"Jan Sacharuk" <
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> In article <
[email protected]>, Peter Tønnesen wrote:
>
> >> Actually, during the riding season, this is good advice, and I should have mentioned it myself.
> >> During the year, doing weights will likely slow you down somewhat. Muscles remember how to move
> >> the way that they're trained.
> >
> > So you mean that all the small brains placed in the musclefibres will
stand
> > up and make a riot if you dont keep slow rpm? LOL
>
> Ah, someone that's never heard of muscle memory.
I have now
> > We have more than one type of muscle fibres, slow twitch and fast
twitch.
> > You go figure which fibre is doing what...
> >
> > Lifting weight is a really good idea. I am doing a lot of legexcercises
over
> > the winter, and i have never been better on hills this season. You dont
need
> > a lot of reps, but a few (8-10) heavy reps to build up and train the
fast
> > twitch fibres. It will help you climp better, prepare you physically and mentally, keeps your
> > muscles and joints in a good and healthy shape. In order for a muscle (including the heart) to
> > increase strength, it must
be
> > gradually stressed by working against a load greater than it is used to.
>
> Yes, weight training can be good for riding. I've done it myself. But I admit to reading a fair
> amount of training material, and most of it recommends that your weight program slow and stop a
> few weeks before the riding season starts, if you're a 'serious' (ie. competitive) rider. While
> not everything the pros do is something that us normal riders should do, I figure that there's
> some grain of truth in there. During the leadup to the Tour de France, you're not going to see
> Lance Armstrong lifting weights. He's already done that as part of his winter fitness training. At
> this point, he starts riding mountains and racing his bike to train himself. The best training for
> riding your bike will always be riding your bike.
Off course, you will get better technical and get in better shape when riding, thats for sure. But
again, my experience with combined weightlift and cardiotraining did wonders for me, especially on
sprints and climps...
>Even if you never do anything else, you can make yourself into a helluva rider if you just ride
>your bike a lot. Joe Friel (in 'The Moutain Biker's Training Bible', I think, though he may have
>said it elsewhere) even says that there are a lot of training mistakes that can be made up for
>simply by riding your bike a lot.
Off course you can, but again, training is up to the individual. I see a huge progress on climps
after my winter workout in the gym. I dont lift weights in the racing season, theres no time, and
the rest takes to long. So now its all about riding.
> If you can go out and ride, go out and ride. Why would you want to stay in and lift
> weights anyway?
Because of stinking danish weather :-( And because I work in a gym... I also train my shoulders,
back, lower back and more to avoid injuries and avoid pain in those areas. So its not only my legs,
but that was the topic
Cya Peter