Originally Posted by palesaint
Truth hurts doesn't it.
I wish there was some magic pill that would make me a better climber (other than heavey doping), but that's just not how it works.
I'm curious about hill training. As of late, most of my climbs have come at the end of a fairly long ride. After approx. 50-60 miles under the belt I am suddenly sitting at 5000ish feet elevation, looking at 2 main hills that will get me back home up at 7350 feet. At that points it's a practice in sheer willpower to convince the body to stay in the middle ring and maintain a cadence of > 40 RPM. Over 10 miles, 2200 feet of climbing with a little over half of that being mostly flat, I average a HR of over 175 (LT is 168, so it HURTS!). Makes me wonder: Is it better to do hill intervals with fresh legs?
I thought this was a pretty good question that everyone glossed over. First time that ever happened on BF
Just my opinion but I think there are times for hitting it hard when already wiped. Do that for that extra mental strength and lactic acid processing power.
In general if you want to build muscle you should do repeats after a good warm up but still fresh. Then do them to till' you blow chunks but still have a little energy left. And don't forget to get some protein in the bod within 30 minutes (tuna, chicken breast, turkey sandwich, protein shake etc.) or so of the workout for building and recovery.