Originally Posted by
chaadster
Of course, but that’s irrelevant the thread topic. The OP came to BF and asked how to improve their hillclimbing. Some say train with purpose, some say just keep riding around, some say get easier gearing, some think the OP needs to learn to use the gears they have…OP says they’ll try stuff, including working on “legs and core,” so it sure sounds like training is in play for the OP.
So is just more "unstructured" riding.
If I'm in the business of giving advice I think is likely to be considered, telling someone to do more of what got them to the level that they're at seems a lot more likely than telling them to change their entire approach to riding. Again, all I'm objecting to in what you were saying is your statement that "just riding is not good enough". I think my just riding is really quite good enough for my fitness goals, I just happen to do about 200 or so miles of just riding per week.