Mountain biking in the Santa Monica Mountains can be fun and full of excitement. Paul Schell demonstrates a few Egoscue warm-up exercises that you can do to prepare your body for the climbing & pounding (and some of the spills).
@flyer203 - Yes, as the back and the hips need to work together, these exercises help get the "hip hinge" to work under the back and help keep the back interacting with this function. Both also get the shoulders and upper back working together to prep the arms & shoulders to shock absorb (hopefully just from the handlebars and not from a fall!)
@flyer203 AWESOME! I do them before I go out riding as well (along with others I do regularly to keep my posture & function on track). I used to get really tight and sore in my low back when I would go on long rides with a lot of climbing involved. Now, I don't even think about it... I'm just keeping my heart from pumping out of my chest!
The forward bending and the static extension are for warming up the back muscles?
flyer203 1 year ago
@flyer203 - Yes, as the back and the hips need to work together, these exercises help get the "hip hinge" to work under the back and help keep the back interacting with this function. Both also get the shoulders and upper back working together to prep the arms & shoulders to shock absorb (hopefully just from the handlebars and not from a fall!)
EgoscueU 1 year ago
@EgoscueU
I just bought a new bike after 6 months with no rides at all and after my first
ride I had terrible pains in the lower of my back because I didn't warm up.
A back sack that I were carying seem to have worsted the impact of the
cold exercise.After the second ride and after I saw the video I am fine.
flyer203 1 year ago
@flyer203 AWESOME! I do them before I go out riding as well (along with others I do regularly to keep my posture & function on track). I used to get really tight and sore in my low back when I would go on long rides with a lot of climbing involved. Now, I don't even think about it... I'm just keeping my heart from pumping out of my chest!
EgoscueU 1 year ago