Cycling skills are often overlooked as a rider concentrates on developing their power and endurance. In the first of a series of articles about skill in cycling, coach and former elite athlete Chris Chamberlin looks at single leg training and how it is a good method of increasing mechanical efficiency and muscle endurance.
In terms of fitness, the use of one leg at a time allows a greater volume of blood flow through the leg per minute (or unit of time) than happens with both legs working together. There is a great mass of muscle in both legs put together and together they can use more blood each minute than the heart can physically supply. When one leg works alone there is plenty of reserve capacity in the heart and a lot of blood can flood into the leg.
Read the full article here and learn how to integrate single leg cycling into your training – single leg cycling.