Make hills your friend and improve your Cycling fitness dramatically

I'm a big fan of monitoring the amount of vertical meters climbed for the week. It's a number that's important if you are a recreational rider that's riding hilly events... Especially if you are riding some of these epic events in Europe this year. It's also a very important number if you are now transitioning into road racing. While climbing...

Get low to climb hills faster

Are you climbing low and strong? How to improve your cycling hill climbing by improving your cycling core strength.

Quick Tip: Slide on Climbs

I received this quick hill climbing tip in a e-mail from the RBR Publishing Company. It's a great tip for riding longer climbs. Slide on Climbs.

On long, gradual climbs you can emphasize some muscles and relieve others by changing where you sit on the saddle. Move to the rear to accentuate the strong gluteus muscles in your butt, pushing the...

Slow down to speed up your hill climbing - cycle up hills fast

Hill climbing. Of all the elements of bike racing, this is perhaps the one feared by most.   While you may think that much of your ability to climb is down to genetics alone, there is a lot you can do to increase the speed at which you climb. This means that you can use climbs to your advantage rather than having them dictate to you. This...

To climb faster you need to build strength before speed

In the quest for hill climbing speed there is something that is really important: your strength foundation must come first if you want to climb fast!

All too often, cyclists head out for the hills, hoping to simply climb and get stronger. Unfortunately, this rarely happens.

Why? Simple, if the underlying strength foundation is not there...