Originally Posted by
ofajen
My solution this winter was to transition to running and strength training. I did my first ride in two months today and it went surprisingly well. I didn’t have any issues of not having the necessary strength to manage on my single speed bike. In fact, I was able to comfortably stay in the saddle on some steeper hills that I would typically stand on. I attribute that to strength training all winter even though it was targeted to support running. I suspect the benefits overlap a lot.
Otto
Only thing is that the muscles' nerve stimulus and muscular range of motion is different whether running or cycling. So it's not quite the same. That said, I've ridden with some fast climbers who ran more than they rode. They had a tendency to be faster out of the saddle which makes sense. Buy yeah, for me strength training all winter is really important. How did you target running with your strength work?