Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Here's the interesting thing (well, interesting to me). I'm not doing anything special, just riding tempo daily with the occasional interval day, and eating normally (bumped up the protein a bit).
My lean body mass has actually risen slightly. Probably muscle in my quads.
Ok so you did make some changes to your diet by bumping up your protein intake Maybe that's why you're leaner and why your quads appear more muscular.