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When was the last time you heard someone say: "my weakest muscle is my X muscle, I think I will go out and work on that today." My guess is NEVER!!! People don't have a clue what their weakest muscle is nor even which muscles they are using. They just ride their bike. And, they never think about pedaling technique (with the exception of Noel, perhaps). Even PowerCrankers don't think about pedaling technique after the first few days or so. Our fittest muscles tend to be our pushers because they are the anti-gravity muscles and are used all day long. But, as shown earlier we all do work all around the circle, just a lot less of it on the portions of the stroke that isn't going down. Therefore, these other muscles we are using when pedaling are probably a lot less fit than those anti-gravity muscles, unless you are spending an awful lot of time on the bike which pros tend to do more than amateurs. Can we do more fitness balancing? Perhaps. At least that is what the Sam Gyde data suggests.JayKosta said:--------------------------------------------------------------------------FrankDay said:...
I theorized, if this were the case, it would be better muscle balance, the weakest muscle being closer to the capability of the fittest muscle.
My guess is that most people train to improve the 'weakest muscle' that they are using - since the fatigue/exhaustion of that muscle is what limits their performance.