Originally Posted by
Franklin27
I remember reading that during your best season ever you only did strength work on your bike. How was that experience? Perhaps it is too personal, but how were your strength sessions on the bike? Was only in your track bike or did you have strength work with your road bike too? How was your criteria for duration of efforts, gear choice, programming, etc.?
Edit: Thanks for your contribution to this forum. Your information and opinions really helped my as a rider.
The strength sessions on the bike were akin to overgear interval drills.
I had a road bike but rarely used it. I was on the spin bike more than any other saddle that year.
Programming was written by my coach who had been writing such programs for years. As Taras suggested, it trained strength, power, and speed separately.
I like to call it "Wax On, Wax Off" like from the
Karate Kid film where Daniel trains the components of his karate movements separately then Miyagi puts him in a situation where he brings then together at once and everything is in perfect form with strength, power, and speed.