What does this plan do?

This plan is designed to build hill-climb specific fitness leading into the start of the hill climb season. After following this plan, your abilities on climbs lasting 2-20 minutes should be improved. You will also be equipped with an improved knowledge of how to pace hill climb efforts, and opportunities to work on mental toughness while digging deep on a climb.

This is achieved by targeting improvements in your VO2max (aka ‘aerobic capacity’), which is the maximal rate at which oxygen can be take on and processed by the working muscles, and is a major performance determinant in hill climbing. We also spend some time working on anaerobic power and capacity, to make sure you're able to tap into high-power muscle fibres, and incorporate some maximal hill climb efforts so that you're mentally ready to race.

Who is this plan for?

This plan is specifically designed for athletes building towards a season of hill climb racing, where races typically last between 2-20 minutes. However, this plan would also be suitable for athletes training for slightly longer hill climb efforts. Ideally this plan would be started 8-weeks out from the beginning of the hill climb season.

As this plan follows a polarised intensity distribution, with training intensities that are tailored to your fitness level, this plan is suitable for athletes of a range of abilities, including masters athletes, provided you have completed at least 2 months of training with a volume of around 6-9H/week in the recent past.

Key Features

We believe our plans stand our from the crowd. We’ve done our very best to provide an experience that’s as close as possible to having on-hand coach support, with ample guidance on how to get the most out of our plans, and clear information on what we’re trying to achieve both session-by-session and week-by-week to keep you motivated. Our plans are grounded in science and supported by over a decade of full-time coaching experience.

This plan includes:

• A comprehensive PDF user guide, providing information on how to implement the workouts correctly and how to adapt the plan if necessary


• An exclusive extract from our popular Hill Climb Handbook, providing extra guidance on how to pace hill climb efforts optimally, plus a 30% discount on the full guide


• Critical power testing, allowing estimation of pacing strategies for your upcoming races


• Structured sessions, meaning all sessions can be automatically exported to your headunit or synced to training platforms like Zwift or TrainerRoad and are ridable in ERG mode


• Each workout’s purpose and key adaptations clearly communicated, including references to scientific papers


• Notes summarising the week's training and the goals for the next training block, so that you always know where your training is heading