Nick Muir
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Although it's possible to achieve the same intensity of workout on steep or shallow climbs , personally i find that the less steep ones are better. Basically because on a climb of around 4 to 6 percent it's easier to adjust your intensity / speed according to how you feel & there's less chance of going into the red & not being able to recover properly . Obviously you can slow down on a 10 % slope if you want ( given low enough gearing ) but riding at 8kmh while trying to recover enough to pick it up to 10kmh again is just a bit too much like turbo training in my experience ! Of course , if your actaully training for riding up something like the Mortirolo , then it's probably best to get used to lots of pain & little speed :-)
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