Six steps to protect your butt during cycling

Almost everyone experiences discomfort in their buttocks during cycling.

Sometimes there may be discomfort or pain in the area of contact with the seat cushion.

Fortunately, these can be avoided or alleviated through the following points.

Step 1: Carefully feel: If your lower back begins to feel stiff, then you cannot ignore the harm the cushion brings to you.

If you think this is just a process and gradually practice ‘Iron Fart Skill’ to adapt, then it is a big mistake.

Continuing without considering the danger signals sent by your body will cause even more serious consequences.

Step 2: Lift your butt off the cushion: Even if you don’t climb a hill, standing up and leaving the cushion every 10-15 minutes will help your blood flow smoothly.

Step 3: Check the position of the seat cushion: Carefully and correctly adjust the vehicle, especially the appropriate height of the seat cushion, which often leads to a noticeable improvement in riding sensation and can also prevent you from twisting and tilting on the seat cushion.

Step 4: Wear appropriate clothing: A fitted pair of padded riding pants will provide excellent protection, and using a little skincare cream can further reduce friction and provide significant protection.

Step 5: Maintain personal hygiene: Maintaining personal hygiene can prevent the occurrence of various bacterial infections.

You should always wear clean cycling pants every time, and avoid sitting around when the pants are soaked in sweat.

Some skincare creams themselves contain antibacterial ingredients, such as extracts from various herbs.

Step 6: Choose a good seat cushion: Everyone has different hip shapes, and no seat cushion can fit everyone.

Don’t foolishly think that large and fat cushions are the best fit for buttocks, sometimes those thin and slender cushions are actually more comfortable.

Although over time, the seat cushion that has been sitting for a long time will gradually begin to deform to fit your buttocks, this is precisely because it was not originally suitable for your buttocks and is also the main cause of back and lumbosacral pain.

You must decide to personally experience the differences between cycling pants, skincare cream, and even applying band-aids to the perineum.

I tried six times on the cycling platform, sitting on the seat cushion, with a pedal frequency controlled at 90-95/minute and a power of 250 watts, and rode until my buttocks hurt.

After two days of complete recovery, I will start riding again.

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Not wearing cycling pants: It lasted for 19 minutes and 21 seconds, which was very painful.

At the beginning, I felt uncomfortable, and by about 10 minutes, I was already very uncomfortable
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