44 and just started going to the gym again after not setting foot inside one for around 10 years. I stopped going as I found I just totally lacked motivation after work. Things are different now and the gym I use is only down the road so I can ride/run there (mostly ride) and fit sessions in at lunch time when I'm WFH (I don't take my laptop and sit in the seating area lol). It all came flooding back pretty quickly so got a reasonable routine in place, actually enjoy it.
Whether it's made much difference to riding I don't know, I've not been out much lol
Each to their own but I find solely weight training a bit boring. Have you got a gym nearby that run circuit-type sessions? I'm in the Armed Forces and lucky in that my work gym has daily circuits, predominately body weight focused. The advantage is that it's social as well as good for strength, balance mobility etc.
When I fancy a change I follow the routine here:
http://www.startbodyweight.com/
When I did Stronglifts in the past I didn't do a lot of riding, but I felt pretty damn good on the bike when I did.
Doing research on making my own plan seems to be lead to the question of what parts of my body I want to “sculpt” which I’m really unable to answer.
Avoid bodybuilding forums, stick to either powerlifting*, olympic/weightlifting** or strongman***
*tall people
**short people
***people who just want to ridiculously cartoonish things for fun.
