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Lance's climbing style....?
When a climbing out of saddle there is more body weight to support.
It would have been interesting to see how Indurain would have done in this years TDF if was at his peak. Indurain had the unique ability to estimate har ahead he could let a rider go. Indurain probably knew his form better than any rider in cycling's history. On Jul 27, 5:27*pm, Tom Adams wrote: On Jul 27, 12:27*am, hizark21 wrote: After all these years I still cannot understand how Lance is able stay out of the saddle for so long...? Usually only the pure climbers like Pantani or Van Impe are able to do this. My guess is that Lance must train out of saddle to build up his endurance. I tried to research climbing out of the saddle. *I found no real research on it. *One site indicated that it involved different muscle groups, those used for standing. *You probably give some of the sitting climbing muscles some rest and recovery. In a TDF stage, it would make sense to use new muscles in the last climb after sitting for 4 hours. I bet he trains to increase endurance of the newly involved muscles and coordination. And, maybe there is some secret research out there on the benefits and how to optimize. |
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Lance's climbing style....?
On 6 Aug, 09:33, hizark21 wrote:
When a climbing out of saddle there is more body weight to support. It would have been interesting to see how Indurain would have done in this years TDF if was at his peak. Indurain had the unique ability to estimate har ahead he could let a rider go. Indurain probably knew his form better than any rider in cycling's history. suggesting he didn't dope. |
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