In regards to some of the weights being lifted, WTF!
Readers please don' t read and be put off, think your weak etc
It's easy to post big numbers, a lot harder to back them up!
I am referring to the 180kg plus deadlifts, 160 plus squats natural with 6-8% claims. If your doing this and riding really well, damn Im impressed! I want to see some vids lifting and riding!
I have a 3 friends on decent Test/Deca, Test/var and test/dbol cycles not lifting some of the numbers being claimed here!
That's with 6-12 years of natural training prior! Paleo diet's etc (They don't ride)
Also despite the media crap regarding being on steroids, they have no roid rage and are humble and honest in what they do and they train discreetly.
I trained with, 2 , abot 8 weeks ago we did legs and we spent too much time dropping the weight for me. I haven't trained with them since.
BTW I made them spin on the stationery trainer afterwards and they couldn't believe, I could put out substantially more Watts them then when doing intervals.
I leg pressed 270kg's 5reps during winter and was flamed by a skinny mate claiming he was pressing 300kg +. Icaught up with, some weeks later when I trialled another gym, I challenged him and he failed on 220kg, 1rep...
Shesh! the excuses came, thick and heavy.
After winter I stopped lifting, as my riding suffered. I put on too much muscle and weight,(went from 91kg to 97kg) felt sluggish and became slow on the bike. Race times didn't lie I was going backwards!
I believe weight training has it's merits for riding with high rep workouts to failure. IMHO You want to develop slow twitch muscle fibres to benefit your riding endurance. Training to (true)failure like this, will develop strength and endurance.
Training 5x5's will develop fast twitch fibres and not really benefit your riding.
After dropping my training down from 3-4 times, a week to twice a week and upping my weekly km's, I have dropped 8kg.
(6'3" down from 97kg's to 89kg's) no idea of BF% as I don't have callipers.
I am aiming to drop down to 86-87, for self satisfaction and riding goals.