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@skinny
Gym work? For riding a bike. Ha! Just ride your bike more.
But seriously, off bike strength work is a very mixed camp.
If you want to do strength work go do big gear hill repeats. Or big gear jumps.
If you gear up, you might find you're getting bogged down and not able to jump on the gear as well to repsond. Unless you're spinning out in a sprint I'd leave it. Or unless you find you're riding at an uncomfortable high cadence during the race. Best thing would be to try measure your cadence and see where it is. Some people prefer to grind a slightly lower candence some higher. Depends on your desires really.