The Best Cycling Recovery Tips
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Published 2023-10-12
00:00 Intro
01:12 Active recovery
02:04 Recovery benefits
02:38 Sleep
03:43 Cycling mobility
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All Comments (21)
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Tell us your top recovery tips! 🧘♀
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After 50 you need it even more. I've found wearing a sports watch that tells you the recommended number of hours to recover helps reinforce it.
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Coming home after a ride,and,watching GCN videos helps me recover.Thank you Manon,and,Hanks for the recovery tips.😀👍🚴🚴♂🚴♀
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Upper body strength training is my recovery (unless my nervous system needs recovery). Simply walking can be enough to replace slow cycling
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Proper sleep makes a huge difference. As someone who's been dealing with chronic sleep deprivation for years, proper sleep is the ultimate recovery. At my lowest point I was only able to put in one easy 40 minute ride a week, because I was completely exhausted and wasn't recovering at all.
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I picked up some very helpful guidance about recovery rides not mentioned, Don’t go too long! Really easy 30-60 min ride Maximum. Keep super hydrated, it helps with repair/adaptation but don’t over eat, hunger is almost always your body craving hydration not calories.
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Thanks JLW , Manon and crew . Nutrition ..? and of course , high altitude Bungee jumps are a part of every pro teams recovery !
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I always make sure to eat within 30 minutes after a ride. It doesn't matter if I'm going party pace, or putting down the power, the food you eat immediately after exercise gets used to assist recovery. I'll also eat again maybe an hour after my ride. I've noticed if I don't I get really tired and hungry, presumably because all my calories are going straight to recovery, and not actually toward giving me energy during my recovery.
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Liked when Manon said “uy”.. ☺️
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Sleep and stretching are my recovery exercises.
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Awesome & Thanks :)
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I sometimes use a roller . I always stretch after a ride . Once I’ve showered and had some food I find a gentle couple of miles walk helps my legs feel much better the next day
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Such an important topic 👍
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Lots of protein (real food to the max ) based recovery is what helps me to recover ! More than I thought of… I consume Carbs not so much for recovery but mainly before and during cycling. This works for me.
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You can massage your own legs. No pro necessary. It really does help. Maybe a video on this is warranted. When I used to race as a teen I was riding ~400 miles/week and it did help. Actually, it helps more in mid season when you're doing less mileage but more speedwork and racing. Sleep, yeah, 9hrs/day. I wish I could do that now...
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Invest in garmin watch such as Vivo active 4. Like the body battery feature..
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@gcn Pranayama controlled breathing techniques of yoga help to calm the mind and reduce stress and anxiety improve respiration and the increase production of NGF.
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I have that same foam roller! ...I'm terrified of it...
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oh...👍
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A very light physical activity, especially after a very hard workout, prevents the muscles from getting stiff. Lying on the couch immediately after exercise, could be painful when needing to stand.
