UAE Team Emirates invests mega-bucks, ensuring Tadej Pogacar and his teammates remain in top form throughout the season. However, there’s one crucial piece of kit that Pog uses before every race that’s so inexpensive it’s accessible to all of us – the humble resistance band, now available for next to nothing this Amazon Prime Day.
Many of us will have been entertained by this clip, posted on UAE Team Emirates’ Instagram feed, of Pogacar working through his pre-race muscle activation routine using nothing more sophisticated than a handful of resistance bands. So, why is it critical to his success, how does the process work, and should we all be doing something similar before every ride?
