Originally Posted by
work4bike
You need to lift heavy or else...Mother Nature will take it from you
The article makes other good points, besides what I quoted below. The heavier you lift the easier cycling at a given wattage becomes easier. In other words, not only will you be able to kick out more wattage, but if you ride around at a given wattage, that will now be easier.
https://nutrabio.com/blogs/endurelit...20six%20sets**
I have no reason to doubt this and did quickly read the blog. And this very small "study" , and more precisely the conclusions, were of dubious value to me. For one, the control group, as I understand it, was endurance athletes doing their training only vs endurance plus heavy lifting. There was no mention of heavy vs light so any conclusions there are speculation.
Next, the statment of "never go more than 72 hours....." maybe that is observation or tradition but I am not sure how his claim of strength loss was arrived at.
Also, his assertation that if you can do 2 reps of a given weight, you need to increase. That seems, to me, a recipe for injury.
So that is why reading these kinds of Gym Bro articles is entertaining, it does not really prove anything. I watch videos from Dylan Johnson who backs up every idea with citations from academic literature. That is how I was trained in real life and I think you have to apply that to athletic training as well