# Adjusting strength training to avoid DOMS

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**Created:** [March 26, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/adjusting-strength-training-to-avoid-doms/92141 "2024-03-26T20:44:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![BCM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/bcm/32/137631_2.png) [@BCM](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/BCM)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/adjusting-strength-training-to-avoid-doms/92141/49 "2024-03-29T00:02:21Z")

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More comments from Coggan. Here’s one:

> [@Strength Training Versus Core Exercises for the Optimization of Road Cycling](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/strength-training-versus-core-exercises-for-the-optimization-of-road-cycling/89424/7):
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> According to _ **this** _ (unpublished) study, weight training may help if you’re not doing anything _ **but** _ low/moderate intensity cycling 4 d/wk.
> 
> According to a number of other (published) studies, it does nothing.
> 
> AFAIK, no one has compared doing resistance training versus more intensity on the bike (which is the real question).
> 
> IOW, I shared the preprint because 1) it was timely, and 2) it illustrates the limitations of the research in this area, not as an endorsement of resistance training.

Or this one:

> [@How to achieve 5w/kg for 30mins?](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-to-achieve-5w-kg-for-30mins/89745/8):
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> Trust me when I say this…\*
> 
> …but that ain’t going to cut it.
> 
> 25 years ago, I posted this to the old [CyclingForum.com](http://CyclingForum.com):
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> 'Top 10 things I’ve learned using a power meter  
> 10) I shouldn’t lose weight  
> 9) I need big gears  
> 8) I need small gears  
> 7) Strength is irrelevant  
> 6) Don’t start too hard in TTs  
> 5) Train less, rest more  
> 4) Heat acclimatization is critical  
> 3) Specificity  
> 2) SPECIFICITY
> 
> 1. SPECIFICITY!"
> 
> With respect to the last three, the training plan you have proposed will make somebody good at going hard for 5 min at a time… but the OP’s goal is to increase his 30 min power.
> 
> \*It’s just a saying!

Or this one: " Resistance training diminishes mitochondrial adaptations to subsequent endurance training in healthy untrained men"

[https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP284822](https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP284822)

More:

> [@Strength Training Questions for Special Podcast Episode](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/strength-training-questions-for-special-podcast-episode/86001/54):
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> You won’t induce significant metabolic adaptations (of the type that improve endurance performance) by lifting weights, regardless of the weight/number of reps.

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