There, I've said it. I love to climb hills, but I want to improve my climbing.
I have a feeling that my technique is not optimal, and I'm looking for some (onbike?) exercises to improve.
I get the feeling that my downward leg is doing all the work and my upward leg is along for the ride. When I concentrate on pulling up, I go up the hill much faster, doh, but I can't keep this up very long...
Would appreciate some pointers on reworking my technique...
There, I've said it. I love to climb hills, but I want to improve my climbing.
I have a feeling that my technique is not optimal, and I'm looking for some (onbike?) exercises to improve.
I get the feeling that my downward leg is doing all the work and my upward leg is along for the ride. When I concentrate on pulling up, I go up the hill much faster, doh, but I can't keep this up very long...
Would appreciate some pointers on reworking my technique...
Thanks!
Lee Old Phart Cat 4
Try to imagine scraping the mud off the soles of your shoes.
Note that this is a retarded analogy that I've always hated and that it's only good for scraping mud or doggie doo off your shoes and nothing else.
Technique is not going to avail you here. Do you know why you went faster when you recruited other muscles and then slowed down? Because you didn't have the aerobic capacity to ride faster and after those new muscles fatigued (went anaerobic, so to speak) you were back to where you started.
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Okay, so I suck at climbing.
There, I've said it. I love to climb hills, but I want to improve my climbing.
I have a feeling that my technique is not optimal, and I'm looking for
some
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(onbike?) exercises to improve.
I get the feeling that my downward leg is doing all the work and my upward leg is along for the ride. When I concentrate on pulling up, I go up the hill much faster, doh, but I can't keep this up very long...
Would appreciate some pointers on reworking my technique...
Thanks!
Lee Old Phart Cat 4
Improving your climbing is all about.... climbing!
Go ride more hills. When you're done with them, ride some more.
It won't do you a bit of good winning Cat4 field sprints, but if you wanna climb that's what you wanna do...
Send me an e-mail and I will give you some workouts and pointers that will improve your weakness.
Any discussion on this newsgroup will be ridiculed.
Paul
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Okay, so I suck at climbing.
There, I've said it. I love to climb hills, but I want to improve my climbing.
I have a feeling that my technique is not optimal, and I'm looking for
some
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(onbike?) exercises to improve.
I get the feeling that my downward leg is doing all the work and my upward leg is along for the ride. When I concentrate on pulling up, I go up the hill much faster, doh, but I can't keep this up very long...
Would appreciate some pointers on reworking my technique...
"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote in message news:_wfjb.66134$vj2.56883@fed1read06...
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Improving your climbing is all about.... climbing!
Go ride more hills. When you're done with them, ride some more.
It won't do you a bit of good winning Cat4 field sprints, but if you wanna climb that's what you wanna do...
Thanks, Mike, this makes sense 🙂
I've done some hill climbing work over the summer and while it's painful to do the same steep hill a half dozen times, it sure does build climbing capability.
I'm not actually looking to win any Cat4 field sprints (I'm not that fast), I just want to be able to keep up on the hills with the other guys!
Buy Roayl Robbins: Basic Rockcraft. Memorize contents with special care to tying knots.
10mm x 60m rope Set of wired nuts, skip the micro nuts and really big sizes for now. Set of Tri-cams, generally the 4-5 smallest sizes Set of Cams, 4-5 in the .5"-3" range 25-35 basic carabiners, 3-6 quick draws 6-10 single length runners 3-4 locking carabiners 1-2 Cordelettes 1 nut tool 1 belay device
Depends on what end of the experience scale you're on. If you're a beginner, everything is a good tip. If you've been around a while, then Bicycling Magazine's not the ticket any more.
I had several year's worth of Bicycling magazines from when I was first starting out. If you look at them over several years, you'll see that they repeat the same 12 basic articles over and over, and over...
Mike
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Would appreciate some pointers on reworking my technique...
"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote in message news:_wfjb.66134$vj2.56883@fed1read06...
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Improving your climbing is all about.... climbing!
