I seem to recall reading that Bill Koch used to do a lot of
out-of-the-saddle cycling for his off-season ski-skate training.
Apparently out-of-the-saddle cycling uses almost the same muscles in
the same way as skating. The story was that Koch actually removed his
saddle for group rides so he would be forced to stand for the entire
ride. Can anybody confirm this story?

-Jim

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:39:31 -0400, Jeff Potter
wrote:

I think I've asked about this before, but here goes again...

In general it seems like the more we can imitate skiing when we train,
the better. So that bounding and ski-walking seems better than running
or walking. Right?

When bicycling, is there any chance that a cadence more like skiing is
better than one normally associated with cycling?

And when climbing maybe getting out of the saddle is generally better
for skitraining than staying seated?

I know that outofsaddle riding is taxing but maybe even on the flats it
might be better to train that way and adapt to that, for skiing. For
instance, one might not want to do the usual locked-arms mode that one
can do to ride out of saddle with less effort but instead should keep a
flexed, dynamic pose.

3 questions! Any answers?

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