Hill climbs. You love 'em. While many racers treat these like a barely necessary evil, theres nothing purer to you than the suffering of the unrelenting grade.
While it’s respectable enough just finishing these climbs, racing them is a whole different story. They start crazy fast. There’s accelerations, drafting, and tactics. There’s way more to it then just lining up and going as hard as you can to the line.
Badass Build: Hillclimb Hero is 8 weeks that will build you a hell of an engine. It assumes you ride your bike a bit (~40 CTL) and use power on the bike. The workouts are built with the Structured Workout Builder and are exportable to many devices.
You won't find much fluff in this plan, just workouts that address every part of your matchbook. We work on that engine, we add a turbo to it, and get your tactics set straight so when you’re on that start line you’ve got the legs and the head to play the hill climb game right.
Now go earn that post-climb PBR.
Hey, I'm Matti. I spent 11 years at TrainingPeaks, where they trusted me to teach coaches how to coach at TrainingPeaks University. I raced Amateur Elite with Rio Grande Cycling Team and podiumed my age group at Unbound 200 in 2026. I have a degree in biology and exercise physiology from St. Olaf. I'm also a middle-aged dad of three, so I know training doesn't happen in a vacuum. I help gravel riders get stupidly fast without becoming the person who brings a food scale to a party