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Core strength is really important for sprinting. Thats why I have been working on it so much of late. My core strength sucked. It meant although I have powerful legs I cant sprint on a bike/legs for shit.
I just wobble about too much. The core strength makes you solid up top so you can get all the power down. Also general commuting cycling only develops slow twitch muscle fibre anyhow so It sucks for sprinting too. Working with weights & plyometric excercises gives you more explosive power. And free weights (dumb bell bench press etc) also work your stability and muscle co-ordination extremely hard, more so than the wobble board I expect.