Afternoon,
Out riding with my local gang yesterday who are all a bit fitter than me, so I spent most of the day playing catchup.
This morning I find that My lower back and stomach muscles are extremely sore when I try to get them to do anything, I am actually getting a few cramps in the stomach muscles from time to time.
There is no question that I have overdone it a bit, but how do I prevent this going forward?
Are there any exercises for the core that are specific to cycling? I sit an a desk during my working day, which I suspect might have contributed to the obvious weakness.
Any advice or experiences would be appreciated.
Warm up, stretch and ride.
After ride cool down and gentle stretch.
On rest days: super-man's, planks and crunches/reverse crunches.
Train on the bike 3-4 times a week.
Check your ride position too.
Thanks Frankenstein, much appreciated
Cor! My muscles hurt.
Try climbing. There isn't much better for your core strength and it's more fun that doing planks for hours on end.
I get this too from time to time. A little core stability goes a long way! As frankenstein I was doing planks with feet on the bed and then arms on a stability ball. As for lower back I use the stability ball, leg under the bed, ball under my stomach and do the superman.
try some protein right after your ride, will reduce the DOMS
