Originally Posted by CyclingBK

Im interested in this topic since I’m 52 and will be facing this challenge soon.

I had been riding every other day for 1.5 years, had got into intervals recently, and made some great progress.

However, due to family circumstances, I have been off the bike since late August.

In the meantime, I have been strength training every other day and doing a pretty intense 45-minute , HIIT kickboxing cardio workout every other day.

Im hoping to get back to riding regularly in the next month but then the NE winter will be upon us.

So, I’m anticipating a massive loss of bike strength gains, I hope not to lose all of them. But, my cardio should still be decent and along with my leg work in strength training, hoping to recover reasonably as best I can.