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So I'm a big time squatter (not living in abandoned spaces type of squatter) and I do many squats. Mainly bodyweight squats with very high amount of repetitions. I also do uphill sprinting and box jumps for plyo metrics and other forms of resistance for my legs. I train more for functionality and athletic purposes rather than train for aesthetics (though the aesthetics are a by-product of my workouts).
However, I really enjoy biking but I noticed I get fatigued pretty damn fast. Especially if its inclined biking and especially after doing legs. Do any of you bikers do any other leg exercises are is it just biking? I know some bikers who have incredibly big and even defined legs. Big calves, thighs, hamstrings, etc. I just feel I can't stop doing my leg exercises in order to get better at biking. Unless I split them up.
Squats, dead lifts, lunges, calf raises, and some kettle bell work for variety. It was mostly off-season, and early base building, then I dropped down to once a week and lighter weights. Once I was into race season it was body weight exercises for core and mobility rather than strength.
Fatigued pretty damn fast is relative. Most racing is criteriums so you don't need a tremendous amount of endurance. Cat5 races are normally only around 30-40 minutes, up to about an hour for Pro/1/2. It's not the length that's the problem. It's the surging. The average watts over a crit are generally low, but there's lots of 600-800 watt surges and they add up. On the other end you have endurance events like centuries. They're not really competitive but depending on the field and course you're still looking at holding a moderate effort for 4-5 hours. It's completely different. A good Cat 1 rider may finish an hour behind the top finishers of a tougher century who wouldn't even finish with the pack in a 60 minute criterium. The century riders have the endurance to hold moderate effort for 4-5 hours but not necessarily same threshold power and ability to repeatedly go well over threshold to stay with the surges in a criterium.
Why not try indoor cycling classes? Repetition and resistance I would think would work better. Cycling by cycling.
This would be my recommendation also^^^.
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