{"id":596589,"date":"2026-04-09T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596589\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:26:09","slug":"how-to-make-uphill-climbs-easier-6-cycling-technique-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596589\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Uphill Climbs Easier: 6 Cycling Technique Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most cyclists love or hate climbing, sometimes even experiencing both emotions at once. It can be painful, but the rewards are immense. Whether you seek out huge climbs or cringe at the thought of pedaling uphill, we have some great advice for you.<\/p>\n

In this episode of The Bicycling Show About Bicycling, our cycling experts discuss one of the most popular stories on bicycling.com<\/a> this month, \u201cHow to Make Your Uphill Climbs Easier<\/a>\u201d and share their most effective strategies and tips for getting to the top of any climb with less sweat and more satisfaction. Their informative conversation leans into our hosts’ real-world experience, from short, punchy efforts to claim KOMs in Pennsylvania to the longest climbs they\u2019ve ever tackled.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no secret shortcut to climbing speed. If you want to climb faster, or make big efforts feel a little easier, increasing your power is the best way to do it. Bicycling offers a free guide for our members that’s full of expert-backed workouts and tips\u2014Bicycling\u2019s Guide to Strength Training<\/a>. It has everything you need to power up for your next big climb.<\/p>\n

Watch as Tara, Tom, and Trevor break down their climbing strategies, from psyching themselves up to how they use their GPS to manage their efforts. They get into their training tips and how to optimize your bike and gear for going uphill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 min read Most cyclists love or hate climbing, sometimes even experiencing both emotions at once. It can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,53825,8203,784,18188,291215,53826,270923,53827,18184,291214,85,195133,446,184286,13424],"class_list":{"0":"post-596589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bicycling","11":"tag-carousel","12":"tag-cycling","13":"tag-cycling-gear","14":"tag-cycling-gear-for-new-riders","15":"tag-focused-video-series","16":"tag-marquee-video-programming","17":"tag-membership-video-initiatives","18":"tag-new-cyclists","19":"tag-new-riders","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-supes","22":"tag-video","23":"tag-vodcast","24":"tag-workouts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}