Category — Cycling

As with other sports, there is muscle imbalances created in cycling. If left uncorrected, they can lead to injuries such as pain in front of the knee. What you need to do is to strengthen the three muscles that affect the pedaling action – the vastus medialis oblique (VMO). vastus lateralis (VL), and gluteals maximus (GM). The VMO and VL are two of the four quad muscles that stabilize your knee during knee flexion, while the GM is the butt muscle.

During the power phase of a cycling action, the quads and butt muscles drive the pedal. But the VMO is usually underdeveloped in cycling, which over time, can lead to muscle imbalances.

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