B) You know your body better than I do. OTOH, riding a TT at a cadence of 80-90 or whatever means each leg is doing 80-90 reps a minute and of necessity, the force in each rep is much less then when you do leg presses or similar lifting exercises. That's why ultimate strength (e.g. how much you can press for 10 reps) in your legs is unlikely to be a limiter.
We've probably all had the experience where you go for a long ride and towards the end, you struggle up a climb, your legs feeling heavy and screaming in pain even though your breathing doesn't seem hard. If I understand the physiology correctly, this is because you've worked your muscles to fatigue, and probably has something to do with recruiting and fatiguing fast-twitch muscles. But it doesn't really have much to do with ultimate strength; you (we) need more glycogen stores, not more muscle mass. Any real physiologists can feel free to correct me.
There is a concept called "strength reserve". Basically, the lower the % of one's "ultimate strength" that is being used the better.
B) You know your body better than I do. OTOH, riding a TT at a cadence of 80-90 or whatever means each leg is doing 80-90 reps a minute and of necessity, the force in each rep is much less then when you do leg presses or similar lifting exercises. That's why ultimate strength (e.g. how much you can press for 10 reps) in your legs is unlikely to be a limiter.
We've probably all had the experience where you go for a long ride and towards the end, you struggle up a climb, your legs feeling heavy and screaming in pain even though your breathing doesn't seem hard. If I understand the physiology correctly, this is because you've worked your muscles to fatigue, and probably has something to do with recruiting and fatiguing fast-twitch muscles. But it doesn't really have much to do with ultimate strength; you (we) need more glycogen stores, not more muscle mass. Any real physiologists can feel free to correct me.
There is a concept called "strength reserve". Basically, the lower the % of one's "ultimate strength" that is being used the better.
Why?
(Hint: please don't give me any answers based on studies of isometric contractions.)
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We've probably all had the experience where you go for a long ride and towards the end, you struggle up a climb, your legs feeling heavy and screaming in pain even though your breathing doesn't seem hard. If I understand the physiology correctly, this is because you've worked your muscles to fatigue, and probably has something to do with recruiting and fatiguing fast-twitch muscles. But it doesn't really have much to do with ultimate strength; you (we) need more glycogen stores, not more muscle mass. Any real physiologists can feel free to correct me.
There is a concept called "strength reserve". Basically, the lower the % of one's "ultimate strength" that is being used the better.
Why?
(Hint: please don't give me any answers based on studies of isometric contractions.)
