How To Stretch For Mountain Biking | Mountain Bike Training

Are you Stretching before and after riding? Well you should be!

Stretching after a ride is really important for recovery and preventing injury. Check out these top 10 stretches from Scotty Laughland.

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[jammanjim]

Great video, have recently started a yoga class to help with lower back pain, and it works a treat and has definitely helped on the trail. A lot of the moves scotty is doing are similar to yoga poses and well worth it if you suffer from any kind of pain whilst riding.

[liam_mtb]

What about before a ride or a race anything to make you race faster I keep coming 4th and want to get into the podium.
Keep up the amazing videos 😀

[zachkelly]

Thanks for the tips! I had some lower back pain

[Mochachinoexfk]

For the glutes, do the same as what you did in the video, apart from then sort of do the same motion with your bent leg as if you are trying to make it flat against your chest (you wont get it anywhere near flat on your chest or anywhere near, but just pull it across your chest). Then with your opposite hand to the leg you have bent, grab your foot and pull that up towards the chest too. very good stretch for the glutes.

[ScoutJoe]

Great tips specially for the beginners like myself

[ericbeaudry]

Hi Scott, when you're doing the hamstring stetching, try to sit because your upper body fight against gravity and push your hamstrings to contract instead of stretching... This is better your way for warming up.

[helmutbreuer]

good one, guys. i will give it a try, a nice weekend at all.

[rsmithuk]

May be an old video but still a good video. Had a really bad back this morning, did these stretches and was fine enough to go riding :-)

[joshpriest]

Great video I already do a few of these but that's mega helpful

[masonbakken]

I have to do that quad stretch 4 times a day for my osgood schlatters

[Ghrostillo]

3:18 looks like a quite experienced mountainbiker knee xD

[cspower]

Great video. I always do a similar routine plus some flexibility exercises to take it to the next level.

[bethziegler]

Great exercise tips. I’m having a hard time finding a good exercise mat. Any recommendations?

[gmdlbici]

What about stretching forearm muscles to avoid arm pump? I usually do it pusing my fingers down, and it really works! It's also common to rotate wrists and ankles, although maybe it's more like a warm-up. Great video by the way!

Something I really should do more often. Before and after a ride.

[Pienimusta]

Really awesome video..too bad its 6 months late..or 6 months in advance =P
Though these are great moves to do even at morning or evening just to relax for the day or from hard day at work/school.

[atomchild]

Absolutely don't forget quadriceps stretching

[straightupmtg]

#askgmbn How can I prevent lower back pain during my ride. Especially climbs

[jancoduplooy]

#askgmbn
Can you make a video about what is freeride

[jimdrake]

why did Scotty start the video in a cannon ball museum?