Originally Posted by
jethro56
In my limited experience (second season) trying to add muscle mass while trying to lose weight is difficult in the extreme. Over the winter I cut way back on cardio work and concentrated on building strength.
Unless you are training to be a track sprinter I can't think of a good reason for a cyclist to focus on building muscle mass. Road cycling is overwhelmingly an aerobic activity, lack of muscle mass is almost never the limiting factor. Look at
Bradley Wiggins.
He is 6'3", he weighs 69kilos/150lbs, his legs are like matchsticks and he has a shot at winning the Tour de France this year. In order to turn himself into a contender he lost ten kilos, a d since he was already a gold medallist on the track I think we can be certain that not much of it was fat. Lighter and skinnier is faster.