Adjusting strength training to avoid DOMS

[BCM]

More comments from Coggan. Here’s one:

@The_Cog

According to this (unpublished) study, weight training may help if you’re not doing anything but low/moderate intensity cycling 4 d/wk.

According to a number of other (published) studies, it does nothing.

AFAIK, no one has compared doing resistance training versus more intensity on the bike (which is the real question).

IOW, I shared the preprint because 1) it was timely, and 2) it illustrates the limitations of the research in this area, not as an endorsement of resistance training.

Or this one:

@The_Cog

Trust me when I say this…*

…but that ain’t going to cut it.

25 years ago, I posted this to the old CyclingForum.com :

'Top 10 things I’ve learned using a power meter
10) I shouldn’t lose weight
9) I need big gears
8) I need small gears
7) Strength is irrelevant
6) Don’t start too hard in TTs
5) Train less, rest more
4) Heat acclimatization is critical
3) Specificity
2) SPECIFICITY

1. SPECIFICITY!"

With respect to the last three, the training plan you have proposed will make somebody good at going hard for 5 min at a time… but the OP’s goal is to increase his 30 min power.

*It’s just a saying!

Or this one: " Resistance training diminishes mitochondrial adaptations to subsequent endurance training in healthy untrained men"

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP284822

More:

@The_Cog

You won’t induce significant metabolic adaptations (of the type that improve endurance performance) by lifting weights, regardless of the weight/number of reps.