Warming up.

[TomGeorge]

Whenever I go to a park, I have to ride just pumping for about 10 mins before I can ride well, on flat I usually just do a load of 180s and huge fakies, an riding street varies. Sometimes if it's a set I firecracker it or jump and stall about half way up. Anyone else have to warm up or is it just me? Cause all the bikers I ride with think I'm just weird.

 

[Blake]

Sure do and everyone I ride with does it.

 

[DavidBryson]

yeah i do but not for that long. i warm up for like 1 minute

 

[Bjorn]

for like 2 min maybe, but i often feel pretty warmed up if i've pushed a long time to come to the spot or the park

 

[alfie wisker]

I always have to stretch and pumped round the park for the first 20 mins

 

[tylerbillman]

I always stretch a bit or else my knees feel like shit riding around.

 

[Hunter Treviranus]

I always stretch a bit or else my knees feel like shit riding around.

Me too,and if I'm riding park I just take a little run in the mini ramp and then I feel ready to do tricks

 

[Robert]

I do it for like the first hour im at the skatepark but thats usually because i go as soon as i wake up

 

[Dustin Nooner]

I stretch, and most of the time do some warm up. vincent and i play flat scoot for warm up usually haha

 

[Bobby R]

I warm up by just flowing the park or doing some whip airs.

 

[Victor C.]

I warm up for park by just doing simple tricks out of banks and stuff, nothing big, some easy rails too. For street, just man up, Barspin the set if you gotta, then do the trick.

 

[TomGeorge]

What about everyone else riding street? It's normally about 10 mins for me, but if I've ridden to a spot for ages not quite as long.

 

[Arnor Smari]

Yeah definitely, just flowing the park for like 5 mins and doing no tricks

 

[Vlad]

haha everytime i ride flat, i just have to do a 180 whip and 180 whip out, then 180bar and 180bar out, and a downside whip downside out then a couple of like hang fivesor something then im pretty set

 

[Tupsu]

I just pull few miniramp runs for warm up at my local, then few hangfives.
Usually at other parks i do easy tricks out of banks like doubles, heelwhips, barspins and stuff. Then i grind few downrails and ledges, after that im fully warmed up.

 

[btyczki21]

sometimes i remember to stretch, but i usually just start doing tricks i already got on lock then depending on how i feel that day ill try some new stuff after about an hour or so.

 

[Tom Cirbee]

^Stretching makes such a difference in your riding.

I never warm up. Whenever I arrive at a park I immediately start trying something dumb and usually end up rolling my ankle or fucking up my wrist. Then my session is ruined. I need to start warming up lol.

 

[Blake]

I've never stretched before riding my scooter. I think I might try doing it today and see how it goes.

 

[btyczki21]

yea but im willing to bet most everybody stretches wrong lol

your not supposed to do static stretches(pulling your arm across your chest/touching your toes) before physical activity, they are for after. Active stretching is much better for preparing your muscles for use.

you might look retarded but do some knee's to chest while walking for 10 yards or so, then on the way back kick your legs straight up in the air. then wave your arms in a cirlce like a windmill a few times and you should be good.

 

[Arnor Smari]

I think I'm gonna start stretching, my body is always sooo fucked up after a long session. Is there any way to stretch your back so it won't hurt as much when riding? I have a really bad back