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Zack Morris
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Standing Cycling Climbing Technique Tip

I see people making this mistake every day. In the example you can see how my arms are completely locked out, and how I’m thinking about swinging the bike side to side with my arms. This leads to over extension of the body over the center line of the bike. This happens because athletes are trying to imitate the look of the proper technique without understanding how execute the technique. 

The correct side to side rock of the bike comes from a rider pulling up on the handlebars for more leverage at the same time as dropping their body weight into the opposing side. This is the foundation of efficient standing climbing. 

Cues to correct this: 1. Make sure you’ve got your hands in placed correctly on the hoods. You can use the various hand position tutorials that I have on my page. These positions works well for climbing at various intensities. 

2. Bend the elbows, and get that chest closer to the bike. 3. On the upstroke, think pulling up on the handlebar for leverage, bringing your knee to your elbow, contracting your core. But, relax the leg on the upstroke. Think about making it as light as possible. 

4. On the downstroke think about “relaxing” and dropping all of your weight into the pedal stroke. This also means relaxing the same sided arm. 

Practice this on your rides this week and let me know how it goes! 

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