In 2008 when Lance announced he was making a comeback to professional cycling, Lance hired strength and conditioning coach Peter Park to help prep his body for the demands of training for the 2009 Tour de France. The goal was to focus on core strength, build leg power and work on a few imbalances Lance had developed since he retired in 2005.
“If you’re a cyclist, you need to have the upper body of a 12 year old girl and the lower body of a power lifter” coach Park said
Lance’s strength program looked like:
Warm up:
Perform one set of each exercise without resting
Lateral Band Walk
20x 20sec Plank
6x per side Iliotibial Band Roll
8x per side Groiner
3x Hand Crossover
10x each side Lunges
5x Lunge with Side Bend
10x each side Elbow-to-Foot Lunge
2x Sumo Squat to Stand
3x Kettlebell Goblet Squat
1x Doorway Stretch
Core Circuit
Perform one set of each exercise without resting
Side Planks (30 seconds per side)
3x Back Extensions
30x per side Swiss-Ball Roll
20x per side Swiss-Ball Pike
30x Mountain Climber with Feet on Valslides
25x Wrist-to-Knee Crunches
6x Plank
Strength Circuit One
Perform one set of each exercise without resting
5x each leg Pistol Squat
8x each side Single-Leg Deadlift
Strength Circuit Two
Perform one set of each exercise without resting.
12x Single-Leg Squat
10x each side Lunge
Metabolic Circuit
If Lance is exhausted, he stopped here. But if he still had energy, he performed this final circuit up to three times, depending on how good he felt. Perform one set of each exercise without resting.
25x Single Arm Dumbbell Swing
15x High Box Jump
25x Single Arm Dumbbell Swing
12x each side Split Jacks
25x Single Arm Dumbbell Swing
TRAIN SMOOTH 
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