Go ride more hills. When you're done with them, ride some more.
It won't do you a bit of good winning Cat4 field sprints, but if you wanna climb that's what you wanna do...
Thanks, Mike, this makes sense 🙂
I've done some hill climbing work over the summer and while it's painful to do the same steep hill a half dozen times, it sure does build climbing capability.
I'm not actually looking to win any Cat4 field sprints (I'm not that fast), I just want to be able to keep up on the hills with the other guys!
Lee
The best things are climbing and losing weight. Other than that, it's up to genetics. Do you stand or sit while climbing? I tend to do both, depending on how I feel. Short, steep hills, I stand. Long hills, I usually sit until I get bored then stand. Lance is amazing at standing while climbing.
"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote in message news:Kjhjb.66302$vj2.22924@fed1read06...
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I had several year's worth of Bicycling magazines from when I was first starting out. If you look at them over several years, you'll see that they repeat the same 12 basic articles over and over, and over...
Dumbass -
BTW, I used to read that [censored] too, when I was starting out. That stuff is useful to a Fred.
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B. Lafferty said:
Liposuction. Makes the perfect holiday gift.
LOL. I have wondered about that! I wonder if any Masters racers are doing that!. For some that would be a bigger boost than that damn tent!
Most dermatology practices do it. The call it body contouring. Most practices have a pamphlet about it that you can look at. Effective, but not cheap. Easier to diet.
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The best things are climbing and losing weight. Other than that, it's up to genetics. Do you stand or sit while climbing? I tend to do both, depending on how I feel. Short, steep hills, I stand. Long hills, I usually sit until I get bored then stand. Lance is amazing at standing while climbing.
Short hills I stand, long I sit, same as you.
WRT weight...I gained 5 pounds over the summer due to a new diet recommended by a sports nutritionist. Now I'm working to get that off. I only weigh 155 or so, would really like to be racing next summer at about 145, but haven't been there in a while.
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> Liposuction. Makes the perfect holiday gift.
LOL. I have wondered about that! I wonder if any Masters racers are
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that!. For some that would be a bigger boost than that damn tent!
Most dermatology practices do it. The call it body contouring. Most practices have a pamphlet about it that you can look at. Effective, but
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cheap. Easier to diet.
Every once in a while Henry's taunting makes me thing about Lipo... Gotta get rid of this roll around my middle SOMEHOW! Heaven forbid riding more and eating the same...
Dumbass -
I've actually thought about getting a spot of lipo. Even if I'm at 6%, there's this little pad of fat right around my bellybutton that doesn't go
around it.
I wonder how much it would cost to get it sucked out.
Yup, it is friggen hilarious. The new riders always think there's a
trick
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to riding faster, when all it is is a matter of riding more...
That's funny. I keep reading that method is crucial. E.g. you're supposed
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incorporate recovery days into your training weeks. A newbie wouldn't necessarily realize that, or know how much of what to do.
I'm new to structured training myself, and am curious about what the best training plan would be to optimize climbing ability. Obviously you need to climb a lot, but again, it's not that simple.
Shayne Wissler
If you're doing "structured training" WTF are you doing trying to improve your climbing in Oct? What races/rides(?) are you trying to peak for?
Right now is the time to rest and rejuvenate, even here in the sun belt. You go hard now, and you're asking to burn out in May...
If you're doing "structured training" WTF are you doing trying to improve your climbing in Oct? What races/rides(?) are you trying to peak for?
Right now is the time to rest and rejuvenate, even here in the sun belt. You go hard now, and you're asking to burn out in May...
Mike
I would venture a guess that less than 0.5% of riders in the USA run the risk of physical burnout in May by going hard now. I don't think very many riders (have the time/interest) to put in the hours needed to overtrain. Granted, you can wear yourself down by doing a lot of intensity in a training block, but for the base mileage that most riders have, a week will have them fresh again. I do agree however that for most riders, lots of intensity at this point of the season is not the most productive way to spend your time on the bike
