I have a goal of improving two things in regards to my climbing:
1. increase average cadence of climbs up to 80 rpm range (I am wondering about this...on shorter climbs, I found I was going faster at same PE at around 70-75 rpms than 80-85 rpms at one lower gear...thoughts anyone?)
2. develop better explosive out of the saddle power on climbs and be able to sustain that kind of effort longer
The problem is the climbs I have around my area are not that great...New Jersey is sort of flat, you know? There are a range of 2-4 minute climbs, some steep as in up to 10-15% grade and others less so...there is one climb which is really far away near Trenton that is more like 7 minutes of climbing, but the average grade is only about 4%.
Can anybody give me some good tips on designing climbing workouts to improve these two areas on the sort of short climbs I have around me?
1. increase average cadence of climbs up to 80 rpm range (I am wondering about this...on shorter climbs, I found I was going faster at same PE at around 70-75 rpms than 80-85 rpms at one lower gear...thoughts anyone?)
2. develop better explosive out of the saddle power on climbs and be able to sustain that kind of effort longer
The problem is the climbs I have around my area are not that great...New Jersey is sort of flat, you know? There are a range of 2-4 minute climbs, some steep as in up to 10-15% grade and others less so...there is one climb which is really far away near Trenton that is more like 7 minutes of climbing, but the average grade is only about 4%.
Can anybody give me some good tips on designing climbing workouts to improve these two areas on the sort of short climbs I have around me?