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I could say that if it were just one cyclist to another, and they were counselling each other. But Robbie Ventura is also a coach with the USA Cycling organization, and he has quite a successful coaching program here, so I don't think he does all sorts of things that are downright stupid that people copy.

I also never said that endurance is increased from weight lifting. I do believe there is an increase in performance, but I know that endurance is not at all influenced in and of itself by strength training. If that were so, I'd never get on a bike- I'd just go to the gym and lift weights!

Having said that, I did do the search on Pub Med, and so far, this is what I've seen:

It looks to me like this article promotes strength training in combination with endurance training.

Although soccer (or football, as you know it) can be seen as an endurance event where players sometimes use high intensity power moves, I still see here that the scientists conclude that with strength training, there is definitely less of a tendency for soccer players to fatigue as quickly during events.

I also read the studies where they used strength training and cardiovascular training vs. only cardiovascular training (and the control with neither) for elderly patients. I did not really feel that this pertained to what we were talking about specifically, but even in those studies, the authors suggested that cardiovascular activity and strength training lead to less fatigue and higher performance overall than the cardiovascular only and the control group.

I did see one study here:

This study is about as close to what you seem to be saying, but they don't take into account anything about strength training with following a fitness training program, so it's difficult to comment on how the weight training would have impacted the author's intent. Besides, I do know that what that author says is correct, and I agree with what he's saying. I'm sure most people would agree with what they said.

I've read through 8 pages on Pub Med for weights and endurance performance, and I haven't seen anything suggesting that there's absolutely no need to weight train. I tried again to look for any articles under your name, but I still haven't found anything out there. I did check out your forums, and it looks as though the other advisors contradict what you counsel.

Maybe we should agree to disagree? Unless you have some studies here for all of us to read? I think it's difficult to wrap your mind around something if there isn't anything there to tell us otherwise. I just haven't seen it. I've checked through my books by Dr. Ed Burke, Dr. Tudor Bompa, Dr. Joe Signorelie, USA Cycling books given to all their coaches, and consulted studies with Dr. Len Kravitz, and so far, I haven't seen anyone yet who hasn't suggested a strength training program, although they all have stressed to look at the type of activity (ie endurance dominated activity vs. power dominated activity) to determine what type of weight training they would do. Again, I do not say that endurance, aerobic activity, VO2 max, etc. is increased by weight training- that comes from doing cardiovascular activities in a solid, periodized program, but I do believe that to prevent injuries, to train the muscles to fire up faster, for neuromuscular adaptation and increased muscular strength, it is necessary to strength train.

To Robbie's credit, he did say that once the off season ends and they get back out there, they pretty much focus on the cardiovascular component and ride until their legs are just punished, then race (of course, all planned for how many times they will peak over the season). Then after they finish racing, he said they take a little time off, then hit the gym again. He also stressed concern for weight lifting to prevent injuries once they get into the cardiovascular portion of the training season. So he totally had some agreement with you there.

Koffee

Ric Stern

and? lots of coaches promote old wives tales. doesn't mean they are correct? i'm sure if robbie wants to come here or any other forum, he can discuss it with me.

i don't recall saying that endurance is or isn't increased from weights. i said endurance cycling performance. however, it - endurance (as i have pointed out) is increased with weights in untrained/low fitness groups.

none of these pertain to cycling. basketball, football and the elderly aren't cyclists. in this instance you can't compare to a different modality with those studies. there is research to show that weights may help running, due to improved economy, see Millet (can't recall the year off hand). but the point is, we're talking about cycling.

you're unlikely to find such an article. however, if you do a search on pub med for cycling and weights (and there are studies) you won't find an increase in performance in trained cyclists. nor would you expect to. when you look at first principles, as i've continually pointed out, there'd be little reason for a scientist to do such a study.

you've misunderstood, i don't have a weight training paper out now, it's still being written. i've never said it's in print.

my forums? not sure where you mean. however, others have exactly the same opinion as me, e.g., see Andrew Coggan (if you don't know who he is do a Pub Med search on Coggan, A. R). there maybe some who have disagreed on e.g., cyclingnews, but when explained and shown the data they agree.

i've explained why and shown the data, either here or elsewhere. briefly, again
1) the forces in elite pro cycling (and therefore everything below it) are really low. For e.g., to climb Alp d'Huez at the same power as LA, you'd need to be able to generate about 250 Newtons between *both* legs (~ 25 kg). I don't know anyone who can't generate 25 kg

2) maintaining these forces is the difficulty -- this is a measure of your aerobic ability, i.e., your VO2max and LT. These are trained, in the elite trained/elite/pro by on the bike training *ONLY*. they can't be trained anyother way. It's to do with convective O2 delivery. It's the reason why taking Epo makes you faster immediately -- you haven't become stronger - you have more blood and hence oxygen to shift around

3) it's well known and understood, that weights increase strength -- either through increases in muscle cross sectional area (resulting in you weighing more) but increases peak (sprint) power output or through neuromuscular adaptations -- but these adaptations only occur at the specific joint angle and velocity at which they're trained (the rule of specificity). increased cross sectional area, results in a decrease in muscle mitochondria and capillary density - decreasing or limiting VO2max

https://www.cyclingnews.com/fitness/?id=strengthstern for some studies/article

that's what it means, when you increase cycling performance. thus if VO2max, LT, etc aren't increased then there's no increase in performance.

although this is often quoted there's not a whole lot of evidence to support it. i've been coaching since 1990, and 99% of the injuries i've seen in TT1 to recreational level are 1) from crashes that weights wouldn't help, or 2) from uncoached people rapidly increasing training levels in a haphazard way. even in the masters athletes i coach i see no injuries that would be prevented by weights

why would you need muscles to "fire" faster for cycling? increased muscular strength -- well of course weights increase that. why wouldn't they. i've never suggested otherwise -- just asked why would you need stronger muscles for endurance cycling performance (you don't)

ric

Vitamin X

No it won't be at the expense of your aerobic system. It supplements it. Fact.



I have actually seen Lance Armstrong w/ my own eyes lift weights, I guess you could call him a pretty good endurance rider, lol...


Again wrong & way off the mark. Muscle mass is all about how many calories you consume. Bodybuilders have alot of mass due to the disgusting amount of calories they consume per day (5000+, 7000+, w/very little cardio). If you don't consume the adequate amount of food/calories into your body, you can't gain muscle mass, its as simple as that.

I started lifting heavy weights 2 years ago weighing 158lbs, at 6'0 tall. I'm currently 149lbs and able to lift over 3x my own bodyweight which in turn took 40 mins off my century rides.

Bruce Lee weighed 150lbs at 5'8 before he started lifting weights at 20 years old. When he started filming Enter The Dragon (25+) he was lifting heavier than ever and was stronger than ever, he weighed 130lbs.

Weights don't increase muscle mass. Weights only increase muscle mass when your consuming more calories than what your burning. How can you grow when you aren't giving your body the amount of nutrients it needs for the muscle to grow.

So to conclude... Weight training INCREASES bodyweight-power ratio. WHY. Because Weights have made me and the likes of Bruce Lee 10x stronger BUT at the same time alot lighter in bodyweight. This is what every cyclist should be training for and what Lance Armstrong trains for. Simple as that.


Weights increase endurance, no $hit, a fact I have read many times from bodies very high in athlete development. No, endurance isn't just increased w/ weights in untrained/low fitness groups, the reason that is said is because of the adaptations of the body & CNS develop over time to lifting heavy weights. Simple put, the stronger your legs, the more force you can apply to the pedals which in turn = more speed (power) over time. All your talking about is strength endurance, which is developed by putting miles into your legs on the bike but then again, Weights increases this quality too...



Go back up fella & just read what I have written about about mass.


Your 10 years behind the times. The days of just riding thousands of miles are long gone.

why would you need stronger muscles for endurance cycling performance****************************************??...

10 years fella, 10 years.

Vitamin X

Also, Just to further my argument for the use of weights in cycling.

