Drop weight training or not?

Pulling out the Joe Friel Cyclist Training Bible it has a general recommendation of 14-21 weeks of resistance training, with the rest of the year doing maintenance once a week at 60-85% 1RM, 2 sets, and 6-12 reps per set. Pretty sure my other book Base Building for Cyclists has similar recommendations. A coach would adjust that of course, for example I bought the Scientific Triathlon plan and it is a 19 week plan with 2 sessions a week.

Digging one level deeper, do you have a specific objective (e.g. sprint power) or is “my main goal of getting faster on the bike” pretty generic?

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