Roadie_scum said:
It is deeply ironic that "this ZAKEEN dude is Adam Hansen (t-mobile)" and will therefore have his training monitored and peaks planned using the PMC and the rest of the cyclingpeaks analysis tools, as all t-mobile riders will. This software was pioneered by a major contributor to this forum (thanks Andy) and several of the beta testers also contribute here (thanks Ric, Alex, and anyone else I've forgotten).
I started my life here arguing with Ric (those were the days... search my post history...) but when I has the opportunity to really do the research and work out what was going on, I realised he was on the money. It really is a great privilege to be able to learn from guys like Ric and Andy. They share their knowledge for free under, are under no obligation to do so whatsoever, and they are amongst the best in the world at what they do. Thanks fellas...
i was just thinking about the first paragraph, and how ironic it was...
the interesting point, is that in general i make pains to put out the caveats in my discussion point -- that e.g., weights don't positively affect endurance cycling performance (and thus may effect other issues). admittedly, i may (??) forget that sentence occasionally, but i've posted it often enough for people to get the general idea. outside of ECP weights, may or may not help people...
someone here (and somewhere else) got all upset with me, because he was suggesting that weights would help him to move house and not put his back out lifting heavy boxes (or some such). i did find it a rather peculiar discussion point given that this is a cycling forum, and that
1) i've seen removal men who've obviously never been near a gym in their life
2) i'm only discussing cycling performance
3) i don't really know what people do in their spare time (unless they tell me -- i'm not a mind reader).
In the WW discussion i like that someone suggests that endurance is only one of 3 points in the 3 cornered training theory of endurance, training and speed by Friel. The 'funny' point is that on average the most elite endurance cyclists are no stronger than on average untrained, healthy, gender and mass matched sedentary people. Apart from in a couple of bizarre exceptions we just aren't strength limited for cycling.
interestingly, like most people here, and way before i read the science which isn't decided prior to writing, i too did weight lifting with free weights. i spent years every winter going to a gym or working out at home, with complicated routines including stretching, core this, core that, weights the other, etc.
And you know what? do you know what makes me cycle better (i.e., score more points in RR, or TT faster)? Answers on a postcard to my address, and the first person to send the correct answer will win a prize (an RST t-shirt if i have some in stock or something else). If you're anti-science or whatever, you can burn it with an effigy of me.
Roadie Scum, Coggan, Biker_lindz, and several others aren't allowed to enter.
Scum, did we really argue in the beginning? i don't recall!
And, lastly if someone wants to show me some actual evidence to support the their idea, then i'm all eyes (ears?).
Cheers
Ric