Originally Posted by
BTinNYC
I'm sure less weight and more reps are not going to reduce your endurance, but the proven way to build cycling endurance is long duration rides, about twice a week. Every 2 weeks add 20 minutes to your long rides. BTW, my idea of endurance is a century, nothing ultra.
Strength training has also been found to increase aerobic endurance. In one study,
adding strength training to cross country skiers increased time to exhaustion by 20.5%.
In another study,
strength training increased lactate threshold by 12%.
This study of college women found that a
low resistance/high repetition exercise produced a larger gain in endurance than either high resistance/low repetition or medium resistance/medium repetition exercise.