Mountain Training
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Citius
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Of those three options, the least useless is option 3.
Long alpine climbs require you to make a consistently hard effort for the duration of the climb, so focusing on the type of training which replicates those long, hard, steady efforts will be the most appropriate. A turbo would be more useful than a gym bike though...preferably fitted with the bike you are going to be riding.
Long alpine climbs require you to make a consistently hard effort for the duration of the climb, so focusing on the type of training which replicates those long, hard, steady efforts will be the most appropriate. A turbo would be more useful than a gym bike though...preferably fitted with the bike you are going to be riding.
moo
Senior Member
- Location
- North London
A steady alpine climb is simply a slow 25 mile time trial. Train for and enter a few of those.
windyrider
Guest
Good endurance base, throw in some climbs, short sharp, long slow, ride in and out of the saddle, mix it up.
Suffer well and enjoy.
Oh and remember to take in the views and not just the tarmac 2 meters in front of the bike :-))
Depending on your fitness level if the alpine climb is 20+ kms long then I work on a 2 hours climbing or there about.
Never done a time trial, but the word "simply " is not one that springs to mind when describing any of the riding I have done in the Alps.
Suffer well and enjoy.
Oh and remember to take in the views and not just the tarmac 2 meters in front of the bike :-))
Depending on your fitness level if the alpine climb is 20+ kms long then I work on a 2 hours climbing or there about.
Never done a time trial, but the word "simply " is not one that springs to mind when describing any of the riding I have done in the Alps.
HeroesFitness
Active Member
- Location
- Norwich
Do plenty of hill climbs in your area, plenty of shuttle sprints are good, as these will increase your leg power for hill climbs, there are decent downloadable cycle programs for this, http://www.bicycling.com/training/fitness/fly-hills
Big Dave laaa
Biking Ninja
- Location
- Flintshire
As for all climbing the best gain is weight loss if you have any spare timber.
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
The thing that will stop you is the build up of lactate acid in your legs. Training to increase your tolerance of the pain is one way but you can also increase what is known as your lactate threshold and working on this systematically is the way to go.
