Strength Training for Cycling Success

Strength Training for Cycling Success

In this introductory course, exercise scientist and USA Cycling Expert Level Coach, Menachem Brodie, shares his secrets for cycling success through strength and conditioning.

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About this course

Help your athletes reach the next level.

You’ve been coaching or riding for years with fantastic results for your athletes, and now you’re getting asked about strength training. Maybe you aren't sure what the best practices are or maybe it feels like strength training lies beyond your coaching experience or comfort level. No matter what, you know your athletes could benefit, and you may even be leaving money on the table.

Join Coach Menachem Brodie as he shares his 10+ years of experience working with athletes of all levels to build strength training plans, decrease risk of injury, return stronger from breaks, and boost performance at everything from local races to international, multi-day races. This program will take you from feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and losing new coaching opportunities to delivering powerful programs that produce results your athletes can depend on. 


What you will learn

Athlete assessment

Learn how to assess your athlete's strengths and weaknesses to build better training plans.

Strength training adaptations

Learn how the body adapts to strength training in addition to cycling-specific training.

Building training plans

Learn how to develop strength training plans that will help your athletes stay healthy and reach their goals.


Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Complete the course and assessments to earn CEUs and make progress toward TrainingPeaks Certification.
USA Cycling - 4 CEUs

National Strength Conditioning Association - 1.2 CEU's (Category D) (2018-2020)

National Association of Sports Medicine - 0.9 CEUs (2018)

Curriculum9 hr 20 min

  • Introduction
  • Preview
    Introduction 5 min
  • Can you be too strong? 4 min
  • Preview
    Why Strength Train? 5 min
  • Small and Strong 9 min
  • The New Path Forward
  • Tools 9 min
  • Long Term Athlete Development 8 min
  • Long Term Athlete Development Challenges 3 min
  • Case Studies 8 min
  • Preview
    The 5 Segments of Training 5 min
  • Special Considerations 10 min
  • Cycling Anatomy
  • Cycling Anatomy 8 min
  • Muscle Structure 8 min
  • Types of Strength 6 min
  • Types of Strength continued 7 min
  • Core Principles
  • Introduction 5 min
  • Stages of Strength 3 min
  • Stages of Adaptation to Strength Training 6 min
  • Stages of Adaptation Part 2 8 min
  • Desired Results from Strength Training 4 min
  • How do we get desired results? 3 min
  • HIIT is NOT the Answer 3 min
  • What DOES your athlete need? 5 min
  • Chapter Summary 4 min
  • Equipment
  • Equipment Introduction 4 min
  • Bodyweight 7 min
  • Bands 11 min
  • Suspension Trainer 11 min
  • Kettlebells 9 min
  • Dumbbells 6 min
  • Selectorized Equipment 7 min
  • Freemotion and Weight Stacks 19 min
  • The 5 Fundamental Movements
  • Push 11 min
  • Pull 10 min
  • Squat 11 min
  • Hinge 10 min
  • Press 12 min
  • Rotary Stability 10 min
  • Single Leg and Labile Surface Training 9 min
  • Movement Analysis
  • Introduction to Assessment 8 min
  • Mental Assessment Overview 7 min
  • Movement Analysis: Full Body Movement 16 min
  • Movement Analysis: Static Strength 7 min
  • Movement Analysis: Trunk and Posture 9 min
  • Movement Analysis: Hinge 17 min
  • Movement Analysis: Rotary Stability, Power Production 17 min
  • Movement Analysis: Weighted Variation of Full Body Movement 13 min
  • Movement Analysis: Weighted Variation of Full Body Movement #2 13 min
  • Movement Analysis: Upper Body Mobility & Stability 6 min
  • Movement Analysis: Full Body Stability & Compensations 6 min
  • Assessment Recap 11 min
  • Dynamic Warm-ups
  • Why Do a Dynamic Warm Up? 5 min
  • Before the Dynamic Warm Up: Foam Rolling 15 min
  • Start General 4 min
  • Gross Warm Up 7 min
  • Targeted Warm Up 9 min
  • Prepare for the Day 4 min
  • Full Body Mobility 10 min
  • Programming
  • Introduction to Programming 5 min
  • Preview
    Where does strength fit into the Annual Training Plan? 12 min
  • How do we measure the intensity? 8 min
  • Adjusting for fatigue and stress 11 min
  • Increasing the difficulty 11 min
  • Building your program 12 min
  • Training year breakdown 14 min
  • Designing a training plan 8 min
  • 7 Rules of programming 10 min
  • Course Resources

About this course

Help your athletes reach the next level.

