Low cadence good for climbing

[mcneese.chad]

Some additional posts related to the topic:

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…

Training for long climbs at lower cadence

My A event is a multi climb (4300 metres) one day Gran Fondo in the Dolomites. I have done this a couple of times already and therefore know that my cadence on the longer steeper climbs is around 55-65 in my lowest (34/29 gear - Campag so going above 29 is problematic). My natural trainer cadence is around 90-95 - right in @chad 's sweet spot. I am currently in SSB 1 Low Volume and my thought for this year’s preparation is to aim to train closer to my climbing cadence (based on text in some o…