I predicted "cyclist legs"

- Sports equipment dictates specific movements that are not in line with the principles of the body's biomotor system;
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- When training in a particular asana, there are special auxiliary exercises that help achieve a high level of precision in performing anatomically correct movement, which is the basis for the response of the muscular movement trajectories as dictated by the sports equipment.
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Story: Some years ago, I observed cyclists getting off a bus transfer after completing a day stage of a week-long race across Slovenia. They all walked in a similar way, their knees bent, leaning heavily forward, their feet parallel and their hands in a position as if holding the bicycle handlebars.
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The professional expertise of structured training sessions by successful trainers is no secret these days.
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The manifestation of the effects of practising yoga as part of a regular training process, however, is a mystery. If an individual's yogic practices do not follow all the rules dictated by yoga, then it is not even regarded as yoga in the first place, it is just a bunch of random movements.
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The seated working position of the cyclist limits the vital principle of coordinated movement of the body as a whole, which maintains the functional curves of the spine.
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The skeletal structure of the pelvis is the divide and bridge between the spine and the legs and is defined in three positions: - as forward leaning, - upright in the neutral position and - backward leaning. When a load forces the pelvis out of its neutral position, the spine becomes sensitive to the shocks that follow. The total processing of the gravitational forces brought about by the load with or without sports equipment is concentrated in the pelvis.  In the neutral position, the pelvis is in harmony with the functional mechanics of the spine /the functional curve/. The operating range of the neutral position of the pelvis, of course, depends on all the muscles that attach to it /over 20 muscles/. The synergy of the hamstring muscle, as the strongest, overpowers them all. /Studies by Elmer, Barratt, Korf and Martin /2011/ in Medicine & Science in Sport/;
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“Exercise has shown that the gluteus and hamstrings - not the quads - are the primary drivers of the pedal stroke at all intensity levels.”
The defined neutral position of the pelvis, via all the leg joints to the foot, determines the function of the spine in the impact.  Medial position of the pelvis allows the hips - the strongest and most fatigue-resistant muscles in the lower body. This creates a powerful and sustainable pedal stroke.
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"Cyclist legs" are therefore: good, bad, excellent, cramped, depending on the operative state of the "hip-pelvis" connection.

Story:  2025 UCI RW Championships
The racers compete without body-mounted devices and the configuration of the back muscles - erector spinae - was clearly visible in each individual... There was much to see /TV screen/. The winner came as a surprise to me.