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Tips for Healthy Cycling

Biking is one of the healthiest sports because it provides the possibility to spend enough time doing sports without having to get to extreme tiredness. In addition, it is one of the sports that create addiction as soon as we begin to have the necessary physical form to go through the demands of the road or the mountain trails.

There is some exercise bikeriding tips that we can follow to do it in a healthy way and prevent injuries and other health problems.

A custom bike

One of the most important things to keep in mind when buying the bike is the measurement of it. We will see that there are pictures of different sizes and shapes, and although we like a bike, at first sight, we will have to make sure that the painting is the most appropriate for our body measurements.

Keep in mind that we can spend several hours on the bike and if it does not have the correct measures according to our body the injuries will be insured, preventing training on the bike.

Tips for cycling without damaging you

When cycling, it is good that we change positions from time to time, to avoid muscle numbness or pain. It is also recommended that we do not use high changes for a long time to prevent knee pain.

After a long climb that has demanded a lot of effort on our part, it is best not to stop pedaling at the beginning of the descent of the slope: this way it will be possible to avoid cramps.

Also, we must alwaysbike safely, watching the traffic laws and wearing all the necessary safety elements, including helmet, clothes of colors, reflective elements and lights.

Take care of your health to ride a bike

Another healthy advice when cycling is to perform general stretching, not just the legs, before starting to pedal and at the end, but the entire body. This is very important to the point that the workouts will be even more effective, but especially to avoid injuries.

Something that is not minor in matters of care when riding a bicycle is the equipment. It may seem silly, but little by little you will learn to see the reason for each of the outfits that cyclists wear and their complements. For example, gloves will prevent the formation of painful wounds in the place where we lean on the handlebars, and cycling shorts give us an important padding to avoid pain in the area of the perineum.

Perhaps this area is the most delicate point for cyclists, may arise prostate problems so it is convenient to use the best saddles for it. There are special saddles, with a hole in the center of such form that they release of pressure to the zone of the perineum and that they are very advisable to mount in a bike of healthy way.

In addition, we recommend taking a good diet before riding. If you are a cyclist or if you just like to exercise on a bicycle and want to contribute some suggestions, do it through the comments.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Reed cooper .