(Stolen from Steve Palladino’s FB page )
PPP: The best predictor of performance is performance itself.
PPP: It’s an aerobic sport, dammit.*
*With apologies to the trackies and BMXers to whom this does not apply.
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All I really read there was vo2max also has a cap for kids. Riding a bike long distances not improving 1 rep max squat isn’t all that surprising to me, as I have eyes. 
Imagine a sprinter, a gc guy, a climber and a young rider on a podium of the tdf.
One could almost predict the jersey color from the shape of their legs. 
Then imagine a track sprinter
But sure, let’s do some science!
This is why the common man does a facepalm when they read scientific papers.
Bonus pictures Which are the marathoners, which the sprinters?
New study, does training to be an olympic marathoner improve 1 rep max squats in female track athletes? News at 11.
I think the outcome of the latter ‘study’ is that running marathons is ******* depressing based on those pics!
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haha. yeah, describe how you feel taking a picture in the sun after racing 26 miles vs. you just ran 100meters!
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This is the sort of stuff that gets done when your country/university really wants you to get into the research game, but isn’t sufficiently discerning about how the required resources are expended.
