should I stretch abit each night and would I gain from it ? I never stretch before or after a ride not sure how bad this is ?
I think having a stretch every night is a good idea, keep you in shape and flexible and it always feels nice. Learn a few yoga moves, about 20 mins worth should be good enough to feel you've done something. Can't tell you the body science behind it sorry but I do it and as a result I'm pretty flexible and don't pull muscles easily. I'm always being told it's good for me 🙂
Stretching has lots of theories going around at any one time. However, in my experience, it's bad news to stretch cold muscles. best to do it after a ride while the muscles are warm. That's when you'll get the most benefit with the least chance of causing any harm.
I've never done any stretching exercises, before, or after a ride and never seem to have had any muscle strains.
Perhaps it's because I'm moving around all day as I've a manual job where I'm constantly stretching all day.
