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02-11-26 | 10:51 AM
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The only other change since Thanksgiving was adding in more strength workouts, specifically squats and lunges. I was inspired to increase my strength workouts from this paper:
Louis et al, Strength training improves cycling efficiency in master endurance athletes, Eur J Appl Physiol (2012)
. Not a huge group size, but the results were remarkable.
That's a nice improvement in delta efficiency. What happened to their performance? Delta efficiency is good but were they faster, or did they have more endurance?
Race cars are inefficient, but fast.
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