You wouldn't have happened to see the two back-to-back world cup races where there was two consecutive showdowns at the end of both stages between Davide Rebellin (ITA) Gerolsteiner & Michael Boogerd (NED) Rabobank???.... I think one of the races was the Amstel Race (NED) & forgot the other.

On both occassions Rebellin was able to dispatch Boogerd with absolute ease, yes and I'm talking about the uphill finish too on one of the stages. Now go back and look over them races. Look at the definition and muscle/muscle tone in Rebellin's legs compared to the stick thin "I don't use weights thus I don't have the strength to compete w/ Rebellin" Boogerd.

Simply put, All we saw was Rebellin put the hard work in the gym, gain masses of strength, thus had the strength to blow Boogerd out of the back door when he needed it the most.

Again, The days of riding thousands of miles per season are over.

Ric Stern

provide a single solitary fact for a trained cyclist. i dare you, i double dare you!



and? so what. there's lots of pros who take drugs, following on from your point, you could logically say you should take drugs to be better, because pro xyz does (i'm not suggesting that LA takes drugs just extending the discussion point). or, i know some really crappy cyclists that do weights -- therefore they must make you really bad. in other words, we don't know whether he's good because or in spite of his training.


what are you talking about?

try reading what i wrote

and? i've already mentioned neuromuscular adaptations

Lol! this is funny stuff


weights do not increase endurance in trained cyclists. period. full stop. i triple dare you to provide some solid evidence of such in trained cyclists.

of course, you're right - weight training makes you stronger and allows you to generate more force -- i don't disagree with you on that point. however, you need to take the time to look at the forces that need to be generated in elite pro cycling. virtually anyone can generate them. Around 250 Newtons to win up Alpe d'Huez (that's around 25 kg, between both legs)



i did and it was drivel

who said anything about thousands of miles? although if you're gonna race you gotta do thousands of miles

LMAO!

ric

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Stern, I did the research on Pub med exactly as you asked using the search terms specified. If I brought up other sports, it's because YOU were the one that specified the search terms. I did what you asked, and I am aware that these sports are NOT cycling, but sifted through the results to find some evidence of what you said.

Regardless of what you say, I read the forums you actively participate in, and you keep directing me back to your article, which I've already read. Of course, you are going to tout what you believe, so what does that show me? And when I read the other articles written by your peers, they seemed to indicate the opposite of what you believed.

As far as Robbie is concerned, there's nothing there that suggests you are any more valid than he is- you're writing an article that hasn't been published, no one I've spoken to has heard of you, and I haven't been able to find any information about your studies that you claim all the coaches are relying on to structure their training programs.

I don't disagree with your assessment that without an increase in VO2 max and lactate threshold, there will be no way to increase performance. Definitely the cardiovascular is the key to performance. With a low VO2 max and with a low lactate threshold, you couldn't get much done. That's not what I'm talking about.


No matter- I am going the route of the recognized authorities on this subject. No doubt you believe you are right, but I just don't view you as credible. I haven't talked to anyone yet in the cycling industry that hasn't said the opposite of what you claim (not necessary to weight train). Spout out your statistics, dog and pony your one article, whatever. At the end of the day, I still don't think your thinking is correct. If it were, not only would people be doing what you propose, you'd probably be one of those coaches out there training the professionals. If you're training such professionals, who are they? What is their progress? How long have they been working with you?

I don't say I'm like the greatest coach ever- that's why I go to conventions and seminars- I expect the professionals to help me decide what will work for me, then I take it back home. I expect that if you are the professional you claim to be, you would certainly 1) not discount the many professionals who have much more authority on the subject as you have with folks I mentioned such as Ed Burke and Tudor Bompa and 2) provide more of a compelling argument than showing us an article that you wrote, and talk about a paper that is not in existance. Had you been at one of my seminars, I would say you were lacking in research and not counted on your article as worth pursuing. I just don't see the compelling evidence you've offered, and it seems as though you just seem to be saying the same thing over and over. Perhaps once you publish this paper you're working on, we can resurrect this thread and do some discussion? Or I suppose you will be at one of the seminars held here in the USA for cycling coaches and fitness professionals so that I can see your research up close and listen to what you are saying? I assume you plan to back up what you are saying as other professionals have done and are currently doing.

