I fake climbing workouts by increasing the resistance in the gearing a bit and keeping a fast or as fast as I can handle cadence for as long as possible. I guess these are really resistance intervals except that I am more forgiving on the cadence if it's a "hill" climb as opposed to a speed resistance interval.

I rarely if ever stand on my bike in the real world except to scoot across an intersection to stay out of the way of drivers behind me.

marni