Many cyclists use the off season to build muscle, or weight training might be a part of your year round activity. Either way, muscle recovery in very important. Educating yourself about exercise is key before you get into an effective workout routine. Doing your research will allow you to set goals and learn what...
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Stretching and Conditioning
7 Natural Ways to Boost Muscle Recovery
Flexibility On and Off the Bike
In my opinion, there are two kinds of flexibility important to us cyclists…physical flexibility, and being flexible to change things when necessary. I’ve posted about physical flexibility in the past, and still do four simple stretches to maintain my flexibility. You can check out my four cycling stretches right here. But if you have...
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Our Top 5 Cycling Tips: #3
In our Loving the Bike number 3 tip, we discuss the importance of stretching and how it can improve your cycling performance and keep you healthy. In tip #5 from earlier this week, I mentioned how there’s really nothing better than time on the bike to improve your cycling….but now I’m going to explain...
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Using P90X2 to Improve Your Cycling
Note from Darryl: We didn’t participate in this historic day of people blacking out their websites. To be honest, I haven’t even had a chance to see what all of this is about so I never had a chance to grab myself an opinion on it. I’m definitely one for free speech and individuality which...
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Let’s Talk Sore Legs
Our “Let’s Talk” series of posts looks to have caught on and it’s great to hear people’s comments and tips on the subjects we bring up in these posts. Once again, today’s post is all about you and we’re wanting you to add your comments below in the comment field as a way of...
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Yoga for Cyclists: Loosen up your tight hips
Ahhh, what a great ride! But ouch, my hips are so tight. What can I do to stretch my hips? Believe it or not, cycling and yoga go very nicely hand in hand. I’m excited to have Grace Wathen guest posting today with some great information for cyclists. Being a cyclist herself, Grace knows...
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Are You Loving The Foam Roller?
A couple weeks ago we had a post with 4 Good Cycling Stretches. These are our picks for keeping those cycling legs of yours all loose and performing the way they should. Following the post, our Loving the Bike pal, @StevieDexter asked if we could suggest some post ride self massage tactics for the...
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4 Good Cycling Stretches
One of our Loving the Bike friends, @myrnacgmibus recently suggested that we do a post on good cycling stretches. She told me that she doesn’t really know when to stretch or what stretches to do. So this post is for you, Myrna and I hope there are others out there that can benefit from...
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Sugar Alternatives for Energy and Hydration
Question: I am using the homebrew sugar formulations (sometimes added to green tea). I am also trying to wean myself off 1/2 dose adrenalean “lip tonic delivery system” (biorhythm brand- caffeine, hoodia g, synephrine, yohimbe) capsule for energy.
My question is other than juice, can you suggest modifications in lieu of table sugar for energy and hydration.
Answer:
Both raw/organic honey or agave can work great in the homebrew (substitute in the same quantities for the sugar, or to taste), but you do have to shake well in order to make sure they don’t settle out. Have you tried either of these? Also, make sure to use at least the minimum amount of salt recommended in the homebrew as the temps rise, you need the sodium replacement if you’re sweating.
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