Re: Stretching

Simon Harris wrote: 
Hi All!

I cycle to work and back 5 days a week, the journey is down hill on the way. I've been doing this for the past 8 months, and recently taken up kick boxing. My instructor says I should stretch before and after cycling - Any thoughts on this? I'm not doubting what he is saying, just wondered if anyone else has an opinion on this? Do you stretch before/after a ride? What stretches?

After. Since cycling by itself doesn't require flexibility to speak of, unless you fall, I take care of stretching afterward, when muscles and joints are warm (more accurately, lots of blood flowing to them).
I find stretching before riding is more painful, slower, and less effective.
Oh, and I make a point of not crashing during the first 10 minutes of my rides ;-)

Shawn
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