Originally Posted by
SamDaBikinMan
No. Lifting does improve cycling. A lot if done right. My heyday in MTB racing was when I could lift the most weight. As I have relaxed my lifting my speeds and climbing power have dropped. Comparatively, I could squat over 500 back then, now I don't go over about 325 and at the end of a power cycles could possibly max out around 365-385.
Yes. It does help prevent problems associated with imbalances.
Cite a study showing that. All the latest studies say weight lifting does nothing to help performance, execpt for track type sprinting