Originally Posted by
cave12man
For those that hit the gym or do other weight exercises outside of cycling, curious what you guys/gals do? I've been primarily spending my time in the gym doing upper/lower splits focusing on heavy weights, but am thinking of tailoring more towards higher rep/lower weight to cater to my time on the bike and other higher endurance activities. What works for you?
My main goal, besides being healthy, is to look lean and muscular at low bodyfat %. Strength training is absolutely essential (and it helps in bike sprints).
I mainly just bike for commute back/forth from work, the gym, and the climbing gym. I do mostly bodyweight exercises at the gym (high rep pull ups, pushups, front levers, pistol squats), but also do normal deadlifts and dumbell overhead press exercises 3X/week. I don't like splits, but rather train everything each day.
Rock climbing also helps tremendously in building posture, back strength, and core strength.