Hi all,
New to this forum (have a thread in introductions), moving back to Tokyo in under 2 weeks. I've been out of the saddle for a few months now, but am looking forward to getting back on a bike once I get to Tokyo. (If you want to sell/get rid of, or know a good place to get a singlespeed or a roadie for under Y30,000, please do tell).
Anyway, the real purpose of this post is to ask about your strength training. Do you do any? Are the hills all the strength training you need? Do you bother with upper-body at all, or just leg or core work?
Personally, I've been doing a full body routine (not really for cycling, but to bulk up a bit, as I'm a skinny wee thing) - but I was doing some strength training back when I was cycling more. I think my favourite exercise with cycling in mind is hack squats - they seem to really hit the quads (above the knees) which paid dividends in climbing/sprinting for me. I also like deadlifts and standard squats.
Interested to hear opinions on this.
New to this forum (have a thread in introductions), moving back to Tokyo in under 2 weeks. I've been out of the saddle for a few months now, but am looking forward to getting back on a bike once I get to Tokyo. (If you want to sell/get rid of, or know a good place to get a singlespeed or a roadie for under Y30,000, please do tell).
Anyway, the real purpose of this post is to ask about your strength training. Do you do any? Are the hills all the strength training you need? Do you bother with upper-body at all, or just leg or core work?
Personally, I've been doing a full body routine (not really for cycling, but to bulk up a bit, as I'm a skinny wee thing) - but I was doing some strength training back when I was cycling more. I think my favourite exercise with cycling in mind is hack squats - they seem to really hit the quads (above the knees) which paid dividends in climbing/sprinting for me. I also like deadlifts and standard squats.
Interested to hear opinions on this.