Yoga for Cyclists

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  • Pre-Ride Warm Up

    Get ready to ride! This quick pre-cycle routine will get your breath flowing, activate key muscles, and help you maintain optimal riding position through the miles ahead.
    - Focus: performance, warm up
    - Key muscles: quads, glutes, back, core, shoulders
    - When: pre-ride

  • Optimize Your Riding Position

    Balance strength and flexibility to maintain great form on your bike. Use this routine pre-ride or on cross-training days to strengthen key muscles including your glutes, back, and core, and improve flexibility in key muscles including your hips and chest so that you can get the most out of your ...

  • Injury Prevention for Cyclists

    Cycling creates imbalances and if left unaddressed injury is inevitable. Luckily, a little bit of yoga goes a long way to mitigate common cycling injuries. Use this routine at least once a week to protect common trouble spots including your neck, knees, low back, and IT bands.
    - Focus: injury pre...

  • Long Ride Reset

    Welcome back from your ride! Ease lingering stiffness and tension in all your key cycling muscles to optimize your recovery and absorb all the benefits of your effort in preparation for the miles to come. Use this routine at least once a week, especially if you've just done a long ride. A game-ch...

  • Quick Post-Ride Reset

    Whether you're done for the day or taking a quick break, bring more balance to your cycling body in less than 10 minutes by easing stiffness and tension in your quads, hips, back, wrists, and neck. You don't even have to get off your bike!
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: quads, hips, back, wrist...

  • Post-Ride Lower Body Reset

    Optimize your post-ride recovery with this quick routine that will ease lingering stiffness and tension in your ankles, calves, hamstrings, hips, and quads.
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: ankles, calves, hamstrings, hips, and quads
    - When: post-ride or recovery day
    - Suggested prop: folded blan...

  • Post-Ride Upper Body Reset

    Optimize your post-ride recovery with this quick routine to ease lingering stiffness and tension in your chest, shoulders, neck, and more.
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: back, chest, shoulders, wrists, neck
    - When: post-ride or recovery day
    - Suggested prop: wall