Originally Posted by HDTVKSS
"as you increase muscle mass - hypertrophy (increased muscle cross sectional area) which occurs from weight training and provides a true increase in strength (as opposed to neuromuscular adaptations), there will be a decrease in muscle capillary density and muscle mitochondrial density, which will both mean a decrease in aerobic and anaerobic performance. you will also have more weight to lug uphill with no corresponding increase in power, and this will make you slower all-round"
Rick,
Ive been following thes thread quite closley and so far its pretty interesting. How Quantifiable are the differences?? can somone give a percentage? a time difference? or some other real world value?
you can't give differences here because it will differ for different ability levels, and different terrain
Another thing is you refer to " a trained rider" at what point is a rider considered trained as opposed to untrained?? again is this able to measured in the real world or is it based on somones oppinion
within the reseacrh "trained" does vary a little, but generally refers to at least a low level of racing or similar ability, i.e., 4th category (or if you don't race -- you'd be trained if you could keep up with 4th cats).
of course though, if you race track sprint (e.g., 200-m, 500-m TT, 1-km TT, etc) then weights are good for you
ric