Chris Beardsley is a co-founder of Strength and Conditioning Research, a monthly publication that summarizes the latest fitness research for strength and sports coaches, personal trainers, and athletes. The views expressed herein are his and are based on the studies in the publication.The fitness industry can be a confusing place, with many experts providing conflicting opinions. Scientific research is our best shot at providing objective and effective approaches to fitness. Studies likes these are essential reading for all strength and sports coaches, personal trainers, and dedicated athletes.Strength and Conditioning Research is a monthly review service that covers new and interesting scientific studies on fitness topics. The studies included help answer difficult questions about optimal fitness, training, and body transformation.Here are the summarized results of three recent studies that were covered in the review along with what these results mean for you.Strength Training Improves Endurance Cycling PerformanceRecently, a group of researchers led by Ernst Hansen from Norway found that strength training improves the 5-minute time-trial performance at the end of a long ride in national-standard competitive cyclists .What did the researchers do?Several studies have recently confirmed that strength training can be included in endurance-training programs without causing any interference to endurance sports performance in untrained and recreationally trained individuals. However, these researchers wanted to see whether strength training could benefit the endurance performance of national-level cyclists.To study this, the researchers recruited 20 Norwegian national-level cyclists who had not performed any strength training in the previous six months. The subjects were divided into two groups: a strength-training group and a control group

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