Originally Posted by
cubewheels
Not every muscle pain is caused by insufficient flexibility
You can get muscle pain even in fully upright riding position if you suddenly do hard or high resistance efforts without warm up.
For sure. As I get older (53) I find that warming up has become more and more important. Not just muscles either, cardio too. Ideally I like to warm up slowly at very low power (<100W) for a good 15 to 20 mins before ramping up. Stretching I can do without, but prefer to stretch as a cool down rather than warm up. Stretching as a warm-up seems like a good way to risk pulling a cold muscle. I do light strength training off the bike too, which involves a bit of stretching. But I certainly don't go out of my way to stretch or follow any sort of formal stretching routine. I just stretch whenever I feel like it, similar to our dogs, lol
