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Can I safely assume that climbing more hills is the best way to do this?
Yep
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Do suitable intervals for the length of the climb you want to improve at - generally VO2max with a bit of Threshold I'd imagine for the average UK short hill. Can bang them out on the indoor trainer or just do hill reps.
Also, weight comes into play. I long ago realised I've the natural build (I like pizza and german wheat beers) to only ever be a trackie or a tester. I'm ok on short power climbs, but get dropped every time on longer climbs
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@gillies
when climbing hills, I run out of breath relatively easily. I can keep a steady/fast past for gentler slopes for a decent amount of time but I'd really like to improve my climbing.
Can I safely assume that climbing more hills is the best way to do this?
I can't be sure but I'm fairly confident that I never used to run out of breath this easily when I was playing football and running inbetween cycling. I feel like I'm an overall stronger cyclist but my cardiovascular has dipped since I stopped running/football.