How To Train For Long Climbs | Mountain Bike Training

Longer climbs can really push your fitness and leave you tired during longer rides, in this video Scott shows you some specific training methods to help you tackle these bigger challenges.

Watch more on GMBN...

Music
Renaissance (Original Mix) by Savid feat. Digital Elements & Alen

The Global Mountain Bike Network is the best MTB YouTube channel, with videos for everyone who loves dirt: from the full-faced helmet downhill mountain biker to the lycra-clad cross country rider along with everyone and anyone in between.

With the help of our pro and ex-pro riding team we’re here to inform, entertain and inspire you to become a better mountain biker, including videos on:

- How to ride faster with expert knowledge
- Fix everything with pro know-how
- Ride anything with world-cup winning skills
- Dial in your bike with bike set-up advice
- In-depth entertaining features
- Chat, opinion and interact with us on the Dirt Shed Show

Welcome to the Global Mountain Bike Network | Covering Every Angle

Thanks to our sponsors:

Leave us a comment below!

[crunai]

Thanks so much for the video I think it was because I suggested it and you guys said you'd do it thank you

[Zaque-TV]

Thanks for the video. I want to be able to do the whole climb near me without walking. I. Always letting groups go by because I can only make it up a couple sections at a time

[MrBaxterrify]

Great vid! I give a lot of plus points on the editing! Cool presentation!

[explorethebush]

Great video thanks Scotty I learnt a fair bit in this one

[jeanbout]

Heart Rate isnt too good to track effort against, it takes a while for your heart to react to your efforts and then ease off depending on your fitness.Can vary on how caffienated you are, your temperature I could go on! It is so variable! Power is the way to go !

[t_rafter]

Keep u the videos lads
I always make sure to leave a like

[johnobrien]

This video is both "How To Train For Long Climes" and also "What Mat Stevens Should When He Encounters a Log"

[droplet]

Hi Gmbn, you should do some gopro edits to show off your skill!

[AeronN]

Nice vid, the music too. Also, where can I buy one of those GMBN jerseys? I must have one :)

[ivankendellen]

Great video. Going to give these a try during the week and see how i get on, hopefully i wont need and oxygen tank afterwards :-)

[Nondezeusproduction]

Scott is becoming a XC rider ! Riding a spark and showing off his FTP LOL

[andressaenz]

Gmbn, great vid!! Regards from Colombia...when you talk about "cool down" do you mean to stop riding? Or only to low the heart rate tonthe minimum?

[kresimirsabic]

plz create video which helmet to buy for downhill, cros-country...
sorrY for my english :D

[thisisnotme]

Doesnt matter how motivated I am to train now, I will probably find myself in a few days just RIDING :D

[trevor]

Could I still do this training on flatter ground? Unfortunately where I live it's pretty flat and the climbs are all less than a minute. I was thinking of getting a trainer. Should I invest in the trainer or just do these workouts on the flatter roads?

[keesverburg]

#GMBM Thanks for the great videos. What do you mean by zone 7-8? My polar M400 works with a total of 5 zones, so is this 7-8 equivalent to zone 4 on my monitor?

[mikieson]

dont know about anyone else..but i did all this warm up, cool down stuff i would be too tired to ride..when i ride i just GO..and if i wore a heart monitor it would explode because there are times im near death..ALSO I know everyone is different, but why do some people have their seats posts soooo far extended? Especially for mountain biking? Seems you wouldnt want much of anything in your way?

[Jas-zyer]

bro you should make a video that
How to train your stamina

[richardgarza]

Perfect advice. Thanks for stating the praxis of all this hard work first...ummm, that its gonna be a lot of "haaarrd" work. Yep.

[philfortner]

And remember during a climb to avoid getting attacked by robots. Threaten them with rust, they hate rust!