Quote Originally Posted by nscrbug View Post
... totally relaxed shoulders and light hands on the bars. This opens up my chest and lungs so that I can take in nice deep breaths. With all that being said, I still suck at climbs.

Linda
Yes that is exactly what you want to do. Also don't grimace, keep a dead pan look. Watch the mountain stage of the Tour and watch the faces of the leaders. They are not smiling, they are not grimacing, their facial muscle is relaxed into dead pan look. And yes do breath all the way from the bottom of your lung and not just the top of your lung. And don't tighten your chest Try to relax your chest as much as possible. Pace yourselves and above all enjoy the climb.

If you want to get better on climb, only thing that will make it easier is to do hill repeats.