4 Best Ways To Train For Long Climbs

You don't need to cycle up long climbs to ride them faster – here are four cycling training sessions that will help you to improve on long, Alpine climbs.

As cyclists, many of us want to be able to climb faster. There are no shortcuts here, but, sometimes it is possible to train for a type of climb without necessarily riding that sort of climb.

In this video, former professional cyclists Matt Stephens and Dan Lloyd go through describe four cycling workouts that will help you to improve your fitness and ability on longer road cycling climbs.

Featuring HIIT, FTP training and sweetspot training, each session is ideal for burning fat, getting fitter and getting faster.

Got training questions? Let us know down in the comments 👇and don't forget to hit LIKE and SHARE on this one...

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Music:
Angel - Israel Medina, Julian R. Gonzale
Hide And Seek - Israel Medina

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[MVProfits]

"There's nothing like the feeling of conquering a long climb" so true. I'm a heavier as in muscular dude, and I hate sacrificing muscle mass to get lighter, but damn on a climb when you feel "on" it's such an awesome feeling that for that moment it's all
worth it.

[marasPrz]

is it true that farting during race may speed you up?

[alfiecycles]

Climbing I think is my favourite thing to do on a bike it really tests me! Also great video

[DC-ufyx]

Dan has one of the nicest looking bikes around

[chriscolabella]

Respectfully submit that 90% of FTP and 9/10 perceived effort are not the same thing.

[stephencowman]

Dan's bike is the best looking by far of all the GCN bikes and Matt looks cool in his arm bands.

[gabrielmesaric]

what about climbs that are longer than short punchy climbs but not as long as a long climb, so around 7-10 min?

[Jake]

The problem for for us brits (well those in the south east and east) is there's no long hills to train on, I climbed sa calobra last August and nothing could have prepared me for the heat and difficulty because you just can't train for it in the uk. It's not even that hard a climb and I was suffering! The longest hill in my area is only half a mile. Training on the turbo is the nearest I can get but it never feels the same as the real thing

[flor.e.cultura]

Hey guys, i am so fit, so fast, SO EPIC, that i am losing some friends... Any tips on how to ride slow or get fat just to become more popular? Thanks !!!!

[Krakenie]

Love the British National stripes on Matt's jersey sleeves. Respect due (at last)

[daniel_zitter]

maybe a little weird, but white shoes/socks with black leg warmers is a fantastic look in my opinion

[brown]

Hello mr GCN gents

I'm new to your channel. I just need some advice from you please sir. What is your opinion on the canyon Endurace AL 6.0 bike?. I am looking for a good aluminum frame endurance road bike. So what do you think about the Endurace?, and also what other bikes should I look at?

[velo]

can you do a video on how to shift from a steep climb aka last gear, to a flat section where you can go 30kmh+ and after like 20-30 seconds again to a steep section last or second last gear?

[Indulonman]

My biggest problem with long climbs: nearest climb is 90 km far away and it has incredible 3 km at 6 %. Maybe that whole 90 km route should be considered as a long climb?

[joshuagrenville]

Has Matt considered a job recording books on tape his voice is very relaxing.

[skv]

Nice, thanks! What music plays in intro?)

[jamescairns]

I would love to see more presenter bikes as you have many of them.

[bharathsf]

I didnt understand the first training:
Is it (30 sec over FTP and 2 min under FTP ) x 6 times in 15 minutes, or should we do just once in 15 minutes?

[anparsons]

Both look to be using the new DA R-9100 RD, is this in order to accommodate a 30t cassette?

[opness]

When will you guys announce the Zwift set up winner? I cant wait to get my hands on those bad boy(if i win)... Anyway Congrats to the Zwift winner if he got his hand on one of those. Cheers 🍻