I guess we will just disagree on things. Drop me a PM when that paper gets published.

Koffee

Vitamin X

Ric, I will reply to your latest post some other time.

Again following on from my last post about Davide Rebellin and how his weight training affected the outcome of his races.

Did you watch the Giro this year???... Who was the overall winner???... I'll tell you, Damiano Cunego (ITA) Saeco. He came 2+ minutes ahead of the competetion.

I was wandering if you happened to spot the muscle development in his legs (Compared to his competitors). In particular his Hamstrings. I was looking at a guy who I know through experience lifts weights. Again, no amount of cycling training cannot produce that sort of development in the legs through bike resistance alone, Impossible. It can only be produced by doing such exercises like Snatch Grip Deadlifts, RDL's, Good-Mornings, etc etc and going heavy on them<<< Exercises that hit the posterior chain (Glutes, Hams, Hip Flexors etc).

The result, well he worked the hardest in the gym, had the most strength in his legs and was able to despatch his weaker competitors including the specialist mountain goats that had less bodyweight than himself. But the in the end, his superior leg strength won (even in the mountains). Again, a quality that cannot be produced through just bike resistance.

Could I please have you opinion on these posts...

Back soon...

Murrays

Your evidence is anecdotal IMHO and doesn’t prove anything. Did Cunego win because of weight training or despite weight training? Do you honestly think he was the only one hitting the weights? Or Lance? Or Rebellin?

Does Tyler Hamilton have the excessive leg strength you find so valuable? How about Mayo? Betinni? They’ve had pretty good results this year.

Mind you, I’m not saying you’re wrong; I don’t have the knowledge or experience to contradict you, but the evidence you site is little more than saying it rained after you did a little dance


Just found this article and thought it was interesting:

https://www.cptips.com/weights.htm

-murray

Vitamin X

This will probably be my last post on this subject, far too time consuming. If people who view these forums sway one way or another to what advice/path they want to take, good luck to them, I hope they become the next big Tour winner.

[QUOTE=Ric Stern]

Just have. Look through my most recent posts. What your saying is... "weights *will* increase peak power (that's 5-sec all-out efforts), however, it will be at the expense of your aerobic system".

Right, So if I put 100 miles into my legs, the day after I have a recovery day, then after my recovery day I'm going lift weights, what your saying is... It will be at the expense or deteriate my areobic system in someway. What happens during that time???... Do my lungs shrink, heart become weaker & VO2 max diminish within the space of the day just because I lifted a weight from the floor or placed a barbell on the back of my shoulders and squatted it???..., lol...



Yes I know alot of athletes take drugs. But I'm talking about the Great Lance Armstrong who Squats, does Plyometrics etc religiously and who has been tested hundreds of times and been shown to be negative. I ain't talking about the other fools who take EPO. Strictly Lance Armstrong, remember, negative. Of course your going to know cyclists that weight train that can't cut it. Bloody hell, you need more than strength. You need more than VO2 max. You need more than great strength endurance. First and foremost like most sports, you need a great genetic makeup then build from there. You ain't got that to start with, your pretty much just another average joe. You could be Lance Armstrongs twin brother with the exact training program, you ain't gonna beat him in the Tour. I have friends who are absolute *****s and are semi pro cyclists that couldn't be in a tour regardless of the endless amount of training time they have. They just weren't made for cycling.



I can't really explain it any more clearer. Right. Bodybuilders or ANYONE trying to gain muscle mass either through increases in muscle cross sectional area (resulting in you weighing more) as you correctly point out HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT there Weight Training (bodybuilders) religioulsy with conuming endless & obsurd amounts of food/calories to gain that muscle mass. Without all that food, they will not gain that mass. If you don't want mass to develop but still see an increase in strength you simply reverse it.



It ain't that funny. A loss in weight and an increasement in strength = A better Bodyweight-Power Ratio. Everyone should enjoy this fact, it will make you a quicker cyclist, sprinter, runner etc.



