Warm-Up for Cycling: 5 Warm-Up Exercises

Get your muscles ready for your next bike ride: We’ll show you 5 simple warm-up exercises designed specifically for cyclists.

Time

8 minutes
5 exercises

Engage your hip flexors.

Engage your glutes.

Stabilize your shoulder girdle. This exercise helps prevent injuries and supports a healthy basic shoulder posture.

External Rotation of the Shoulder

Stand upright and place the LOOP BAND around your hands. Turn your palms upward and keep your shoulders and shoulder blades pulled back and down. 

Rotate both arms outward. Squeeze your shoulder blades tightly together. Hold briefly at the end of the contraction and feel the tension between your shoulder blades.

Tip: To focus more on the muscle engagement, you can also perform the exercise on one side at a time. To do this, hold one arm in the starting position and rotate only the other arm outward.

Product

Loop Band

Body part

Core, Shoulders

Training Goals

Strengthen your serratus anterior muscles for better scapular function.

Activate your entire body before cycling. This warm-up exercise primarily targets your core.

Resistance band