The Col de Turini is a classic route in the hills close to Nice. It’s featured on the Tour de France and is a favourite formany locals riders. Read Diane’s account,as she chooses this as her first ever mountain col cycle route.
Finding the best cycling shoes in the world is a challenge. Ultimately, we’re all built differently, and that includes the uniqueness of our feet and how we use them. Add to this, that brands can’t easily shout out that they probably make the best cycling shoes, then we’ve got an additional barrier. Time then to look at what does make a great cycling shoe even greater.
Riding all day and being bent over the handlebars can cause back pain in cyclists. The Cat-Cow Pose, or Chakravakasana, is a yoga pose that will help to improve your general posture and balance, whilst also helping to stretch out those back muscles. In her latest blog, Diane shows you how to free up those back muscles with Yoga
Hip Flexors can cause cyclists all manner of pain issues. Thankfully, our flexible French Yoga Teacher, Diane Vilarem knows the perfect pose for this – the Archer inspired Bow Pose. It’s time to get flexible for riding, with Diane
The Cobra Pose in Yoga is a superb exercise for cyclists looking to increase flexibility and to reduce pain in the shoulders. Our own Yoga teacher, Diane talks you through the pose in this blog
We want to bring you the very best women’s cycling wellness and lifestyle advice for your sporting lifestyle. Say hi to Diane, our Yoga Instructor and women’s cycling expert from France. Let’s help you to develop your all around physical and mental well-being with Yoga and Diane, as we show you the benefits of yoga for cyclists.
Rudy Von Berg is one of the best triathletes in the world. Triathletes know that adding something special to training can you give you an edge, and so Diane takes Rudy on a Yoga journey and interviews him about his triathlon life.
As part of our series on ‘Yoga for Cyclists’, a second pose I encourage you to try is Anjaneyasana which is a low lunge pose bringing many benefits such as stretching the psoas muscle, tight quads, hamstrings, groin and hips. It is also very good for opening the chest. This pose is excellent for athletes such as cyclists or runners. I suggest you practice it after every workout.
So, why should cyclists do yoga?
Not only do we spend more and more time sitting (working on a computer, watching TV, driving, etc.) but, as cyclists, we tend to adopt a posture that pushes us to arch over our handlebars and move in a forward direction. This creates neck pain, shoulder and back strain and especially tight hip flexors. In addition, sitting for hours on a saddle leads to a shorter and underdeveloped psoas muscle (if you don’t know what or where your psoas muscle is located have a look at this).
We want to bring you the very best cycling wellness and lifestyle advice for your sporting lifestyle. Say hi to Diane, our Yoga Instructor and cyclist from France. Develop your all around physical and mental well-being with Yoga and Diane, as we show you the benefits of yoga for cyclists.
