It's not my favorite thing. After years of riding my bike, my ham string is so tight that I can't sit on the floor with my legs stretched out front and my back against the wall. I can't get to 90 degrees between my stretched out leg and my back against the wall. Is it from cycling? I don't know. Maybe its something else.

I also seem to have lost my ability to touch my foot with my nose. forget about getting my foot over my head. nope nada no way...

I used to be able to do these things. What happened?

I don't want to end up like my parents. It's one of my morbid fear: be so tight and inflexible like them, like a sea horse. So I've been forcing my self to spend at least 30 minutes in the morning, still half asleep to stretch my body out. I hope I can regain some flexibility. Quiet of the morning, still dark outside. Seems like everything is still slow and relaxed. It puts me in the right mood to stretch.

I hope your training involves stretching as well and not just core strength, cycling specific strength training and aerobics.

All good I guess to listen to your body.