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Specificity. If you've only got time for one, then definitely on-the-bike is better.
I've been adding back some strength training recently, not because I think it gives results (it might help but too hard to quantify) but because I enjoy it and it gives some balance to the stupid amounts of riding I do.
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How long have you been going to the gym? Are you eating enough protein after? Try also eating oily fish - it helps with DOMS.
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Am just eating oily fish. On Friday my right leg was thirty percent of left leg bench press last physio session after hip fracture. So I did 12h 200km 3000m climbing on Saturday. Should think it is now well over thirty percent.
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So, what are people's thoughts on gym/weights vs on bike work (i.e., low cadence stuff) for building leg strength?
I do some gym sessions for core and legs but only 1 or 2 times a week and so don't know if that's frequent enough to get the gains? It does make my legs feel in tatters though which suggests something good is coming of it. Knackers my riding the next day a bit though....:-/
My recent training has lead to a pleasing increase in cadence, but i feel like my already scrawny legs are losing strength by the day!