Weightlifting and bicycling: Legs

Roger Zoul

To those of you who lift weights and cycle -- do you train legs? That is,
do you do squats, leg presses, deadlifts, etc., in addition to your
bicycling? If so, do you find that it affects your performance on the bike?

Badger_South

On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:50:16 -0400, "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>To those of you who lift weights and cycle -- do you train legs? That is,
>do you do squats, leg presses, deadlifts, etc., in addition to your
>bicycling? If so, do you find that it affects your performance on the bike?

I do. It can be a problem at first until you get over the DOMS from
lifting.

You might start out doing bodyweight squats and dumbell deadlifts so you
wouldn't mess up your riding too much.

OTOH, I like the way the riding dissolves the DOMS of the previous day's
lifting. It's a feels good type of pain, ya know.

In fact after every ride I do bodyweight squats, calf raises, pushups and a
type of supine glute raise.

-B

Terry Morse

Badger_South wrote:

> Roger Zoul wrote:
>
> >To those of you who lift weights and cycle -- do you train legs? That is,
> >do you do squats, leg presses, deadlifts, etc., in addition to your
> >bicycling? If so, do you find that it affects your performance on the bike?
>
> I do. It can be a problem at first until you get over the DOMS from
> lifting.

For us non-weight savvy types, what are the DOMS?
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/
[419,972' YTD, 580,028' left to go]

Roger Zoul

Terry Morse wrote:
:: Badger_South wrote:
::
::: Roger Zoul wrote:
:::
:::: To those of you who lift weights and cycle -- do you train legs?
:::: That is, do you do squats, leg presses, deadlifts, etc., in
:::: addition to your bicycling? If so, do you find that it affects
:::: your performance on the bike?
:::
::: I do. It can be a problem at first until you get over the DOMS from
::: lifting.
::
:: For us non-weight savvy types, what are the DOMS?

DOMS = Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

http://www.frsa.com/doms.html (I don't how correct that info is)

\El Paisano\

"Terry Morse" <tmorse@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:tmorse-56012F.15462419052004@news.covad.net...
> Badger_South wrote:
>
> >
> > I do. It can be a problem at first until you get over the DOMS from
> > lifting.
>
> For us non-weight savvy types, what are the DOMS?
> --
delayed-onset muscle soreness. Muscle soreness 24-48 hours after a strenuous
strength training workout.

Chris Neary

I do weight training during the winter season (October - March). Over the
years I've pared my stations down to the bare essentials: Leg press, lunges,
leg lifts (w/weights), plus some upper body & arm workouts.

I can't really pin down what this routine does for me on the bike, since I
also run and do a couple of spin classes weekly during the winter. With a
good instructor, a spin class can be the equivalent of a well structured
on-bike workout.

This spring I'm climbing better and can "jump" harder than last summer.


Chris Neary
diabloridr@comcast.net

"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could
you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I
loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh