Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
All good recommendations in that article.
I'd like to offer one more:
push a bigger gear than you normally do.
Biking uphill demands more peak pedal force than spinning on the flat, so riding in a big gear also puts more demands on your muscles than when you are spinning a high cadence.
In sports physiology terms, this added muscle effort causes "muscle fiber recruitment". Climbing "recruits" lots more muscle fibers than spinning at a high cadence on a flat grade does. Recruiting muscle fibers for a long time, when they are usually only used for a short bursts, causes fatigue, and your power output will drop off.
When no climbs are available, I also like to stay in a big gear over rollers, in the saddle, trying to keep the cadence going. That puts a high demand on those climbing muscles.