Hi everybody,
At the moment my main limiter is climbing (I mean climbing longish/quite steep hills).
My training for climbing has always been the same: going to a long, hard climb (not too difficult to find something like 8km at 9% here), climb it at a steady pace (the higher pace I can keep for 40min. or so).
Since I like climbing, I do it quite often (but rarely more than once per week).
More than that, almost all my rides are up and downs, including short and not so steep hills.
I'm realizing that there should be a more efficient way to climb better.
I've read Friel's training bible but I'm somewhat confused: he lists several workouts to improve strength, anaerobic endurance, power, etc... but I can't understand which ones are the aspects most involved in climbing.
Some tips?
At the moment my main limiter is climbing (I mean climbing longish/quite steep hills).
My training for climbing has always been the same: going to a long, hard climb (not too difficult to find something like 8km at 9% here), climb it at a steady pace (the higher pace I can keep for 40min. or so).
Since I like climbing, I do it quite often (but rarely more than once per week).
More than that, almost all my rides are up and downs, including short and not so steep hills.
I'm realizing that there should be a more efficient way to climb better.
I've read Friel's training bible but I'm somewhat confused: he lists several workouts to improve strength, anaerobic endurance, power, etc... but I can't understand which ones are the aspects most involved in climbing.
Some tips?