Strength training: 5 basic exercises that should never be stopped
First of all, emphasize that, in cycling, strength training is one of the 4 core capabilities, focusing on strength and endurance as the two most important. The objectives in strength training are: 1. Improve the speed applied to any load.2.
Strength in Youth
You may have hired a trainer for your children and you have been surprised to see that in planning there are one or several strength work sessions. If the alarms have jumped you thinking that it is not suitable for young people at an early age to do strength work, these following l
Specific force on the bike
In a previous article we discussed strength work in the gym above.. Today we are going to try to clarify concepts and give some tips on how to work on strength on the bicycle during our training.. First of all, clarify that the benefits and the methodology to be applied have
Strength Training Basics
Strength work has increasingly been gaining prominence in the preparation of all endurance sports., including of course, to cycling. For this this week we will write this post about basic concepts of strength training and what you should know to better understand your p
The cadence of your pedaling
The pedaling cadence is the same as the revolutions per minute in any motorized vehicle, In this case, revolutions per minute will be the cadence that the cyclist gives to the pedals.. We must understand then, that an optimal cadence can make our engine more “choked” or
Basic concepts for power training – part 3
After a broad review of the basic training metrics viewed and defined in the previous deliveries; We take another step, to help you know and master the different concepts that outline the framework in which we operate to obtain maximum performance in the
Basic concepts of power training – Part 2
After talking in a previous article about basic metrics and giving you some recommendations on how to configure your cycle computer screens, today we go a little deeper. The following metrics are for those cyclists who, In addition to correctly carrying out the
Maximum strength development
We continue with the thread of strength development work. Just as we were commenting, You may have reached this point after having only completed the adaptive phase if you are a cyclist already experienced in strength work., or after having undergone a phase of gene hypertrophy
Strength development (2nd phase)
If you have followed the instructions in the previous post about strength work, You have probably achieved a muscular and technical adaptive change that allows you to move on to the next phases of phase development with guarantees. At this point we must propose two different lines of work.
Improve strength step by step
Season over 2022 and while we take a few days off to reflect on this, We begin to plan and get excited about what awaits us next year.. This year you want to do better, take another step in your performance and you have decided to take your work seriously