Why haven't you gone out and done the reasearch yourself and done trial & error. You don't just sit in front of a computer do you reading up on this study and that study. Ohhh some Russsian here, Some German there, saying 'Ohhhhh nooooooo, Weights don't improve cycling performance, stay away. Then your sold, right????..., lol....

If you and I was to be handed two athletes with the same genetic make-up, you advised him to train solely cycling, and I was to advice my athlete into an intense weight program to supplement his cycling training, then simply, there is going to be only one winner. And no, my athlete won't see a increase in bodyweight just because he lifted a weight, he will have a superior strength to bodyweight ratio which means your man is out of the back door. You believe weights increase strength on the bike for a very limied amount of time (5 seconds), very wrong indeed, its very much over excessive amounts of time.


ric, I ain't going to advise or tell you how to train your guys. If you believe you know best, then that is how it is. But I hope your guys never come up against a Davide Rebellin, a Damiano Cunego or Lance Armstrong that spend alot of time in the gym, because there not going to reach there full potential and if you believe your guys will beat these sort of guys that train alot harder than your average Tour rider, your pretty much mistaken.




No Tyler Hamilton doesn't have excessive leg strength, BELIEVE ME. We saw what happened to him in the tour, he couldn't keep up with the big boys. Mayo<<< Got blown away, doesn't lift. Bettini lifts and we saw the benefits in the World Cup stages by finishing second to guess who Davide Rebellin. Guys who don't lift like Michael Boogerd will never ever beat them guys, trust me, never ever...

Keep Rockin' in the Free World...

Murrays

Well now, that's the solid evidence I was looking for! Thanks for clearing that up for me

Clearly Tyler Hamilton and Iban Mayo can't "keep up with the big boys" . Perhaps you've spent a bit too much time in the gym.


(now I know the value of your comments )

-murray

Ric Stern

Brown, i'm pretty sure i said weights and endurance cycling performance, if i didn't then i'm sorry, but i thought as that's what we're talking about...

and as i said we have presented the same discussion to others on possibly some of those forums, and as there is no evidence to support their counter view we can persuade them!

i guess it would depend on who you talk to? strange that no one has heard of me, after all i do a column at cyclingnews.com for the last couple years, have articles in cycling magazines, research in can. j applied physiology, articles in newspapers, work with a couple of bike (related) companies on consulting projects, did some work with polar during the TdF. additionally, if you ask people at USA Cycling some will know me/of me.

so, what *are* you talking about, because i've been talking about endurance cycling performance in trained/well trained/elite cyclists?

right, go to Pub-Med and do a search for Coggan, A. you will see a stack load of research by Andy, who is a leading exercise physiologist, and advisor/consultant (or some other similar term) to USA Cycling, as well as an elite masters racer. The citations that come up at Pub-Med for Andy is impressive.

Now, go to either www.cyclingforums.com or rec.bicycles.racing or rec.sport.triathlon and do a search for Coggan, weight training or strength training (or similarly related terms).

Andy is my co-author on my 'imaginery' paper that i'm writing! you could always try contacting him (possibly, i haven't checked to see if that's ok!).

You could also look at coaching work by people such as Peter Keen, who doesn't believe in weights for endurance cycling performance either. In case you're not aware PK was the coach for Chris Boardman and is a leading coach.

you can think what you like!

people are sometimes stuck in their ways, or believe old wives tales, because everyone said you should do it, or someone did and they were better than you (etc). the purpose of our paper and my "one" article is to challenge the long held view that weights is good (it's not a new idea at all weight training for cycling, and was proposed way before either of us were born, assuming that you're not something like a 100 y old!).

training with professionals? do you mean professional coaches, or professional cyclists? either way i do both. who they are, and their progress is in some instances confidential data and i see no reason to break such confidences. however, i consult and coach at TT1 down to recreational level


with all due respect to Ed Burke, and as much as i liked his work, i don't believe that he was an expert in this particular area. still, nonetheless, where someone does have a greater understanding of an area that i need help in/interested in/work in then i'm all ears

and what was wrong with the article? like you've presented *any* data on topic!

