Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method

Jesús G. Pallares; David Barranco-Gil; Víctor Rodríguez-Rielves; Raúl de Pablos; Ángel Buendía-Romero; Alejandro Martínez-Cava; Francisco Franco-López; Iván R. Sánchez-Redondo; Jon Iriberri; Carlos Revuelta; José Ramón Lillo-Bevia; Pedro Valenzuela; Alejandro Lucia; Alejandro Hernández-Belmonte; Lidia Alejo

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Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method

Jesús G. Pallares

¹

,

David Barranco-Gil

²

,

Víctor Rodríguez-Rielves

¹

,

Raúl de Pablos

²

,

Ángel Buendía-Romero

³

,

Alejandro Martínez-Cava

^{1, 4}

,

Francisco Franco-López

¹

,

Iván R. Sánchez-Redondo

²

,

Jon Iriberri

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Carlos Revuelta

²

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José Ramón Lillo-Bevia

¹

,

Pedro L. Valenzuela

^{3, 6, 7}

,

Alejandro Lucia

^{2, 6}

,

Alejandro Hernández-Belmonte

¹

,

Lidia B. Alejo

^{2, 6}

Human Performance and Sports Science Laboratory, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Department of Sports Sciences. Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
GENUD Toledo Research Group, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha. Toledo, Spain
High Performance Sport Center, Region de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Visma-Bikealease Professional Cycling Team, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre (“imas12”), Madrid, Spain
Department of Systems Biology, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain

Biol Sport. 2025;42(3):185–195

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790

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Pallares J, Barranco-Gil D, Rodríguez-Rielves V, et al. Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method. Biology of Sport. 2025;42(3):185-195. doi:10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790.

APA

Pallares, J., Barranco-Gil, D., Rodríguez-Rielves, V., de Pablos, R., Buendía-Romero, Á.,  & Martínez-Cava, A. et al. (2025). Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method. Biology of Sport, 42(3), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790

Chicago

Pallares, Jesús G., David Barranco-Gil, Víctor Rodríguez-Rielves, Raúl de Pablos, Ángel Buendía-Romero, Alejandro Martínez-Cava,  and Francisco Franco-López et al. 2025. "Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method". Biology of Sport 42 (3): 185-195. doi:10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790.

Harvard

Pallares, J., Barranco-Gil, D., Rodríguez-Rielves, V., de Pablos, R., Buendía-Romero, Á., Martínez-Cava, A., Franco-López, F., Sánchez-Redondo, I., Iriberri, J., Revuelta, C., Lillo-Bevia, J., Valenzuela, P., Lucia, A., Hernández-Belmonte, A.,  and Alejo, L. (2025). Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method. Biology of Sport, 42(3), pp.185-195. https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790

MLA

Pallares, Jesús G. et al. "Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method." Biology of Sport, vol. 42, no. 3, 2025, pp. 185-195. doi:10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790.

Vancouver

Pallares J, Barranco-Gil D, Rodríguez-Rielves V, de Pablos R, Buendía-Romero Á, Martínez-Cava A et al. Cyclists do not need to incorporate off-bike resistance training to 
increase strength, muscle-tendon structure, and pedaling 
performance: Exploring a high-intensity on-bike method. Biology of Sport. 2025;42(3):185-195. doi:10.5114/biolsport.2025.146790.

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