Want to be a good cyclist? Well – then cycling is probably the best primary form of training. However, that’s not to say that it isn’t worth packing in a few other activities during you week.

Adding some cross training to your training helps give your cycling muscles a break, and also gives you the opportunity to strengthen some of those muscles not targeted by cycling. Not only that, if you’ve got a chosen cross training sport, it will help you stay fit and motivated should injury strike.

There are hundreds of options out there – we took a look at the best cross training exercises for cyclists…