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Cycling Strength Training in Italy

Maddy coaches clients across Italy online — live classes stream in your local time, plans are built from your Body Scan, and pricing shows in EUR alongside INR. FitnessByMaddy has no physical location in Italy; it is an online coaching service that meets you in your own city. Pick your city below for class times computed to its exact timezone.

Cyclists resist the gym for one reason: fear of slow, heavy legs. Maddy's cycling strength programming is built to remove that fear. The research on combining strength work with endurance riding — reviewed by Rønnestad and Mujika in 2014 — supports what strong riders already know: properly dosed lifting can benefit cycling performance rather than tax it. The plan keeps the recipe tight: two short gym sessions a week built around squats, hinges, and single-leg work, low volume and progressively heavier, plus trunk work for stability on the bike. Sessions are placed away from your key rides so interval days stay sharp, and gym load drops to a maintenance dose when your riding volume peaks. Nothing in the plan chases soreness — soreness steals ride quality. Check-ins read your lifting log next to your riding week, and the balance shifts with your season.

Pick your city in Italy

Every city page computes the live-class timetable for that city's own timezone.

Live-class timetable in Italy (Rome) local time

Every time below is computed for Italy (Rome)'s own timezone (Europe/Rome), daylight-saving aware, for the week of 6 Sep 2026. Classes stream live from India (IST) — you join from Italy (Rome) with nothing to convert.

ClassItaly (Rome) timeIST referenceLength
HIIT & Fat Loss (Live)Mon 3:00 AMMon 6:30 AM IST45 min
Women's Only (Live)Mon 2:00 PMMon 5:30 PM IST45 min
Strength (Live)Mon 4:30 PMMon 8:00 PM IST60 min
Seniors Fitness (Live)Tue 7:30 AMTue 11:00 AM IST45 min
HIIT & Fat Loss (Live)Tue 3:30 PMTue 7:00 PM IST45 min
HIIT & Fat Loss (Live)Wed 3:00 AMWed 6:30 AM IST45 min
Women's Only (Live)Wed 2:00 PMWed 5:30 PM IST45 min
Strength (Live)Wed 4:30 PMWed 8:00 PM IST60 min
Seniors Fitness (Live)Thu 7:30 AMThu 11:00 AM IST45 min
HIIT & Fat Loss (Live)Thu 3:30 PMThu 7:00 PM IST45 min
HIIT & Fat Loss (Live)Fri 3:00 AMFri 6:30 AM IST45 min
Women's Only (Live)Fri 2:00 PMFri 5:30 PM IST45 min
Strength (Live)Fri 4:30 PMFri 8:00 PM IST60 min
Seniors Fitness (Live)Sat 7:30 AMSat 11:00 AM IST45 min
Strength (Live)Sat 2:00 PMSat 5:30 PM IST60 min
Worldwide Live SessionSun 3:30 PMSun 7:00 PM IST60 min

16 live sessions per week. Indicative schedule v1 — the exact class calendar and joining details arrive after your Body Scan. When a class crosses midnight IST, the local weekday shown is the day it actually lands in Italy (Rome).

The method — how Maddy coaches this

Who this is for:

Source — properly dosed strength training can benefit cycling performance: Rønnestad BR, Mujika I. "Optimizing strength training for running and cycling endurance performance: A review." Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2014.

What it costs in Italy

6-Week Fat-Loss Plan

₹1,499

12-Week Custom Plan

₹5,999

Strength for cyclists is a balancing act with your riding calendar — a 12-week custom block programmes both sides of the week and adjusts them together.

See the full plan →

Live 1-on-1 Coaching · 12 Sessions

₹20,000

Prices are billed in INR. Local figures are approximate conversions at mid-market rates (). Checkout runs in INR from the plans page — international cards work normally.

Common questions

Will lifting add body weight I have to haul uphill?

The plan uses low training volumes aimed at strength quality, not size, and your weight trend is watched at check-ins like every other number. Meaningful mass gain requires a calorie surplus and volume this programme deliberately does not include.

When should I lift around my key rides?

Gym sessions are placed on easier riding days or after rides, with at least a day's gap before your hardest sessions. Your week is built backwards from the rides that matter most — the lifting fits around them, never the reverse.

Do I need a full gym for this?

A barbell or a pair of adjustable dumbbells covers the core plan. If you have less, the programme substitutes loaded single-leg work, which is brutally effective for cyclists anyway — equipment changes the tools, not the intent.

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One coach. Every city in Italy.

The plan starts from your body, not your postcode. Three minutes, eleven questions, and Maddy takes it from there.

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