Stairs for training
Road Red
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How relevant/useful is climbing stairs for cycle training?
I work in a 30 storey building which obviously presents opportunities for some extra training!
Thanks.
I work in a 30 storey building which obviously presents opportunities for some extra training!
Thanks.
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It probably mimics low cadence climbing I guess. Personally I'd rather ride my bike more and get the lift to avoid the fatigue of climbing a 30 storey building.Blog on my first and now second season of proper riding/racing - www.firstseasonracing.com0
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I'm sure riding is always good training for riding but not everyone has time in their day to do that! Whereas I'm sure what the OP means is that they can do those stairs in their lunch / break times.
I certainly think it would be good training if you did it regularly. To mimic cycling try and take it at a constant steady pace and don't relent until you get to the top. Using a HRM would be good just to track how hard you're working.
I used to work on the 9th floor of a tower and it was always quite an effort to get all the way to the top, these days I work on the first floor, which is also the top floor!0 -
But would you want to do that in your office clothes and then sit there in a stinking mess afterwards? I'd be more inclined to wait and train properly (ie on a bike) after work...0
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if you move your arms like a step up move in the gym and step up say 3 steps it becomes a really great functional exercise for your body. Quads, hip flexors, glutes etc will all be working0
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Well, there is that old adage that cyclists shouldn't even walk anywhere but I find chucking in stair running sessions is brilliant cardio/core/leg strength.
But that's just me.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Not just you.Matthewfalle wrote:Well, there is that old adage that cyclists shouldn't even walk anywhere but I find chucking in stair running sessions is brilliant cardio/core/leg strength.
But that's just me.
Ultra distance MTBer John Stamstad used to run up 16 flights of stairs, taking three steps at a time. Ten times. After a 5 hour ride and 1 hour jog. I kid you not.
http://www.outsideonline.com/1845131/wh ... e-strangerAspire not to have more, but to be more.0
