OK all, I posted a while ago wondering if I really had to do weight training over the winter and you all convinced me that it was important if i wanted to do my best. So I started out following Friel's guidelines and today I did my 7th AA workout. I'm planning to do the MT over the next couple of weeks before moving into the MS phase.
I thought I would just test a little today and found that on all upper body stuff I already have the strength to do the upper limit goals. I had suspected my upper body was a bit stronger than the average cyclist and it was confirmed. I don't want to cary this extra weight into next season so what should i do. I'm considering cutting out the uper body stuff all together and adding a lower back excercise to take the place of the seated and bent row for the back muscles. What makes sense to me is to just work the hip extentions and hamstrings (personal weakness)and then only do core upper body stuff to try and shed the extra muscle. Maybe doing upper body stuff once a week and following SM guidelines for that. what do you all think? thx by the way, I'm 6", 180 and about 12% body fat. I want to be 165-170 my the end of JAN.
I thought I would just test a little today and found that on all upper body stuff I already have the strength to do the upper limit goals. I had suspected my upper body was a bit stronger than the average cyclist and it was confirmed. I don't want to cary this extra weight into next season so what should i do. I'm considering cutting out the uper body stuff all together and adding a lower back excercise to take the place of the seated and bent row for the back muscles. What makes sense to me is to just work the hip extentions and hamstrings (personal weakness)and then only do core upper body stuff to try and shed the extra muscle. Maybe doing upper body stuff once a week and following SM guidelines for that. what do you all think? thx by the way, I'm 6", 180 and about 12% body fat. I want to be 165-170 my the end of JAN.