[QUOTE]Originally posted by Katanga-Man
[B]Thanks for your opinions. I don't really want to be huge
anyway but want to keep some chest, shoulders and arms
muscularity as I get better at cycling. Maybe I'll lose some
of it but that's fine as long as I get better aerobic
fitness in return.
What would you recommend as a good weighttraining/cycling
split routine? I have recently dropped to doing upper body
one once a week and can still maintain my strength. I have
been doing a lot more squat/leg work. KM (aka Steve)
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Quoted message said:Katanga-Man said:Anyone here a cyclist and a serious
weightrainer/bodybuilder too? I can bench press 110kg
for 10 reps and squat about 120 kg for ten.
Has
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:anyone won any competitions with a bigger physique
like mine? I way in at 16 stone 10lb's and I am 6 feet
2. Could someone like me get above Category 4 do you
reckon or do you think no way with all that upper
body
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:muscle mass? I struggle with hills sometimes I must
admit - not so
much
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:steep short ones but long gradual ones. What tips can
anyone lend me? Any URL's on this subject anyone knows
of? Much appreciate any opinions. KM
I'm just starting on the weights again after marathon
training. I'm still cycling 150+ miles a week (mainly
commuting, but can squat quite a bit (I don't want to turn
this into a p*ssing contest) I hate to tell you this but
your not huge in the weight training sense, even thgouh
you're a lot bigger than most cyclists (I'm 5' 8" 14 stone
5lbs). The important thing is to keep getting the miles
in, and make sure you don't neglect the aerobic training
in preference to the weights. If you really wnat to keep
liftng heavy then sprinting is for you (try track riding,
over in a few seconds) and don't even think of a TT :-),
as long as you can keep in a bunch you should be able to
outsprint most people (I seem to rememebr Djamolidine
Abdoujaparov wasn't exactly a small bloke) However if you
want to get good at distance cycling, you'll end uplosing
the mass as you won't have time to lift any more :-(
Bryan
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It really depends on what you want to do. I virtually stopped doing any weights when I was marathon training, and now regret it, when I start training for the next one I won't :-) cycling doesn#t work the upper body significantly, the way lifting does, so you should not suffer from over training. Personally I prefer sticking to compunfd exercises anyway (becnh, pull ups and dips), rather than isolation exercises, and feel that hese give a much nbetter balance. Even when trying to improve my lifting I only tend to train 2 times a week. As for legs I can testify that trying to cycle to work 25 miles the day after a heavy sqaut session isn't much fun :-) Again with legs I tend to go for compound exercises, but do sets of 20 rather than 10 (you have to knock the weight down to do them properly, and they HURT). Make sure that you do full squats (hips level with knees) this will also mean you have to droip the weight initially, but you work the whole length of the muscle, and this really helps when on the drops! As well as squats, do deadlifts! I seem to remember reading in a weight training book some time ago about an Aussie sprinter who squated over twice his body weight for sets, so both you and I have some way to go yet :-)
I'm never going to make a racing cyuclist, but I'm content with catching up with most people I see on my ride to work, and I only get overtaken by a few very fast roadies. I just do too many different things, rugby season starts in 3 months, so I've got to get stronger for that, then marathon training starts a month after that, so anything after October will be maintainence only.
Just rememer to enjoy what you do, get a hrm, if you want to check on your aerobic performace (and use it properly), and listen to your body, and stop when it says to.
Bryan
