Low back pain while riding is one of the most common complaints I hear from riders.

If you are doing your mountain bike mobility and strength training exercises on a regular basis you shouldn’t suffer from it often but sometimes even the strongest rider will start to feel it tighten up. While instinct may tell you that stretching the low back through some toe touches is the way to go the truth is that you need a different strategy to effectively deal with low back pain on the trail.

Here is a video I shot going over my advice for what to do when your low back starts to talk to you on the trail…

-James Wilson-