Unless of course you are currently in the M35-39 or will be in the 40-44AG next year. If that is you, read and do the exact opposite.
From Bompa himself (and if you don’t know who he is, you should hide in the corner and say 9 hail marys in arabic)
""Finally, for endurance-dominant sports, one needs to develop muscle-endurance . If this isn’t achieved, a good adaptation to such training won’t occur.
Here is the article, worth the read, especially if you are in the I’m going to lift to crush dreams in triathlon camp. hahaha suckers.
dude- there has never been any doubt in my mind that strength training is absolutely key to performance on many levels.
I’ll even raise you one-
Bike fit and position.
A lot of issues with peoples’ positions eminates from various muscular imbalances and weaknesses. They have saddle discomfort issues, lower back problems, excessive neck strain, etc. I’ve long thought a big part of it is laxity in certain muscle groups, often the core. They aren’t “strong” enough to support maintaining a good cycling posture. As a result they treat the problem symptomatically- new saddle, bike fit, etc. All they need is a TRX, some kettlebells and a trainer to show them how to make their body more stable.
Strength training is basically universally accepted as being beneficial for endurance sports.
Tudor has his own thoughts, but even the opposite methods (eg high load and low reps) have been correlated with improvements in endurance performance.
I am sure I beat Desertdude at Wildflower because I lift weights and puncture gods looked on my more favourably, because the puncture god is actually a godess and she prefers guys with a bit more bulk than pencil neck tri geeks
Strength training is basically universally accepted as being beneficial for endurance sports.
Tudor has his own thoughts, but even the opposite methods (eg high load and low reps) have been correlated with improvements in endurance performance.
""Finally, for endurance-dominant sports, one needs to develop muscle-endurance . If this isn’t achieved, a good adaptation to such training won’t occur.
just spend more time climbing hills …
“Muscle endurance is defined as the muscle’s ability to sustain work for a prolonged period”
“endurance, strength and speed are keys to good performance, but the combination of muscular endurance and strength allow an athlete to perform multiple repetitions against resistance for a long period of time. Specifically, sports like distance running, rowing, cycling and cross country skiing have greater requirements of muscular endurance.”
Because we all know that the local personal trainer is the best source of fitness advice you can get.
Their job depends on it.
jaretj
Just for dead clarity, I meant the fact that it was personal trainers pushing lifting that sounded accurate, not that weight training sounded accurate.
Best thing I ever did was give up the gym and SBR more.
Injury prevention: Increased musculature may aid in distirbuting work load over muscles, soft tissues and skeleton in a more equitable manner, thus reducing the reliance and resulting exposure to damage on any one system: skeletal, muscular or connective. I have no study to cite. SWAG.
Stability: Specifically, when the muscles that stabilize the spine (erector spinae?) and torso are in relative development (i.e, sufficiently developed/adapted to resist opposing counter forces) to the “working” muscles such as the semi-membranosis (I don’t know how to spell that), gluteal, vastus lateralus, rectus femoris, vastus medialis then you don;t see as much “sympathetic” or resultant movement in the torso under hard pedalling efforts. again- no handy study here- just my opinon.
Now, clearly, there has to be a corresponding vascular development and the ability to get the (increased) oxygen required to these larger, more developed muscles and get rid of the the extra CO2, but, I still think it helps.
Additionally, the shopping list of stuff I’ve been through is boggling- and I can still train and race. When I left the stroke wing at Oakwood hospital they told me I was the only person who ever walked off the wing. I know it is myopic to credit any one thing with all of that, but I’ll suggest that a balanced approach to fitness may have been a contirbuting factor. Since I lived through it, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Weight training = good.
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