletta \u00e8 non dedicarsi allo stretching. Eppure bastano appena pochi minuti per evitare infiammazioni e prevenire il fastidiosissimo mal di schiena da bicicletta. Ma cos’\u00e8 in fin dei conti lo stretching? Si tratta di movimenti per l\u2019allungamento e il rilassamento muscolare, da eseguire dopo ogni tipo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria"],"meta_box":{"group":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnobikes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2. Calf exercise<\/h3>\n
3. Broaden your shoulders<\/h3>\n
4. Quadriceps exercise<\/h3>\n
5. Lumbar rotation<\/h3>\n