Ashtanga Meets Power Yoga in This Invigorating ELXR Yoga Sequence yogajournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yogajournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the U.S., so did a bicycle boom. According to YJ sister publication
Outside, sales of stationary bikes tripled and sales of outdoor bikes more than doubled in 2020. These sales presaged a massive increase in the use of bikes in our homes and on our streets and a lot of sore leg muscles. That’s where yoga for cyclists can help.
A deep dive into the muscles used during the pedal stroke can help us understand how yoga can help cyclists recover from their rides. The downward stroke of the pedal starts with a combination of the gluteal and quadriceps muscles. Your hamstrings and calf muscles are recruited a quarter way through the revolution. The hamstring and calves return the foot up from the bottom of the pedal stroke, and the quadriceps pull the foot backward and up to the apex of the revolution.