leaner learner
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I'm really keen to improve my climbing and have been reading alot of stuff sbout styles and techniques etc. I feel that I am improving and I know that I just have to keep hammering away at it but there is one thing that is bugging me.
It seems that staying in the saddle whenever possible is generally accepted as the best way to climb but I have read a lot of stuff that says get out of the saddle occasionally to spread the load over different muscles. So, I have been trying this (along with other things - pedalling technique, shifting in the seat, even breathing technique lol) but when I get out of the saddle I find that I have very little there and I tire extremely quickly forcing me to sit back down. This also leads to me having to drop to an easier gear for a short spell while I recover.
So what is it? Is it just the fact that my legs aren't strong enough yet? I've only been in the saddle 6 months and I'm a skinny fecker as it is! Or could it be that I am not choosing the right gear when switching to standing? Or is there something else I'm not doing? I think I tend to go at it a bit hard at the start of climbs and tire further up.
Help/advice appreciated.
It seems that staying in the saddle whenever possible is generally accepted as the best way to climb but I have read a lot of stuff that says get out of the saddle occasionally to spread the load over different muscles. So, I have been trying this (along with other things - pedalling technique, shifting in the seat, even breathing technique lol) but when I get out of the saddle I find that I have very little there and I tire extremely quickly forcing me to sit back down. This also leads to me having to drop to an easier gear for a short spell while I recover.
So what is it? Is it just the fact that my legs aren't strong enough yet? I've only been in the saddle 6 months and I'm a skinny fecker as it is! Or could it be that I am not choosing the right gear when switching to standing? Or is there something else I'm not doing? I think I tend to go at it a bit hard at the start of climbs and tire further up.
Help/advice appreciated.