Does standing on the bike to ride up a hill waste energy?
Yes, it does take more energy to stand up when cycling, but the advantage of standing up is that it allows you to put extra pressure down on the pedals. It is not a waste unless you are throwing your body around, but if you are focusing on putting power into the pedals while standing up, it can be beneficial. Transcript: "Ummm, yes, I think it does take energy, but then there is the advantage of being able to stand up to settle and put the pressure down on the pedals, which sometimes you need to get up and to get that little bit of extra force. So it does take more energy. But then, again, it's harder, and it's uphill, so you do need to work harder anyway to go uphill. But I don't think it's a waste unless you're throwing your body all over the show. But if you're doing it just standing up, and you're really focusing on putting power into the pedals, I think it's OK."
Daryl Impey
Tour de France Yellow Jersey, Olympian
Ummm, yes, I think it does take energy, but then there is the advantage of being able to stand up to settle and put the pressure down on the pedals, which sometimes you need to get up and to get that little bit of extra force. So it does take more energy. But then, again, it's harder, and it's uphill, so you do need to work harder anyway to go uphill. But I don't think it's a waste unless you're throwing your body all over the show. But if you're doing it just standing up, and you're really focusing on putting power into the pedals, I think it's OK.
Barry Anderson
๐บ๐ธ Analyst - Fitter multiple Olympic teams
In the short term, you know, 10 15, 20 pedal Strokes. It can help you flush your legs. It can help you actually get up the hill faster but it is such a huge are Dynamic - that it it definitely costs energy standing and climbing up Long Hills. There are people that do it. There are people that make it happen, Jay Vine, Alberto contador, they would do long long climb. Standing and they pulled it off. That's their physiology and they figured it out for most of us, we need to stay seated for as much of the climb as is reasonable.
Eric Hill
President and Founder of Project Echelon
So there's actually certain people who are more efficient riding bikes out of the saddle versus in the saddle, I'm definitely a rider that needs to do a mix of both. I think I have a more consistent power output and heart rate when I'm in the saddle. But getting out of the saddle, raising my Cadence, raising my power, a little bit and then getting back down into the saddle, definitely helps helps me. Kind of stay smooth and consistent. So climbing is just kind of one of those art forms. You have to figure out what works for you. And there's definitely, again, there's certain people that have been shown sep Casas, one of them, right? He climbs better out of the saddle and so, if you want to figure out what you're better at doing some blood lactate testing could actually be a benefit for you.