➔1 Don’t do too much too soon. You may find your cycling fitness gives you a cardiovascular ability that your skeletal and muscular system is not used to. To avoid injury, build up gradually.
➔2 Keep the training as close to your cycling goals as possible. If you are looking to finish the L’Etape du Tour, complete with big mountainous climbs, then doing heavy weights in the gym will have little benefit or perhaps even negatively affect your target goals.
➔3 Consider other cycling disciplines, including cyclocross, mountain biking and even track riding. There are areas of each that are transferable to all different forms of riding. Skills, speed and tactics as well as general fitness.
➔4 To build strength but not bulk, exercise using your own body weight. Press…
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Bikes Etc (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2019