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 is not a important part of criterium racing it's still a great way to improve your strength and VO2MAX values. So even if you are spending this road season just doing the flatter criterium racing - make hills your friend and use them to build strength, power and improve your VO2MAX.