For those who lift weights, do you reserve most of this for the winter and back off during cycling season? If you do lift in the summer, do you mainly focus on upper body?

I was speaking with my fitter yesterday, and a couple of other cyclists who also lift and they think my quad/hamstring tendinitis is likely from not backing off on the weights while riding like a wild woman this summer as I worked to build my long distance mileage base. Neither were too much for me, but they suggested that both at the same time likely was.

It is, apparently, unusual to have tendinitis in both places at the same time on the same leg - and it is not from an imbalance between quad and hamstring. My trainer and I have been careful to give both equal attention to prevent this.

What they said made sense to me, but they are men and our bodies are just a little different the last time I checked. I am quite sure that I do not lift the same volume they do, though for lower body exercises I do lift more than my weight. I am interested in hearing how other women approach this.