Cadence and MTB

[mcneese.chad]

Some related discussions.

Lack of Low-Cadence Training in TrainerRoad

In a couple of the training books I’ve read - The Well-Built Triathlete (by Matt Dixon) and The Triathlete’s Training Bible (by Joe Friel), they reference doing a decent amount of low-cadence work in pre-season: From The Well-Built Triathlete, in context of the pre-season phase: “For both developing and experienced athletes, there is heavy emphasis on muscular recruitment and strength in this phase, with low-cadence, medium-effort intervals included once or twice in weekly training.” Joe Fr…

Low cadence good for climbing

Done Eclipse today which is one of the few workouts with low cadence. With climbing being something I would like to improve would it be an idea to incorporate some low cadence drills into some of my SS workouts. Is low cadence stuff on trainer a good way of replicating climbing out on the road. Thanks