stairway to the hills?

Rulebritania

Hello,
I live in a 19 floor block of flats which has internal stairs, will climbing these a form of fitness aid me in hill climbs?
My thought is to climb the stairs then return so far and repeat. Seeing as the weather is awful.

t5nel

Rulebritania wrote:

Hello,
I live in a 19 floor block of flats which has internal stairs, will climbing these a form of fitness aid me in hill climbs?
My thought is to climb the stairs then return so far and repeat. Seeing as the weather is awful.

You will need strong wheels with AT LEAST 36 spokes . Descending will be fun :twisted:

ShutUpLegs

I'd also be wary about knocking people over. Are you allowed to cycle up and down?

Froomes Edgar

I wonder if you could get some star shaped wheels made up such that when riding up these stairs your axles would move in a straight line? Would make it much more comfortable

smidsy

Well it will help your general fitness and that can't be a bad thing.

Rulebritania

I walked straight into that one! :roll:

keef66

Chuck your bike on your shoulder then jog up the stairs. Splendid training for cyclocross. For added realism you could lay face down in a muddy puddle first.

matt-h

^

Matt

Tom Butcher

I know fell runners who feel cycling has certainly helped their hill running - so would what is in effect hill running aid cycling ? I think yes probably - maybe not as much as getting on a bike and climbing hills - but if you are doing it as well as your normal cycling yes.

I suppose the difference between a fell runner using cycling and a cyclist running up hills is the runner is probably limited in the amount of hill running they can do because of muscle damage - so cycling can be an addition to their training load that just running wouldn't allow. The reverse doesn't hold.

simon_e

Tom Butcher wrote:

I know fell runners who feel cycling has certainly helped their hill running - so would what is in effect hill running aid cycling ? I think yes probably - maybe not as much as getting on a bike and climbing hills - but if you are doing it as well as your normal cycling yes.

It might, and would certainly give your cardiovascular system a good workout. MTB racing legend* John Stamstad used to run up flights of stairs as training for the Iditasport race in Alaska and descend in the building's lift.

* and I don't use that term loosely!

Herbsman

It took me 289 watts to have a steady climb of the stairs last night (75kg x 2.75 metres x 9.81m/s/s)/7 seconds = 289

This is 90% of my FTP so decent sweet spot training if repeated for about an hour.

ShutUpLegs

Have you tried it with 20kg of weights in a rucksack?

Rulebritania

ShutUpLegs wrote:

Have you tried it with 20kg of weights in a rucksack?

I guess for str ength training putting heavy weights in is good

Froomes Edgar

Rulebritania wrote:

ShutUpLegs wrote:

Have you tried it with 20kg of weights in a rucksack?

I guess for str ength training putting heavy weights in is good

You guess wrong

Rulebritania

Froomes Edgar wrote:

Rulebritania wrote:

ShutUpLegs wrote:

Have you tried it with 20kg of weights in a rucksack?

I guess for str ength training putting heavy weights in is good

You guess wrong

And why say it without an explanation?

Tom Dean

Is the weather in Basingstoke really that bad?

Rulebritania

Tom Dean wrote:

Is the weather in Basingstoke really that bad?

Has been as usual very windy, mixed with other crappy elements. lately

AK_jnr

Yes its been windy but there hasnt been a day in the last week where I thought I couldnt ride? 50 miles just completed now.

ShutUpLegs

AK_jnr wrote:

Yes its been windy but there hasnt been a day in the last week where I thought I couldnt ride? 50 miles just completed now.

How fast :?:

AK_jnr

Is that a serious question? 51.1 in 2:40

Herbsman

Getting from ground floor to 1st floor in a house in various times & various bodyweights


Climbing stairs at 0.39m/s (vertical speed) for various bodyweights