Katanga-Man said:Thanks for your opinions. I don't really want to be huge anyway but want
to keep some chest, shoulders and arms muscularity as I get better at
cycling. Maybe I'll lose some of it but that's fine as long as I get
better aerobic fitness in return.
What would you recommend as a good weighttraining/cycling split routine?
I have recently dropped to doing upper body one once a week and can
still maintain my strength. I have been doing a lot more squat/leg work.
KM (aka Steve)
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Quoted message said:Katanga-Man said:Anyone here a cyclist and a serious weightrainer/bodybuilder too?
I can bench press 110kg for 10 reps and squat about 120 kg for
ten.
Has
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:anyone won any competitions with a bigger physique like mine? I
way in at 16 stone 10lb's and I am 6 feet
2. Could someone like me get above Category 4 do you reckon or do
you think no way with all that upper
body
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:muscle mass? I struggle with hills sometimes I must admit - not so
much
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:steep short ones but long gradual ones. What tips can anyone lend
me? Any URL's on this subject anyone knows of? Much appreciate any
opinions. KM
I'm just starting on the weights again after marathon training. I'm
still cycling 150+ miles a week (mainly commuting, but can squat quite
a bit (I don't want to turn this into a p*ssing contest) I hate to
tell you this but your not huge in the weight training sense, even
thgouh you're a lot bigger than most cyclists (I'm 5' 8" 14 stone
5lbs). The important thing is to keep getting the miles in, and make
sure you don't neglect the aerobic training in preference to the
weights. If you really wnat to keep liftng heavy then sprinting is for
you (try track riding, over in a few seconds) and don't even think of
a TT :-), as long as you can keep in a bunch you should be able to
outsprint most people (I seem to rememebr Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
wasn't exactly a small bloke) However if you want to get good at
distance cycling, you'll end uplosing the mass as you won't have time
to lift any more :-(
Bryan
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It really depends on what you want to do. I virtually stopped doing an
weights when I was marathon training, and now regret it, when I star
training for the next one I won't :-) cycling doesn#t work the uppe
body significantly, the way lifting does, so you should not suffer fro
over training. Personally I prefer sticking to compunfd exercises anywa
(becnh, pull ups and dips), rather than isolation exercises, and fee
that hese give a much nbetter balance. Even when trying to improve m
lifting I only tend to train 2 times a week. As for legs I can testif
that trying to cycle to work 25 miles the day after a heavy sqau
session isn't much fun :-) Again with legs I tend to go for compoun
exercises, but do sets of 20 rather than 10 (you have to knock th
weight down to do them properly, and they HURT). Make sure that you d
full squats (hips level with knees) this will also mean you have t
droip the weight initially, but you work the whole length of the muscle
and this really helps when on the drops! As well as squats, d
deadlifts! I seem to remember reading in a weight training book som
time ago about an Aussie sprinter who squated over twice his body weigh
for sets, so both you and I have some way to go yet :-
I'm never going to make a racing cyuclist, but I'm content with catchin
up with most people I see on my ride to work, and I only get overtake
by a few very fast roadies. I just do too many different things, rugb
season starts in 3 months, so I've got to get stronger for that, the
marathon training starts a month after that, so anything after Octobe
will be maintainence only.
Just rememer to enjoy what you do, get a hrm, if you want to check on
your aerobic performace (and use it properly), and listen to your body,
and stop when it says to.
Bryan
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