> Cycling Weekly is available on your Smart phone, tablet and desktopĪlthough most of the climbs you’re targeting (assuming you’re in the UK) will be between three and eight minutes, repeats of super-short maximal sprints - for example, a 30 seconds on/30 seconds off workout - are a great way of boosting your VO2 max power. “You need to get that VO2 max as high as you can, and that is best done with short, full-gas efforts of between 30 seconds and five minutes.” When you’re looking to hone your hill-climb form, it all boils down to your VO2 max - your maximal oxygen uptake - according to coach Matt Clinton of Clinterval Coaching, himself a former national hill-climb champion and multiple podium-placer.
Knowing I’m being ranked always helps me get that bit more out of myself, ensuring I achieve the intensity I need.” It feels similar to having a number on your back and racing. Kenway, 32, agrees: “A lot of my hill-climb training revolves around hunting down KoMs or segment PBs.
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