Indoor Cross Training for Improved Climbing
Just in case you can get out on a bike . . . Indoor Cross Training for Improved Climbing
Climbs like this can be made easier with preparation indoors.
Climbs like this can be made easier with preparation indoors.By Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D.
For Active.com
While speaking at a recent training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, an off-road cyclist wanted to know if working out on a stair climber would be a good cross-training tool to exercise on during the off-season.
I was quick to tell him that a key training concept for athletes to remember is specificity of training. In other words, if you want to be a swimmer, swim; if you want to be a runner, run; and if you want to be a good climber in cycling then climb on your bike.