If you ride healthily, do you know what bad riding methods are? Let's take a look together.
1. Riding on an empty stomach
After a night of consumption, the energy from the previous night's dinner is almost consumed. If you ride on an empty stomach in the morning, it will cause dizziness and other symptoms of hypoglycemia, and physical weakness will increase the risk of injury. It is recommended that you eat breakfast before riding and bring some snacks for emergency use.
2. Like to compare
Here we are not talking about comparing equipment, but for the sake of face, regardless of one's ability, forcibly challenging high-intensity riding, or doing some difficult movements. At the mildest, it will cause muscle strain, and at the worst, it will cause bleeding accidents, and finally, it will cause physical injuries and psychological shadows that are not easy to recover.
3. Eating and drinking after riding
Many people feel hungry after riding, so they eat and drink a lot. Beer, barbecue, and hot pot are often indispensable. After riding, the blood is concentrated in the muscles and respiratory system, and the digestive ability of the stomach and intestines is weak. At this time, eating and drinking a lot will cause gastrointestinal discomfort and also cause fat accumulation. Riding hard for a day, eating and drinking a meal is back to the pre-liberation period.
4. Irregular riding
Eating one meal hungry and one meal full is the same. Overeating and riding will cause invisible damage to the body. Although you used to be a cycling expert, if you haven't ridden for a long time, you should also take it step by step.
5. Riding a cigarette
Smoking itself is very harmful to the body. Lack of oxygen will affect the recovery of the body after riding, making people always in a state of fatigue. In particular, many people like to have a cigarette when they rest in the middle of riding. If you meet such teammates, it is recommended to go around.
6. No warm-up
Exercise without warming up, it is easy to cause muscle strain, and the riding effect will be greatly reduced, especially for high-intensity riding, you must warm up. In addition, it should be noted that stretching is not the same as warming up. It is often seen that some riders stretch their arms and legs before setting off. This can only move the joints. For cycling, it is best to change gears more often within the first 20 minutes of riding and use different strengths and pedaling frequencies to stimulate the muscles in various parts of the body. Then start riding steadily.
7. Riding just after eating
Just after eating, the digestive organs need a lot of blood. Exercise will cause blood to flow to the muscles and respiratory system, which will lead to ischemia of the digestive organs and indigestion. It may also cause abdominal pain and discomfort due to gastrointestinal vibration and mesenteric involvement, which will affect the health of the human body. It is recommended to exercise 1 hour after a meal.
8. Not replenishing water during riding
Many riders will only replenish water when they feel thirsty, and they drink it in big gulps, thinking it is very convenient. This is wrong. Replenishing water should follow the principles of "drinking slowly in small sips" and "timely" to ensure physical vitality. If water is not replenished in time, the body's functions will decline, resulting in an insufficient supply of muscle energy substances and oxygen, reduced riding efficiency, and severe cases, cramps.