I lift, but I don't know what my 1RM is. The phase I am in right now is geared towards muscle hypotrophy(building new muscle tissue). It is mainly high reps, at effort 7 of 10(burn,but not fatigue or failure). In 3 weeks I'll start into teh strength phase, which is more sets of less reps, and effort 9 of 10, which is fatigue point. On the side I have cross-training(mostly running, but I'm going to get some skates) and lots of bike riding. My ultimate goal is bike racing, but I'd like to do some triathlons also, so my training is geared towards a good power-to weight ratio.
I definetly agree that weight lifting is beneficial to cycling,I feel ten times better on the bike when I lift.
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