Feeling post-ride muscle pain? Nutrition is key - here’s how to fuel right for recovery

Eat right before and during cycling - as well as after - to avoid muscle pain

Sore muscles after a particually long or intense ride is a very common feeling - and somewhat to be expected from a sport as physically demanding as that of cycling. But within that, there is sliding scale where 'reasonable' soreness crosses a threshold and becomes an indicator that something is wrong.

This could be as simple as increasing the distance and/or intensity too quickly. If you've gone straight from not training at all to five sessions a week or jumped up to an 80 mile ride from previously doing 20 - or even going from riding consistantly to adding in 10x1min all-out intervals - your muscles will very likely be feeling sore the next day.

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