Originally Posted by
79pmooney
There is no faster way to gain pure strength while riding a bike than riding a fix gear in hills. And not just legs. There are two entire chains of muscles from hands to quads and hands to hams (pushing and pulling. Trust me. Do some fix gear hills that are hard and you will feel those muscles later.
I do believe, but like so much of my faith I can't completely commit...to the fixie afterlife. 😉
Once a week I do hills in a single high gear (slow tension intervals) and it causes mucho pain, and as you say, in different places than the other workouts.
I'll hammer on this more - makes sense the most painful workout is A Good One. Ack.
2 Hrs at endurace pace today in the heat. Easy peasy.