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Way back when, I read that Olympic sprinters trained at really high cadences, like 200+rpm, besides
squatting 300lbs and the like. Not thinking I had anything better to do at the time, I started
incorporating this (the spinning like mad) into my training.
I can still spin the pedals extremely fast. It's an anaerobic activity, but 130-140rpm isn't for me,
possibly as a result. (I do have to support my upper body with my core muscles to avoid bouncing.)
My natural, comfortable cadence is still in the 95-110 range depending on load.
(I did google this so it doesn't look like a faq.) All the web sources I saw considered 130-140 to
be "high cadence." What's the current research/dogma on this very high cadence work? Is it a waste
of time, or even counter-productive, or does it help some aspect of my riding/racing?
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Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we
could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in
charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.
squatting 300lbs and the like. Not thinking I had anything better to do at the time, I started
incorporating this (the spinning like mad) into my training.
I can still spin the pedals extremely fast. It's an anaerobic activity, but 130-140rpm isn't for me,
possibly as a result. (I do have to support my upper body with my core muscles to avoid bouncing.)
My natural, comfortable cadence is still in the 95-110 range depending on load.
(I did google this so it doesn't look like a faq.) All the web sources I saw considered 130-140 to
be "high cadence." What's the current research/dogma on this very high cadence work? Is it a waste
of time, or even counter-productive, or does it help some aspect of my riding/racing?
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Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we
could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in
charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.