Originally Posted by
bruce19
Actually there can be. My power to weight ratio did not change but my climbing got better because of two things I learned from others. First, I learned to exhale with force which emptied my lungs allowing me to inhale more air. That helped me a lot. Then a professional trainer explained that some people can climb better with increased rpms while others can use bigger gears and rely on power. It depends on your body and strength. I abandoned the former for the latter and my climbing improved again. So, it doesn't have to be just power to weight.
OK. Are we good? I seem to have changed from a moderate rpm climber to higher rpms. At least for now I only pedal fast at high power, dropping the rpms as the power drops. Which makes sense if one can do it. I'm going to continue to work on that, thinking that like for most things, practice helps.