had i been presenting at a seminar, rather than writing for a magazine type publication it would have been presented differently, still, citations were provided

and, as i've repeatedly, said, from first principles you can calculate the forces required at the pedals and by knowing the very simple fact that an increase in contractile proteins decreases aerobic machinery in trained people, it becomes more obvious about what is happening and that weight training won't increase endurance cycling performance in trained etc cyclists

that i can't help if you don't understand exercise physiology.

why do you assume i'm in the USA, can you not read my location under my name?

as i said, myself and AC are writing a paper for a peer reviewed journal.

ric

Ric Stern

not sure if you're trolling, but anyway... why would you expect a physiological change in one session? it's not likely that you'll increase sprint in one weight work out either.

the changes that happen are chronic, rather than acute. as you weight train you either gain mass and become stronger or you stay the same size and become stronger. the first part is an increase in muscle cross sectional area -- this transfer to a different modality to that which you trained, but not the same magnitude of increase. however, in terms of aerobic decreases, you will now have a lowered mitochondrial and capillary density which will adversely affect for e.g., O2 unloading at the venous end of the capillaries

on the other hand, the latter gains (no size increases) are neuromuscular in nature, and these adaptations only occur at the specific joint angle and velocity at which they're trained. if another exercise modality is done that isn't the same joint angle and velocity then they're ain't no transfer

i don't disagree but what has this got to do with weight training and ECP?



as pointed out above, if there's no increase in MCSA then the gains are neuromuscular in nature



i believe you're confusing power and strength, these are different metrics. Of course, a better power to mass ratio is important



as a sports scientist, you look at previous research, arrive at a hypothesis and alternate hypothesis that you wish to test and develop an experimental design to test the hypotheses.

thanks, that was easy enough for you to decide on me as the winner.


as i said, find me a piece of evidence that shows that weight training increases ECP in trained/well-trained/elite cyclists. Put up or shut up, i believe is the expression!


ric

Ric Stern

so, are you saying that bodybuilders would be better cyclists than cyclists themselves?


superior leg strength (even in the mountains): unfortunately, this is power output and not strength related, it's the basis of this discussion. strength, is clearly, and well defined for many, many years as the maximal force or tension a muscle or group of muscles can generate. If someone climbing a pass in the Dolomites or wherever was at their maximum while riding the pass, then by golly they'd be weak! The forces required for a rider of LA's size (bigger and therefore more force required than Cunego) would be about 250 Newtons (as i've repeatedly pointed out), between both legs. That's approximately 25 kg between both legs. anyone (practically) can generate that. sustaining it for the period of time up the pass, is an entirely different matter. that's a cardiovascular and metabolic issue (i.e., related to VO2max, LT). we *know* (and so do you) that this is true, because if we assume that a pro is riding undoped up that pass, and then we dope him with rH-Epo their power output will significantly increase. there's been no change in strength. there has however, been an increase in convective O2 delivery which is the main limiting factor in ECP.

this is funny! why if you think i'm talking rubbish are you so interested in my reply?

ric

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Let's get rid of the easy ones.

First of all, I do know you're not based in the USA. But I guess you assume that people who live outside of the USA don't lecture within the USA. I guess that's why you're not too well known here.

Again, I'll wait for the paper. I do not at all think it's imagined. I merely said I would wait for the paper. In the paper, I'm sure the research you talk about will support what you're talking about here. I thought taking the open minded approach would work with you. Obviously, it just made you defensive. Sorry.

I understand exercise physiology. I think you have the problems, because you totally disregard the meaning of what people are discussing to push your beliefs through. You did give me the exact subject matter to review on Pub med. I copied and pasted your words straight off the page and did the research, then presented it. But you insist on feigning ignorance with regards as to the point of what I'm saying. I have never disagreed with what you say about weight training not affecting endurance. Yet for some reason, it's like you argue against the very statements you state when I say I agree with this, but also talk about weight training for other aspects of cycling. If you don't agree, rather then state why not, you always bring it back to endurance being unaffected by weight training. I already said that it does not. Why do you continue to bring back something I am not arguing against?

