{"id":1164,"date":"2014-10-13T12:14:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmperformance.co.uk\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2014-10-13T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T13:19:51","slug":"lactate-training-for-running-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmperformance.co.uk\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"Lactate Training for running performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Farrell, