Originally Posted by
StanSeven
Originally Posted by
Carbon Unit
There are probably few if any competitive athletes that don't do some form of resistance training. In the past boxers were told not to lift weight. Now they all lift. Lance Armstrong lifted as part of his cycling training.
There are lots of threads on this subject but no one yet posted any studies showing weight lifting definitely improve cycling performance. What evidence does show is most athletes do use weight training for overall fitness and reduce injuries. Lance Armstrong used weight training in the off season and occasionally uses weights to maintain balance while training.
Is there any studies that show that weight training has no effect or a negative affect on cycling? The athletes that win the most in sports in general all lift. Swimmers, runners and boxers lift and they benefit from it. The conventional wisdom of 50 years ago was to tell athletes not to lift but athletes that were lifting were beating those that didn't. Every sport requires different training but all athletes benfit ftom being stonger.