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Locked In Doc's avatar

Great stuff. Love what you put out. Regards. John. Stay locked in. Doc.

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Carla DiGirolamo, MD's avatar

Thank you for reading and for the kind words! :)

Carla DiGirolamo, MD's avatar

Thank you so much for your comment and for reading! That is absolutely awesome that you could translate your strength training into improved cycling performance. I think there is a lot of concern among endurance athletes that strength training will hurt their endurance performance. This just shows that when done thoughtfully, it's rather a performance enhancer!

Heather Hausenblas, PhD's avatar

Everyone focuses on going up. The gains are in going down. As always great info

Married...with consequences's avatar

I like to do eccentric variations of pushups, inverted/TRX rows, pull ups, squats...yet another variation to use when you want to switch things up, reduce the weight but maintain the challenge. Also, I have been focusing on strength building over the last several years after taking a break from my primary sport, competitive cycling. I am now as strong as ever on the bike and my return to racing has resulted in me being able to hang in a Mens Cat 3/40+ criterium this past weekend as I am about to turn 50 - I attribute this to the work I have put in the gym. I only ride 3-4 days a week now but I lift a minimum of 2 and I can clearly feel the difference.