Originally Posted by
queerpunk
re BP's comment, one of the helpful things somebody taught me is that strength is base training for power. so the progression goes: strength -> power (strength fast) -> speed (using power to go fast) -> speed endurance (going fast for a longer period of time).
I got that concept in not so few words perusing various things, but that's a good synopsis.
Right now I'm realistically just too weak. I want to work on the strength first. I'll be interspersing some form riding as I'll be moving down to 170mm cranks at the very least (it's what I have on my old track bike, my spin bike, and my future cranks for my Dolan). I figure the speed stuff can wait until May.
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