The Exercise: Lying Quad Stretch
Today is Stretch Day. If you are so inclined, go take a yoga class. Yoga is great for cyclists, it helps loosen up those hard working hips and shoulders and will help balance your body and make you stronger on your bike. Today's challenge is just one yoga stretch that you can add to your routine and it is great for stretching those quads and opening up the front of your body.
How to Do it:
Today is Stretch Day. If you are so inclined, go take a yoga class. Yoga is great for cyclists, it helps loosen up those hard working hips and shoulders and will help balance your body and make you stronger on your bike. Today's challenge is just one yoga stretch that you can add to your routine and it is great for stretching those quads and opening up the front of your body.
How to Do it:
The Challenge:
Start with the wide-legged forward fold we did last Friday. Hold this for 30 seconds to 1 minute and really breathe into it, letting the hips relax and the upper body drop lower to the ground. This will really stretch and loosen up those hamstrings and glutes after yesterday's kettlebell swings.
Now get down on the floor and do a 20 second quad stretch on each side.
Repeat these two exercises 3 or 4 times.
Stretch day challenge met!!
That felt fabulous!
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