Originally Posted by Koffee Brown
Regardless, I still understand your premise, but I don't agree, Ric. I also know you said the coaches are changing their training styles based on the research you and yours are doing, but I haven't seen any mention of your research
Koffee
Do a Pub-Med search the evidence is there for all to see, i.e., no evidence for improved performance in trained endurance (as opposed to track sprint) cyclists, improvements with weights or any exercise in non trained cyclists.
alternatively, read this thread,
http://www.cyclingforums.com/t126133.html or similar ones on that forum. there's even a Carmichael coach there (on one of the threads) although he isn't able to demonstrate or provide evidence that weights are beneficial in trained cyclists.
ric