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macroadiemacroadie Posts: 172
edited April 2014 in Training, fitness and health
If you have CAT 5 race in 5 weeks and been lifting once a week, should you ditch that weight lifting and add more intervals? Thinking of intervals twice a week instead of once a week.

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  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 11,078
    Ditch the weight lifting regardless - unless there's some other, non-cycling related reason why you are doing it..
  • mpattsmpatts Posts: 1,002
    Intervals are very important in racing. If the lifting is non core related, I'd ditch it in favour of intervals.
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  • okgookgo Posts: 4,368
    Ah, April 1st, good one OP :)
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  • macroadiemacroadie Posts: 172
    mpatts wrote:
    Intervals are very important in racing. If the lifting is non core related, I'd ditch it in favour of intervals.
    I full body but what bothers a bit is the leg press. I do 4 sets of 8 reps 500 lbs leg press and Tuesday rides I can feel a bit in my legs. Maybe I'll do the lifting on Wed.
  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 11,078
    macroadie wrote:
    mpatts wrote:
    Intervals are very important in racing. If the lifting is non core related, I'd ditch it in favour of intervals.
    I full body but what bothers a bit is the leg press. I do 4 sets of 8 reps 500 lbs leg press and Tuesday rides I can feel a bit in my legs. Maybe I'll do the lifting on Wed.

    Depends if you want to get better at leg presses, or get better at cycling. If it's the latter, then the former will be holding you back..
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