Well I won't try to destroy anything but the typical questions come up:SolarEnergy said:...Would anyone volunteer to destroy this study result?...
- Population of study: Only 13 athletes completed the study with 8 in the intervention group and 5 in the control group.
- The intervention group added the weight training to their normal endurance training and 'normal endurance training' wasn't defined in time or intensity terms
- The control group continued with their 'normal endurance training' again undefined in time or intensity terms.
IOW, the intervention group trained more each week while the control group trained less. Seems to me the question is whether the two groups when training for the same total weekly time but with different methods would have progressed similarly or differently. Sure if you go the gym while I sit on the couch I'd expect some additional benefit from your efforts. But if you lift weights while I do intervals then what?
Who knows they may have come across the reasons for weights (no increase in VO2 Max or any other parameters except their defined CE which is different than GME). But given that most cyclists are workout time and or recovery limited I've got to question the validity of the intervention group simply doing more weekly work while the control group rested.
-Dave