Maximal strength
Work to raise the ceiling on the force you can put through the pedals, so you have more to give on every climb and every effort.
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Cycling Strength & Conditioning
Cycling Strength & Conditioning
The off-bike discipline that makes a cyclist faster on the bike and harder to break.
The off-bike discipline that makes a cyclist faster and harder to break, building strength, power, and durability for the bike, coached by people who race, in Soho, London.
The short answer
What cycling strength and conditioning is
Cycling strength and conditioning is the off-bike discipline of structured strength training applied specifically to the bike: maximal strength, rate of force development, mobility, and resilience trained so you ride faster, hold a better aerodynamic position, and stay healthy enough to keep training. For years the myth held that cyclists should stay out of the weight room. The evidence says the opposite, and this is that discipline.
This is not general gym work in cycling clothing. Every quality we train has a job on the road: maximal strength to raise the force you can produce, rate of force development to express it quickly, mobility to get and hold an aerodynamic position, and resilience to resist the niggles that derail a season.
It runs on biomechanics, the right training stimulus, and progressive overload, and it is periodised around your riding so the gym feeds your time on the bike rather than fighting it. Built around your power-to-weight goals, it makes you stronger without unwanted mass, coached by competitive cyclists in Soho, London.
Who this is for
Is cycling strength and conditioning right for you?
This is strength work built for the bike, not general gym work in cycling kit. This is ideal for you if you:
Have been told cyclists should stay out of the weight room and want the truth
Want to raise the force you put through the pedals without unwanted mass
Struggle to hold a low, aerodynamic position late in a ride
Keep picking up the niggles that derail a season
Want strength work built for the bike, not general gym work
Are new to lifting and want technique coached from the first session
What cycling strength and conditioning includes
Off-bike strength, power, and durability built for the bike, periodised around your riding.
Rate of force development
Power work to express that strength quickly, for the sprints, attacks, and surges a race or hard ride demands.
A sustainable aero position
The strength and mobility to reach a lower, more aerodynamic position and hold it for longer without losing power.
Durability and resilience
Work so you stay strong late in a ride and resist the common niggles that quietly derail a season.
Built around power-to-weight
Strength developed where it makes you faster, so you get stronger without piling on mass you do not want.
Periodised around your riding
Progressed by progressive overload and sequenced around your calendar, so the gym feeds your time on the bike rather than fighting it.
Coached by competitive cyclists
How the training
works
We read your strength and movement through a cycling lens, programme the qualities that move the needle for you, coach technique and load, and periodise it all around your riding.
Assess against cycling
We read your off-bike strength, movement, and mobility, then interpret it through a cycling lens: what it means for your power, your position, and your durability over a long ride.
Programme the right qualities
Your plan targets maximal strength, rate of force development, mobility for an aero position, and resilience, with the balance set for your goals rather than a template.
Coach technique and load
Compound strength work anchors the sessions, with accessory, power, and mobility work for what the assessment flagged. Load is applied by progressive overload, earned rather than chased.
Periodise around the bike
Strength work is sequenced so your legs are fresh for key rides and your fitness peaks when your events do, kept in balance across the block.
Pricing
Pricing
Performance Assessment A one-off baseline of strength, movement, position, and capacity, read through a cycling lens.
£299
In-person coaching Hands-on 1-2-1 cycling strength and conditioning at UNTIL Soho.
£120 per session, or £1,000 for 10
Online coaching A periodised off-bike programme with check-ins, across three tiers.
From £99 a month
Written bySupertraining, Cycling Strength & Conditioning · National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and CIMSPA frameworks; UK Chief Medical Officers physical activity guidelines.
FAQ
Cycling strength and conditioning
FAQs
Should cyclists really do strength training?
Yes. The old idea that cyclists should avoid the weight room has not held up. Structured strength and conditioning raises the force you can produce, helps you hold an aerodynamic position, and builds the resilience to keep training. Done well and kept in proportion, it makes most riders faster and more durable.
Will lifting weights make me heavier and slower?
No, not when it is programmed for cycling. The work is built around your power-to-weight goals, so you develop force where it makes you faster without piling on mass you do not want. Well-coached, targeted strength training raises force production and durability while keeping you in proportion for performance.
How is cycling S&C different from a normal gym programme?
Every quality is chosen for the bike. We train maximal strength, rate of force development, the mobility to hold an aero position, and resilience over long rides, then periodise it around your riding. It is the science of physical preparation pointed at cycling, not a general fitness plan you happen to do as a cyclist.
How many strength sessions a week do I need?
For most riders, two well-chosen off-bike sessions a week return the most for the time invested, sequenced around your key rides. The exact number depends on your goals, your event calendar, and how you recover, and we agree it early so the work complements your riding rather than crowding it out.
I have never lifted before. Can I start?
Yes. Most riders we work with are not experienced lifters. The programme starts wherever you are today and builds the fundamentals first, with technique coached in every set, so you train safely from session one rather than against a standard you are somehow expected to already meet.
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