Salmon Steve wrote:
Nope..the OP wrote:
"For example, I consider physio (strengthens inured joint structure), big gear on the bike (could help with power on the flats) and hilly trail runs (helps with stabilizers, and running strength) to be a form of "strength" training.
Thoughts?
Maurice "
Anyway I'l play..
So about your crap dinner. At what point does strength training become useless to you? You accept big gear work is strength training and useful? What about 15 minutes of lunges in the garage with a barbell slung over the shoulder - springing back on your toes? Still strength work? Still useful?
Or does the fact you're not actually
doing the run or bike mean by definition this training is useless?
What about 15 minutes of stride outs while the potato is baking....
None of the things you list are true strength work.
True strength work is useless when it interferes with sport-specific training, either through opportunity cost (you could have been doing something else) or failure to adequately recover and this reducing the effectiveness of subsequent sport-specific training. It is also useless if e training adaptations are counter-productive: the famous mitochondrial density and capillarization stuff.
And to the OP who thinks that 20-25 reps is anaerobic: wrong. It has a major aerobic component, so the fact that you increased the weight over your gaining period includes improving your aerobic capacity, which likely contributed to your improved power on the bike.
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