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muscledog95
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I do hill running twice a week...cardio and get some strength in the legs as well...I hate biking
PolishHammer1977
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It's cardio.
JollyRogers
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biking is awesome, I bike allot...ALLOT and my quads get really vieny and cut (detailed) and with squats I think they go together fine. just give them the rest they need.
I don't think it'll be that great for either. Low weight high reps never built tons of strength, and there's no eccentric motion for muscle building either. If all you're after is cardio, I'd pick something that's less leg-intensive so you don't tire yourself out.
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vinylgroover
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I disagree, cycling is great.
I raced BMX when i was younger and my legs were very strong. In my late teens, i was squatting 250 for reps at a bodyweight of around 140, natural.
When i stopped cycling, my mass and strength went down.
Look at any professional cyclist and their legs are much more muscular than any bodybuilder, pound for pound.
A great way to pack on mass and strength is to do some hill sprints on a bike. Find a decent hill, about 60 degree incline and sprint up it on your bike from a stranding start for around 70m. Do it a few times.
What sort of bike do you have. Keep it on a low gear at all times......make your legs do all the work. I used to ride a BMX which had one gear.......my legs.
I raced BMX when i was younger and my legs were very strong. In my late teens, i was squatting 250 for reps at a bodyweight of around 140, natural.
When i stopped cycling, my mass and strength went down.
Look at any professional cyclist and their legs are much more muscular than any bodybuilder, pound for pound.
A great way to pack on mass and strength is to do some hill sprints on a bike. Find a decent hill, about 60 degree incline and sprint up it on your bike from a stranding start for around 70m. Do it a few times.
What sort of bike do you have. Keep it on a low gear at all times......make your legs do all the work. I used to ride a BMX which had one gear.......my legs.
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bigstve12
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Do you do long distance or mountain biking? I was doing lots of road rides 30-50 miles a couple summers back, i felt my legs were weaker in the gym, but stronger on hills. Its kind of a toss up. So I no longer bike at such a high intensity for so many miles...seems to be working. Ill never stop riding though, i just love being outside and im a speed freak...
Zander1983
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vinylgroover said:
Sprint cyclists have some crazily big legs and move some awesome weight when squatting. Bodybuilders would be jealous of the size of their legs.
Interestingly, my father who's in his late 40's spent about a year doing regular long-distance cycling. He did nothing else. He got pretty hardcore actually, which was quite scary. Now he's lifting exclusively and the weight he can put up on squats is unbelievably big compared to his other lifts.
Sometimes I think we can get lost in the science of it all.
vinylgroover
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Zander1983 said:
Very true.......science is one thing, proven results is another. When racing BMX, i used to train for explosive power. In BMX you go flat out for 500m, so i used to do alot of sprint cycling and hill sprints to develop that explosive power. My legs became very strong just from the cycling.
You look at tour de france cyclists who literally do hundreds (even thousands) of kilometres per week and even their legs are far more muscular than bodybuilders pound for pound.
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