Pilates - How will this help my cycling?

[Iwan Kemp]

Have been doing it now again for about two months. You can feel the effect after only two or three weeks. With a stronger core I have managed to get rid of my back pain (due to weak stabilizer muscle) and can climb a lot better. Breathing, when pushing hard, is more controlled and relaxed and post-ride sore muscles are just about a thing of the past due to stretching.

 

Thanks to working muscles that hardly ever see action I've also managed to lose about 5k's in two months.

[wesley_r]

Ah yes forgot to mention that after 5 weeks off the bike, and about 4 or 5 pilates sessions, I managed to climb a hill near my house that I normally sukkeled up in the granny gear, on the middle ring.

 

now, I can't prove it's the pilates - but I have a suspicion it's the breathing that did the trick