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Most athletes and amateur sports enthusiasts focus on doing their chosen sport in summer. And spending winter in the gym, eating a lot.
Ive kind of been doing the latter for 2 years, without much opportunity to apply any strength or fitness gains to a sport.
Im never going to be any good at road cycling, my lungs are just too bad for that. I dont really like the idea of endurance stuff anyway.
My shoulders and wrists are weak and fragile, I have a no ACL & damaged meniscii in my right knee, plus I wear glasses. So contact sports like rugby (which I think would be awesome fun) are totally out of the question.
I have a small hope/expectation that if I keep working on my power and strength in the gym this might have carry over to bike sprints. But I dont have a well fitting road or track bike to practice/train. And the nearest drome is too awkward to get too (im probably not keen enough to counter my laziness).
In the meantime I am heartily enjoying this strength work in itself, give it another year or two and I might have a competitive deadlift. And I may get to the stage where I am confident enough to take part in a contact sport (perhaps even jiu jitsu or wrestling).
So yeah, im kind of focusing on the "winter training" part.