Despite years of research, myths surrounding lactate and its effect on the body during and following exercise persist. Lactate does not cause muscle soreness, nor is it a metabolic “waste product.” Lactate plays an important role in how the body produces and uses energy. By measuring our body’s…
Despite years of research, myths surrounding lactate and its effect on the body during and following exercise persist. Lactate does not cause muscle soreness, nor is it a metabolic “waste product.” Lactate plays an important role in how the body produces and uses energy. By measuring our body’s lactate production relative to clearance during exercise, we can track fitness gains and enhance training quality by better understanding how hard we can train and for how long, and when we have recovered sufficiently to complete another training bout.
