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I get into a lot of fights with people about how stretching is a farce since yoga is so popular. Another running myth that gets brought up in the post is the “
by baron816 7y ago
I get into a lot of fights with people about how stretching is a farce since yoga is so popular.
Another running myth that gets brought up in the post is the “lactate threshold.” The misconception comes from the “acid” part of “lactic acid”. We’ve come to believe that your muscles producing acid will cause them to feel like they’re burning. They’re burning because they’re tired and hitting their limits, nothing more. Lactic acid is just an extra source of energy. The way you train probably doesn’t need to change, but science behind “lactate threshold” is wrong.
- dogmatism 7y agoWhat are you saying? One can be more specific, but there certainly is a physiologic definition of lactate threshold. It is the output (running, cycling, rowing, skiing, whatever, can be defined as performance as % of VO2max) at which blood lactate begins to rise above baseline. More importantly, maximal lactate steady state is the rate at which lactate production equals clearance. Above that and you'll blow up soon. Yes lactate can be converted back to pyruvate and used for energy, but above MLSS, it accumulates more than is reconverted, and energy stores will run out. What science do you think is "wrong"?