I suppose you could argue confidentiality about who your clients are. I've never heard of any athletes who don't want people to know who they're training with. Even Lance Armstrong said he worked with Dr. Ferrari and was not hiding that fact, despite the problems and negative stigmas associated with Dr. Ferrari... I suppose athletes you work with must have a good reason as to why they would rather not want you to publicly state you are working with them.

Sorry, but I'm just about tapped out on doing Pub med searches. So I guess we'll agree to disagree, just as I stated many posts ago. Methinks you just really like to argue... so go on ahead. I guess I'm just all tapped out and let us know when you've got that paper published. I'd like to see what your research is exactly and how you came about your results.

In case you misinterpret the above paragraph, it's just a statement. Imagine a woman's voice stating this paragraph in a calm, nochalant, not a care in the world manner. No judgements is what they say in Lance's commercial, so I'm just stating that I'll wait and read, that's all. So now, if you get defensive, it's all in your head.

Let us know when that paper is done. Seriously, I am interested in seeing your tests and your conclusions resulting from them.

Koffee

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P.S. Also, we all know Americans don't say things like "rubbish" and "pish posh!", like you do, so even if I hadn't of read you were from the UK, I'm sure the language would have given it away. Besides, there's no you in "behavior"...

Koffee

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Dude, what's the muscled fellas VO2 max? His lactate threshold? How often does he train the cardiovascular?

I've met bodybuilders that can't run a block without getting out of breath to the point of having to stop. If they've got a low aerobic threshold, they're not going anywhere anytime soon...

Koffee

Guest

Just who are we talking about? And where is their training schedule? And what are their numbers for their performance testing?

It's difficult to deal with hypotheticals without knowing what's going on. Are they bodybuilders or are they training for an event? Are they still bodybuilding now when they should be focusing on the cardiovascular? What is their specialty for cyling? Mountains? Sprinters? Multiday tours?

Koffee

Ric Stern

the majority of people that i coach are from the US

i think the first time i said endurance cycling performance and the second time i said endurance performance. as the post was written a bit ago, i can't remember whether that's a typo on my part or whether i'd assumed that people would realise i meant ECP. either way, and i don't mean this disrespectfully, it's always a good idea typing in various terms that are related to the subject matter, so that you cover all the keywords of the authors who write the studies. of course, that may mean that you spend an extremely long time just searching for papers, but that's the nature of research!

i'm pretty sure you suggested that it increased ECP and that being stronger was good for ECP. think you also said it was standard to learn such stuff. if i've misquoted you then my apologies.

i *think/thought* i covered some of your other points, i seem to recall you saying something about loosing muscle mass, and i quoted research to say that it doesn't happen in the TdF (off the top of my head the weight loss 0.5 or 1 kg or similar)

i *guess* that may be one difference between europe and US?

i can understand that!

ahh... the sheer joy of doing pub-med searches, so much fun, so little time! and never really a lot to show for it!

ric

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Misquoted some, but I did think some muscle mass was lost from doing multiday tours, such as the Tour day France. You stated your opinion on that.

I'm pretty sure I never said endurance is increased by muscle. If I did, I must have been smoking a crack pipe at the time.

Ok, nuff said. I'm off for dinner. Pish posh and rubbish!



Koffee

Ric Stern

enjoy!

oh yeah forgot to say before, what the hell is "pish posh" i ain't ever heard or used such words, and if they're in any posts of mine (apart from this sentence) then it's a typo??

ric

Ric Stern

what the hell is the Tour day France...?

it's "de".

you'll probably dredge up all my spelling errors now which of course will serve me right!

Guest

Pish posh is something I've heard from some folks that talk "english". They say stuff like "pish posh and all that!", and stuff like that. Of course, when they say it, they're being funny. Hmmmm... must be an American thing.

But you do say rubbish. Ha, that's funny. Rubbish!



Koffee

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Oh Tour day France is just Bob Roll-ism. I ain't drudgin up nuthin!



Koffee

Ric Stern

seriously, ain't never heard of pish posh and have no idea what it means...

yeah, we say rubbish. not sure why that's funny though?

there's a few other word differences, you have to be careful with some

Ric Stern

oh! ok! phew, without a spell checker there's bound to be some blunders