Rest and rebuild
Dec 01, 2021
4 minutes
Words MICHAEL DONLEVY
Illustration
NEIL STEVENS3
1 WARM DOWN When: Before you get off the bike.
What: Once you’ve finished your training session, spin easily for five to ten minutes. ‘Most people do similar rides on regular routes, so have a point at which you start once you’ve warmed up and stop to warm down,’ says coach Will Newton. ‘Stop the clock here if you’re obsessed with your speed.’
‘Ten minutes easy spinning will break down the metabolites – waste products in the blood – that result from exercise,’ says Newton. ‘Muscle damage and fuel use both create waste products, and easy spinning will flush those metabolites
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