You’ve been coaching or riding for years with fantastic results for your athletes, and now you’re getting asked about strength training. Maybe you aren't sure what the best practices are or maybe it feels like strength training lies beyond your coaching experience or comfort level. No matter what, you know your athletes could benefit, and you may even be leaving money on the table.

Join Coach Menachem Brodie as he shares his 10+ years of experience working with athletes of all levels to build strength training plans, decrease risk of injury, return stronger from breaks, and boost performance at everything from local races to international, multi-day races. This program will take you from feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and losing new coaching opportunities to delivering powerful programs that produce results your athletes can depend on. 


What you will learn

Athlete assessment

Learn how to assess your athlete's strengths and weaknesses to build better training plans.

Strength training adaptations

Learn how the body adapts to strength training in addition to cycling-specific training.

Building training plans

Learn how to develop strength training plans that will help your athletes stay healthy and reach their goals.


Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Complete the course and assessments to earn CEUs and make progress toward TrainingPeaks Certification.
USA Cycling - 4 CEUs

National Strength Conditioning Association - 1.2 CEU's (Category D) (2018-2020)

National Association of Sports Medicine - 0.9 CEUs (2018)

Curriculum9 hr 20 min

  • Introduction
  • Preview
    Introduction 5 min
  • Can you be too strong? 4 min
  • Preview
    Why Strength Train? 5 min
  • Small and Strong 9 min
  • The New Path Forward
  • Tools 9 min
  • Long Term Athlete Development 8 min
  • Long Term Athlete Development Challenges 3 min
  • Case Studies 8 min
  • Preview
    The 5 Segments of Training 5 min
  • Special Considerations 10 min
  • Cycling Anatomy
  • Cycling Anatomy 8 min
  • Muscle Structure 8 min
  • Types of Strength 6 min
  • Types of Strength continued 7 min
  • Core Principles
  • Introduction 5 min
  • Stages of Strength 3 min
  • Stages of Adaptation to Strength Training 6 min
  • Stages of Adaptation Part 2 8 min
  • Desired Results from Strength Training 4 min
  • How do we get desired results? 3 min
  • HIIT is NOT the Answer 3 min
  • What DOES your athlete need? 5 min
  • Chapter Summary 4 min
  • Equipment
  • Equipment Introduction 4 min
  • Bodyweight 7 min
  • Bands 11 min
  • Suspension Trainer 11 min
  • Kettlebells 9 min
  • Dumbbells 6 min
  • Selectorized Equipment 7 min
  • Freemotion and Weight Stacks 19 min
  • The 5 Fundamental Movements
  • Push 11 min
  • Pull 10 min
  • Squat 11 min
  • Hinge 10 min
  • Press 12 min
  • Rotary Stability 10 min
  • Single Leg and Labile Surface Training 9 min
  • Movement Analysis
  • Introduction to Assessment 8 min
  • Mental Assessment Overview 7 min
  • Movement Analysis: Full Body Movement 16 min
  • Movement Analysis: Static Strength 7 min
  • Movement Analysis: Trunk and Posture 9 min
  • Movement Analysis: Hinge 17 min
  • Movement Analysis: Rotary Stability, Power Production 17 min
  • Movement Analysis: Weighted Variation of Full Body Movement 13 min
  • Movement Analysis: Weighted Variation of Full Body Movement #2 13 min
  • Movement Analysis: Upper Body Mobility & Stability 6 min
  • Movement Analysis: Full Body Stability & Compensations 6 min
  • Assessment Recap 11 min
  • Dynamic Warm-ups
  • Why Do a Dynamic Warm Up? 5 min
  • Before the Dynamic Warm Up: Foam Rolling 15 min
  • Start General 4 min
  • Gross Warm Up 7 min
  • Targeted Warm Up 9 min
  • Prepare for the Day 4 min
  • Full Body Mobility 10 min
  • Programming
  • Introduction to Programming 5 min
  • Preview
    Where does strength fit into the Annual Training Plan? 12 min
  • How do we measure the intensity? 8 min
  • Adjusting for fatigue and stress 11 min
  • Increasing the difficulty 11 min
  • Building your program 12 min
  • Training year breakdown 14 min
  • Designing a training plan 8 min
  • 7 Rules of programming 10 min
  • Course Resources
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