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  • Re: AG: Pre-ride stretches

    From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 17 23:08:04 2022
    I haven't stretched or warmed up before getting on the bike since we
    moved from New York to Indiana twenty years ago, if you don't count
    imitating a cat who is about to leap before I swing my leg over the
    top tube.

    (It would work better if I had a tail to twitch.)

    But for the last few years, I've been doing stretches and warm-ups
    before I get out of bed.

    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Mon Apr 18 14:35:06 2022
    On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 23:08:04 -0400, Joy Beeson
    <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:


    I haven't stretched or warmed up before getting on the bike since we
    moved from New York to Indiana twenty years ago, if you don't count
    imitating a cat who is about to leap before I swing my leg over the
    top tube.

    (It would work better if I had a tail to twitch.)

    But for the last few years, I've been doing stretches and warm-ups
    before I get out of bed.

    Well, there is no question that as one ages one does get "stiffer". My
    problem is a hip I broke 10 years ago that is now causing me some
    discomfort. I found that by doing daily "stretches" I get around much
    easier but of course, if the hip isn't bothering me I forget to
    stretch and so the next day it is worse (:-(
    --
    Cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Frank Krygowski@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Mon Apr 18 12:19:20 2022
    On 4/17/2022 11:08 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

    I haven't stretched or warmed up before getting on the bike since we
    moved from New York to Indiana twenty years ago, if you don't count
    imitating a cat who is about to leap before I swing my leg over the
    top tube.

    (It would work better if I had a tail to twitch.)

    But for the last few years, I've been doing stretches and warm-ups
    before I get out of bed.

    In a brief online discussion about a year ago, I mentioned that as our
    tandem's "captain," I sometimes use the alternative method to mount the
    bike: by swinging my right leg forward and up, over the handlebars, to
    the other side.

    One respondent was a nationally known cycling writer, a guy who actually
    wrote a book on tandeming. He said something like "Frank, that doesn't
    work for those of us who haven't maintained flexibility over the years."

    So far I've been lucky. Maybe it's time to take up yoga?

    --
    - Frank Krygowski

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  • From NFN Smith@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Mon Apr 18 10:19:17 2022
    Joy Beeson wrote:

    I haven't stretched or warmed up before getting on the bike since we
    moved from New York to Indiana twenty years ago, if you don't count
    imitating a cat who is about to leap before I swing my leg over the
    top tube.

    (It would work better if I had a tail to twitch.)

    But for the last few years, I've been doing stretches and warm-ups
    before I get out of bed.


    I haven't had that kind of problem, but I know that I need a lot more
    pre-ride stretching than I used to.

    When I was a runner in high school, I learned to stretch properly before
    going for a run.

    As a cyclist, I don't do things as thoroughly, but I know my physiology
    well enough that there are two or three stretches that I generally make
    sure I do before I get on the bike.

    Smith

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