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Cycling and it's impact on sprint speed

  • 14-09-2010 7:42pm
    #1
    Annuv
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    Hi,

    this is possibly a stupid question, but here goes:

    If a person who plays a sport such as Gaelic Football or Hurling etc where acceleration, short sprint speed, turning ability etc are very important, spends hours each day on a bike (exercise or road bike) in an effort to build up a level of fitness before the start of a season or returning from injury or even to burn body fat during the season, will this adversly affect (running) sprint speed or reduce their capacity to increase their sprint speed?


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  • #2
    thebouldwhacker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭thebouldwhacker


    Short answer, no idea... Long answer, the muscles one uses when running are different to those used in cycling (run a 10k and then go for a cycling and you'll understand) That said cycling is a great way to loose weight and gain aerobic fitness. For a more detailed answer why not post up in the A.R.T. forum, the tri people will know more about the cycle/running mix. Hope this helps


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