Touching toes

[Sequoia]

How supple are you? I am as stiff as a tree. I've always been able to touch my toes, but after a year of near-inactivity, I am lucky if I can reach my knees... Maybe I've grown some more!

What is strange, is that my quads are still nice and loose, but my lower back, glutes hammies and calves are really tight.  Anyone else have this? It is not impacting my cycling much, but I want to at least be able to put my hands on the floor again...  How do you feel about suppleness? Important? Not Important?

 

[pastapouch]

Its important... I always warm up, stretch and then train. You just feel so much better after stretching when training.

[wisecrack]

I usually stretch only my back and hamstrings before I go out for a ride.

 

Anything else that's considered important before training? 

[Guest Big H]

Selfs met my groot boep doen ek dit nog maklik..... deesdae voel dit net of my oe wil uitval!!!!!!!!

[1hill@aTime]

i do stretch as well, hams especially, but find them always to be stiff, left hams is always stiffer than right

 

guess it's old age

[fandacious]

Just get someone else to touch your toes for you....

[Ratty]

I think its all just part of growing old.  As a kid I could bend in many strange ways, I'd break my back if I tried them now. 

[Man with no name]

With the help of a long stick and a G&T - no problem

 

Otherwise... no chance

[bored girl]

i can....yay for me

the sad part is i only remember to stretch when hot Rob asks us to after spin class....think after racing i am more conserned as to where i dropped my lungs than can i touch my toes....which i can (thought i'd mention this again )

[Guest Big H]

Oppas dat jy nie daai ingroeitoonaels seermaak met die lang stok nie. Dit help ook nie as jy te veel druk op tone vol gout nie!!!!!!!

[Tumbleweed]

big h, when was the last time you saw your toes?

[1hill@aTime]

popcorn anyone

[pastapouch]

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HR

 

 why would one wanna touch one's toes anyway???

[Fire]

I must stretch everyday in order for me to touch my toes. I stretch right after training and massage. It really helps my muscles to recover.

[Wonder Woman]

Personally I'm naturally very supple but then seem to suffer when I feel a little stiff even though I'm still more supple than everyone else. To me, stretching is very important because I never get to have a massage so at least the stretching helps me recover a bit quicker.

[Francois]

Even though I haven't been training properly for 4 to 5 years now and am only getting back into it I can still easily touch my toes.  In fact I get my wrist to my toes with only a little effort.

 

But then when I did train (for running and cycling) I used to stretch regularly; especially after training.

 

If one takes one sport seriously, one needs to stretch regularly. Preferably more dynamic stretching before training and plenty static stretching, after training.