 Название: Yoga for Cyclists: Prevent injury, build strength, enhance performance
Автор: Lexie Williamson
Издательство: Bloomsbury Sport
Год: 2023
Страниц: 346
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 64.7 MB
Unlock your cycling potential with yoga.
Striving for stamina, power and speed can take its toll on the cyclist's body. Yoga is the ideal cycling companion to relieve the repetitive strains of riding, helping to ease tight muscles, increase mobility and reduce chances of injury.
In this new edition of the bestselling title, learn how to use yoga to optimise your recovery, ride tension-free and enhance your performance. A specialist in yoga for cycling, Lexie Williamson guides you through tried-and-tested poses and mobility drills so you can:
· gain a supple back, hips and hamstrings
· adopt a stronger aerodynamic position through riding-specific core moves
· develop efficient breathing and build a mind-body connection
· recover more efficiently with restorative yoga practices
Yoga for Cyclists is the missing key to unlocking your cycling potential. This new edition of the bestselling title is packed with practical techniques to forge a more aero position, improve comfort in the saddle and allow you to quickly reset and ride again. The most obvious benefit of taking up yoga for cycling is improved flexibility, especially if your day job involves you sitting in a similar ‘closed’ stance to the one you adopt riding. There are many practical stretches to unravel tired, tight muscles at the front of the body, such as the quads and hip flexors – the perfect antidote to a morning spent hunched over the handlebars.
These appear in the form of targeted stretches and pre-packaged sequences. The emphasis is on practicality and accessibility. It’s not about being super bendy; there are no yoga pretzel poses which don’t suit (particularly male) cyclists’ bodies. Every technique works regardless of flexibility levels and is created with the riding performance in mind.
This sport-specific approach extends to breathing techniques and the core exercises which mimic the riding stance to build strength where you need it most. The expanded Cyclist’s Core chapter is a one-stop shop for any rider looking to bolster the core without requiring a gym or extra weights.
Functional and accessible, Yoga for Cyclists adapts yoga techniques for modern cyclists of all levels, making it suitable for everyone from the beginner to the Tour de France-hopeful. By following step-by-step sequences, from quick hip releases to extended post-ride sessions, you'll discover how the power of yoga can transform your cycling.
'Handy for both beginners and pros... leaves no stone unturned.' – Women's Fitness
'A genuinely useful guide that will soon have tattered edges through use.' – Road.cc
Contents:
Introduction
01 Yoga and cycling
02 Tension-free cycling
03 Endurance breathing
04 Leg and hip stretches
05 Upper body stretches
06 Back comfort and form
07 The cyclist’s core
08 Mental training
09 Recovery yoga
10 Sequences
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