The workout description on the low-cadence workouts makes the claim that “The alteration of the cadence during SE sessions across sports has been shown to enhance performance.“ but does not provide a source. Can someone please provide research or a study that supports this claim?
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È un campo con poche ricerche…ma.posso assicurarti che Trail running, Low cadence bike e Strenght swimming with pull and paddles.are a great stimulus!!!
yep. AFAIK evidence shows no advantage in low cadence work. And I don’t do it actually. But I’d like to hear from ATHLETICA.AI staff about that.
I always like the low cadence work on the bike. I’m not someone that is very good to sticking to a strength training routine and haven’t stuck to a weight/gym plan yet - these sessions always feel like they give me a little bit of that in the legs. Similar to when I run trails/mountains with sustained up hill sections - my legs feel great (after a day or so!!)
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I can ad some specific (n = 1) anecdotal data to that: I am recovering from accident-related injury resulting in very poor muscles in the right leg. Effectively, a year ago there were pretty much no (visible) muscles in the righ leg (esp. quad, but also hamstring and calf). It is getting better, but at 50+ building up muscles is slow:-o
Now, when I look at L/R balance I get the following
- Before the accident I was pretty much at 50:50 no matter what I did; right leg was stronger than left (in the gym)
- for the average outdoor (or GA indoor) ride I *now* get approx. 53:47
- For HIIT intervals themselves I often get something like 48:52 – I believe because i) the left leg is more tired in general and ii) because of the power deficit I go for pretty high cadence (often >110); I assume the right leg is somehow better in coordinating this … ?
- For the K3 intervals at SST-power but cadence ~50 I got 52:48 (and 53:47), i.e., the left leg half to do more work!
I believe that clearly shows that K3 needs muscular strength/force production. Does it build “strength”. Probably not, at least not in the max. strength sense. But maybe it helps hypertrophy or such???
LIDL pro rider QUENN SIMMONS preferred to focus on cycling rather than weight training, while still making room for core stability and bodyweight exercises. Her gym work, however, was entirely absorbed by torque sessions, consisting of four to five 10-minute reps at 50 rpm for a power output of approximately 380-390W.
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Do you have a reference/source for that info?
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Yes, sir, you can find this idea backed by sports science studies, especially in journals like the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
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