Originally Posted by
zencalm
In your opinion, will stair climbing improve my fitness for hills? Of course, there is nothing like actual hill climbing, I know.
Heck yeah, as far as overall fitness and cardio. Like you say, mix it in with some climbing on the bike, you're good.
But IME, I've tried these types of approach to cycling fitness but once I start doing big climbs as training, I lose the stairs just because I'm concentrating on the bike and applying all energy there.