The purpose of this study was to compare high-resistance cycle training (HRCT) with resistance training (RT), and their effects on Wingate anaerobic test watt max (Wmax) and watt average (Wave), strength (improvement in 1 repetition max [RM]), and time-trial performance. Twenty-five healthy college-age untrained male subjects were randomly assigned to the HRCT (n=10), RT (n=10), or control (n=5) group. All subjects completed pre and posttesting for the leg press (LP), 30 s Wingate anaerobic test, and 15-min time-trial. Subjects also completed familiarization tests prior to pretesting in the Wingate anaerobic test and 15-min time-trial. HRCT and RT subjects trained 2x/wk for 8 weeks with at least 48 hrs between training sessions. During each training session HRCT completed 4 x 30 sec efforts increasing resistance when >65 rotations per minute (rpm) could be maintained for the full training session. RT completed 3 x 10 repetitions of leg press with weight increasing 5 -10 lbs when all repetitions were completed during a training session. ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc was used to determine if differences existed between the groups. Within group change was analyzed using paired T-test. Effect size was computed to determine meaningfulness of differences. HRCT and RT groups both showed statistical significance (p < 0.05) pre to posttesting in LP, Wingate anaerobic test Wmax and Wave, and 15-min time-trial. Control group also showed statistical significance (p < 0.05) pre to posttesting in LP and 15-min time-trial. Significant between group differences were noted between HRCT and control in Wingate anaerobic test Wmax (p=0.03) and Wave (p = 0.007) and 15-min time-trial (p = 0.003). There was a significant difference between RT and control on the 15-min time-trial (p = 0.008). When comparing HRCT and RT no statistical difference was seen in LP, Wingate anaerobic test Wmax and Wave, and 15-min time-trial. High-resistance cycle training and RT resulted in similar strength gains. However, HRCT showed greater improvements in cycling specific activities: 30 s Wingate anaerobic test Wmax and Wave, and 15-min time-trial. Results suggested that HRCT may increase performance on bike related assessments when compared to RT.

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The topic of this thesis is the development of bicycling in the city České Budějovice and in the region of South Bohemia. The whole thesis is divided into 3 parts: the review, methodology and practical part. The main aim of the thesis is to create the list of suggestions about strategy of the development of bicycling and its implementations to the City Hall of České Budějovice. In the practical part of thesis there was analysed the document Plán rozvoje infrastruktury pro cyklisty v Českých Budějovicích (in english: The plan of Development of infrastructure for bicyclists in České Budějovice). At first the plan was evaluated by set the criteria, which were set by Ministry of finance´s methodical manuals. On the next capture the document was compared with the documents of higher-levels´ entities, whether it is in harmony with strategies and visions. The Cycling Plan was subsequently compared with documents of other Czech towns (Tábor, Pardubice, Hradec Králové, Jihlava and Karlovy Vary). Based on the identified shortcomings there were established a list of recommendations to the City Hall of České Budějovice.