Originally Posted by
Campag4life
I am not sure what your point is. Most agree that ride a bike that doing interval training on the bike will make you faster. Hard to correlate that to any given non cycling related work out in the gym. I don't believe there are any exercises in a gym that would improve cycling like a complement of interval training and long distance riding. Interesting comment about your wife. My girlfriend is a slow cyclist and never out of the saddle. Me, a guy who does no core work...I am always out of the saddle and unlike the article, never have a problem with it. I am in fact more out of the saddle then my riding buddies I notice.
perhaps a great way to develop strength and power would be to actually increase strength and power through exercises like squats (back, front), and an oly lift or something like powercleans. these would not have to be done at very high weights, and could be used during the off season or to compliment training about 1-2 times a week. after a reasonable weight was attained, the reps could be increased to affect the aerobic capacity.
but again, eddy never did that so it must be dumb.