How do I improve my high climbing while cycling?
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Keep your upper body stable (no rocking)\nMaintain a high cadence (pedal revs of 80rpm)\nBreathe\n\nIf you are wanting on the bike strength training, ride up hills in a big gear (rpm 50-60), but limit it to about 1k per session. It will help with your general hill climbing ability.\n\nCheers :)
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There are two other things that I would suggest, in addition to the things that already been mentioned.  First, I would consider swimming some laps on a regular basis.  Spend 30 minutes, three times a week to really help build up your core (from an endurance standpoint).  Of course, this assumes that you are able to swim and have regular access to a pool.\n\nThe second thing I would recommend is to spend some time climbing.  Nothing kicks you in the butt more, but builds you quicker than climbing.  Don't be afraid of climbing, or of riding in the wind.  If you want to get stronger, embrace both of them.  Just put both at the beginning of your rides where you can, and spend the latter part of your ride cooling down to work out the lactic acid.   Don't "mash" the pedals in high gears.  Lower your gears and use a higher rpm for both climbing and wind resistance.  You want to make yourself stronger, not blow out your knees.  In the spring, I always hit a park not far from me which has small hills in it, but I can do them over and over again. \n\nIf you are going to do weight training, then be sure to be using proper technique, beginning with lower weights and more reps.  After you have built a good foundation, then look at increasing weight and fewer reps.  If you wind up doing lunges or squats, never allow your thighs to go below parallel to the ground.  If you can keep your knees at 90 degrees or less, that is a good thing.\n\nGood luck!
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Congratulations on the win!\n\nPity about your knee. I think you should do two things:\n\n1 If this is persistent, get some advice from a good sports physio or a specialist doctor. It doesn't sound within the normal range of post-ride aches and pains.\n\n2 Change your pedals for a set with more float - both frogs and eggbeaters are good in this respect. Maybe even consider returning to platforms. Try a few vigorous training rides on platforms and see if this cures the problem. \n\nIf you have the typical woman's wide pelvis your knee joints will be inwardly rotated to a greater degree than some (straight up and down) women and most men. You require the maximum floatability because the anatomical relationship in the length from hip joint to knee joint causes a lot more rotational movement of the long female femur. \n\nDon't risk your knees, you'll spend more than half your life regretting it. I speak from experience. I'm a lifelong mad-keen cyclist. Now I'm in my mid-50's a ride every day with clicky knees and a dull, precisely bounded pain somewhere in the medial side of my right knee joint. Getting up stairs is painful for me and sometimes so acute I think my right knee is going to give way. Its a heavy price to pay when I still have maybe 35 years cycling left in me.
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Set up several sturdy wooden boxes of varying heights. Jump onto the lowest, then off, then onto the next highest, and so on, without resting in between jumps. This also works with hurdles.
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Try cliff diving...although the benefits are limited.\n\nYou're either a grand champion or stuff on a rock.
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frst thing you got to do is to adjust your seat post to the lowest positon, so that your feet touches the ground,so that you wouldn't be afraid to fall. then ask someone to hold the bike and guide you then gradually letting go without you knowing it.then try it again and again until you learn...
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If you ride regularly and average 10 or more hours a week, I would recommend a half mile hill to do repeats on.  Any hill that is driveable is bikable.  Do it only once or twice the first time, and every two times after that, increase the repetition by one.  Give yourself a 45 second break in between the repeats after you coast down to the bottom.  When you are able to effectively ride it 10-15 times, find a longer hill and start the cycle over, although you don't have to neccesarily start back at 1 or 2 times.  That will help your endurance.  If you want more power during sprints, you can find a steeper hill of roughly the same length.  Hope this helps!
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u can ked that air bag kinda thing...or try leg raises ....they are hard and are highly efective
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First, get a helmet and wear it. One way to learn balance is to get next to a tree, just to have something to catch your foot on if you start falling. If you ever fall while riding, keep your hands on the handlebars. I learned the hard way breaking my wrist. Get a good biking book. There are lots. Don't ride in the road while learning and be careful. Good Luck!
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The legs (proper pedealing technique is important to getting a well-rounded workout) and heart benefit most from cycling.\n\nAny amount of exercise is better than none, I ride 60-100 miles each week.
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do some circuit workouts that involves lots of running around and jumping up and down. also, jump rope is a very good stamina builder. jump at medium pace for 5 min, rest 2 min, then do another 5 min
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After the amount of other training you are doing don't overdo it, but you should aim to do it in under 5 min. I used to do a lot of rugby and cycling and my best ever 1500m was 4.26 at Crystal Palace
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A quick way to go faster is to add aero bars, you're more aerodynamic and will be faster.\nOther ways:\nlighten up your bike or yourself, pedal in circles, 85-90 rpm cadence.\nThe best way to get fast is to ride fast.  This takes time, but if you break it onto intervals you can ride for a minute or two, rest for the same amount of time, then ride fast again.  Eventually you'll be able to sustain higher speeds for longer durations.  You can do this twice a week and do a longer slower ride once a week for endurance.
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Couple of things...\n\n1) Jump rope...a lot\n2) Get under a basket, and jump up as high as you can for 20-25 reps, keeping both hands raised while you jump. Do this several times a day.  After a couple of weeks, you'll find yourself jumping higher and higher.  You can use the net or the backboard to guage your progress. That's the purpose of doing it under a basket.\n\nThese will strengthen your legs and improve your stamina.\n\nIf you have a coach, ask him/her about some other ways to improve your jumping. Or ask a gym teacher at your school. They'll be glad to help you.
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Interval workouts really increase your stamina.  Either short bursts on bike or short sprints will work.  And the amount you do depends on the amount of base miles you put in.  The more base miles then the more interval workouts you can do.  The website listed will give you more info.  Look under "Training Tools".
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I think you are thinking of that exercise that you do when you are upside down... on your back .... but if you are riding a real bike.. and your bike is properly set up for you then you would be getting full extensions on each stroke, and if your balls of your feet are on the pedals, then you are working out the hamstring, calf, quads, the shoulders, triceps, biceps, abs, hip flexor, groin, neck and back muscles are working... adjust the gears to mantain a consistant work out but not to tough to pedal, use time not distance but measure it for making strides towards improvement.\n\nand wear a helmet!
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Get some jump soles man, that increased my vertical drastically, not only that it made my first step off the dribble a lot quicker too.   Give that a try, they come with a great workout sheet thatll get you jumping higher in no time.  Good luck man