After a steep draining hill, do you coast or pedal ?
08-29-21, 05:43 PM
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What's on the other side of the hill? Another hill? A downhill? a stretch of flat road?
If I had a hill near me that was a 10% grade and 0.2 miles long, I'd go back down it and up again . . . and again . . . and again . . . and repeat as long as possible. Great HIIT workout! And after the HIIT workout you can skip the soccer field lunges and wind sprints.
If I had a hill near me that was a 10% grade and 0.2 miles long, I'd go back down it and up again . . . and again . . . and again . . . and repeat as long as possible. Great HIIT workout! And after the HIIT workout you can skip the soccer field lunges and wind sprints.
If I ever bike more seriously, and gain stamina, I will do this.
For now, that hill exhausted me and I had to coast for a bit.
08-30-21, 02:04 PM
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What's on the other side of the hill? Another hill? A downhill? a stretch of flat road?
If I had a hill near me that was a 10% grade and 0.2 miles long, I'd go back down it and up again . . . and again . . . and again . . . and repeat as long as possible. Great HIIT workout! And after the HIIT workout you can skip the soccer field lunges and wind sprints.
If I had a hill near me that was a 10% grade and 0.2 miles long, I'd go back down it and up again . . . and again . . . and again . . . and repeat as long as possible. Great HIIT workout! And after the HIIT workout you can skip the soccer field lunges and wind sprints.
So if you had a hill, you'd hammer in the morning, you'd hammer in the evening, all over that hill.
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09-01-21, 02:32 PM
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Once a week or so, i put in a “zone 4” ride. More or less, ”zone 4” is more strenuous and fatiguing whether going up or down or flat. The goal is simply to keep the HR in “zone 4”.
i almost never coast regardless of the kind of ride (zone 2 or zone 4). That is, i only coast when i’m out of gears (i.e spun out) going down a very significant hill.
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09-01-21, 05:56 PM
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