Sprint Cycling Training

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to this forum and just want a bit of advice to get my training going in the right direction. My 'fitness history' has largely stemmed from rowing at University, but after completing my degree I have decided to focus my attention towards cycling. The recent track cyling in the Olympics has also given me incentive to begin a more intense training schedule.

I was wondering if anyone had any know-how as to what kind of training these guys do, e.g. Chris Hoy. I've been training with weights for 3 years now and developed some good muscle size and I just feel I could transfer this explosive strength to this type of cycling. Is a lot of the work done in the weights room for this short distance of cycing? I heard that some of these cyclists can squat over 200KG! I'm apologise if I appear rather naive on this topic, but any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Chris M

 

[ric_stern/RST]

Hi Guys,

I'm new to this forum and just want a bit of advice to get my training going in the right direction. My 'fitness history' has largely stemmed from rowing at University, but after completing my degree I have decided to focus my attention towards cycling. The recent track cyling in the Olympics has also given me incentive to begin a more intense training schedule.

I was wondering if anyone had any know-how as to what kind of training these guys do, e.g. Chris Hoy. I've been training with weights for 3 years now and developed some good muscle size and I just feel I could transfer this explosive strength to this type of cycling. Is a lot of the work done in the weights room for this short distance of cycing? I heard that some of these cyclists can squat over 200KG! I'm apologise if I appear rather naive on this topic, but any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Chris M

Yes, for the kilo, 500-m (female cyclists), keirin, 200-m match sprints, and other track sprint events, strength/weight work is very important. of course, a lot of work also needs to be done on the bike as well.

having coached some of these riders (i.e., world class track sprinters) i've a fair idea of what's required!! Unfortunately, a lot of the training required is pretty specialised, and there's little to no track sprint specific training available on the web.

presumably, if you were rowing (and admittedly i know very little about rowing) the events *seem* to last around 6-minutes or so. This would be more akin to a track pursuiter (an endurance event of 4 to 5+ mins) rather than the track sprint events (~ 60+ secs). if you do/did much shorter rowing events then the track sprint maybe more suitable for you. additionally, depending on where you're located we'd (RST) be able to test you, which may give an indication of where your talents may be placed (e.g. sprint/endurance/etc)

ric