Originally Posted by
hhnngg1
Core strength is also a friggin' joke for cycling (it's great for other things.) You do NOT need core strenght on the bike. What a bunch of bull this one is - if core strength training comes out of your mouth in making yourself a better cyclist, you have no clue what it takes to get better on the bike and your results will show it. Even that dreaded back pain from long rides has zero to do with core strength (you aren't stiffening any muscles for that position and certainly aren't using strength to maintain it) and everything to do with just acclimating to that position for long periods of time.
You were doing sort of okay until this part. While I'm not a fan of the overused terms "core strength" and "core training" what about it do you think is not beneficial? What muscles do you think are or are not involved in core strength? And what do you think acclimating is if not muscle adaptation?
The muscles that stabilize our trunk are very much involved in cycling and if they happen to be a limiting factor then working to improve that area is advisable.