I'm wondering about spinning technique. I know the advantages, but don't know if I'm really doing it right and perhaps that is holding me back from better speed.

I did 1000 miles where I just focused on upping my rpm - generally riding 13 miles at 95 rpm or higher and then after a few hours off the bike, repeated the process going home. I would have lower rpm going up hills though.

Anyway, I was told to focus just on fast rpm, not speed, so that meant that I was riding with minimal resistence.

My basic question is this: When spinning, should I feel myself pulling back and then up on the pedal stroke? I've asked two people who used to race and they said they didn't, but I wondered if maybe they were just so automatic about it that they just don't notice. But for me, I would feel it because my muscles aren't used to it.

When I do spinning this way, I definitely go faster, but I also am not used to it and don't do it for long.

As a comparison, on flat ground, I usually don't get over 20 mph regardless of rpm unless I push really hard and have to back off within a minute. But there is a section of road just before I get home which is not only near the end of my riding, but is also uphill. I can focus on pulling back and up going up that hill and hit 22 mph very briefly. It also lasts less than a minute, but then it is uphill near the end of the ride.

Anyway, should I try to feel that resistence pulling back and up as I spin or avoid that resistence?