Old 11-13-13 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by airfoil71
Great post.. As a personal trainer you here very little about the hamstrings which tie into the glutes. I found positioning on a tri-bike forces the glutes and hamstring to become a bigger part of the downward movement. Hence a squat and dead lift are great training moves.. Over all riding should improve through positioning on the bike and weight training with the glutes and hamstrings.. I have noticed that I get sore in the back of my legs when on the Tri-bike as compared to being sore in my quads after a hard session with my road bike. One legged squats and summo style dead lifts are the key to dramatic improvement to overall cycling. Again, enjoyed the post.
I vary my legwork to include squats of varying height and weight. I found that looking for weakness has helped. One saturday I squatted 785 to 20" 4 times or so then the following saturday was looking for weakspots and found that I had a 'hole' when squatting to 13". Amazingly 10 sets of 15 reps with 135 just about killed me for a week. The weakspot? The tie in from glute to hammy.
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