Warming up before a ride ?

[ScotiaLass]

No. I just take it gentle for a couple of miles

 

[arch684]

I never warm up just take it easy the first couple of miles and depending how far i have cycled i take it easy the last couple of miles. that may be because i'm nackered though

 

[iggibizzle]

I give my thighs and calfs a quick stretch while getting dressed in morning, as I tore both in my football and running days. And i Dint want a repeat of that agony! Otherwise just take it easy for 1st ten mins.

 

[Sittingduck]

Take it easy for the first few minutes but don't stretch before the ride. Stretch after, if required.

 

[gavroche]

It takes me about 20 minutes to warm up properly and then , I go from dead slow to slow.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Like others I like to take it easy for the first few miles, and cool down with a gentle mile or so at the end.

 

[HLaB]

Depend what I'm doing; if it a TT I'll warm up but for anything else it just done on the ride and I don't really think about it.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I'm hot so, no warm up before a ride, by the time I get over the first small incline I'm boiling anyway

 

[paddypete]

i usually do a couple of munros first thing,and then im good to go!

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

At this time of the year, if I'm only doing a short 5 mile ride to the gym, I normally spend 10-15 minutes warming up on the turbo beforehand. But that's only because I can't face going outside in the freezing cold without a bit of a sweat on!

 

[morrisman]

This time of year I am more concerned with warming up after a ride than before hand. Especially my gentleman's areas.

 

[Drago]

I don't warm up prior to cocking my leg over crossbar. The road out of our village is a gentle half mile uphill and if I didn't take it steady on cold legs and lungs I'd be nacked before I got out the village, so it's a nice topographically enforced gentle warm up.

Similarly, there's a bloody steep hill right outside work.. It's about a 200metre stretch but I just cant get up it when I'm cold, so always push to the top before setting off.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Before you warm up make sure you stretch but don't stretch if you are cold.

If you don't warm up then you will be cold, then you say don't warm up?

 

[clf]

Cycling was always a good warm up for most excercises, running, football, gym etc. If you have tight muscles, or are planning on riding hard then I'd ride easy for 15 - 20 minutes to get the blood flowing to your muscles then stop and stretch properly. If you stretch before you've warmed up you can do some damage.

 

[ayceejay]

If you don't warm up then you will be cold, then you say don't warm up?

Too complicated for you hey?