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Excess hamstring development?

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  1. I was lifting weights 3x/week for a long time, but I had a shoulder injury
    and shifted my primary focus to cycling. I've noticed my hamstrings have
    gotten much larger(and I did lifts targetting them) since I've been riding
    120 miles/week, but my quads have gotten smaller(I think). What am I doing
    with my position to place more stress on the hams?

  2. Gooserider said:

    I was lifting weights 3x/week for a long time, but I had a shoulder injury
    and shifted my primary focus to cycling. I've noticed my hamstrings have
    gotten much larger(and I did lifts targetting them) since I've been riding
    120 miles/week, but my quads have gotten smaller(I think). What am I doing
    with my position to place more stress on the hams?

    Have your quads gotten "smaller" or "weaker"? Smaller could just mean
    that they lost some fat around them and they're more toned and lean than
    before.

    For me, the quads do the most work when I ride. The only way the
    hamstrings would do more work, I think, would be if you had clipless
    pedals and were pulling "up" more than pushing and working in a circular
    motion.

    Targeting the hams probably caused them to respond quicker than your
    quads, also, since they are used less and the quads need more stress to
    cause them to grow. I'm not a doctor or anything, so take what I say
    with a grain of salt.

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