Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
My bolding. Quite so, ridiculous. OTOH asserting that it's unhelpful flies in the face of scientific research and pro training practice. I do note and applaud that you are not saying it's unhelpful. Is that a new position?
It's a position that recognizes that people do what they want to do and it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme.
Lifting weights is not only unhelpful for me, but it's actually detrimental. I've said this numerous times.
And if performance is your goal and you're on a limited schedule, I'd assert the same for most anyone else. A pro can and will do just about anything (and everything, legal or not). It's all they have to do. Someone with 7-8 hours? I'll back the cycling only for every day that ends in "y".
Apparently very few people on this forum ride purely for performance, though, so again, it really doesn't matter what they do.