Originally Posted by TurboTurtle

Pushing big gears will help you to push big gears better. Is that what you want? What do you mean by 'more power in your legs'? Short efforts? Long climbs? Here is a summary of why big gears don't work from a post on another forum. - TF

btw - Why would you not use your PT???

"The low cadence drills to build strength are not going to help a normal road cyclist more than doing them at a normal cadence because:

- If increasing muscle strength is your only goal for this training session, go to the gym and do weights. Doing a thousand alternate-one-leg presses at very low weight isn’t going to do it.

- Road cycling is not a strength-limiting sport. You can have all the strength in the world and you are not going to go faster if you do not have the engine (energy supply systems) to support it. Hill climbing at a ‘normal’ cadence will provide all the strength the engine can use.


- Muscle strength and muscle contraction speed are not separable. When the muscles adapt to stress, they adapt to both. Building strength at one cadence does not necessarily mean strength at a very different cadence.

- Specificity: You are better off training the complete package (strength, contraction speed, technique, etc.) the same way as you are actually going to use it."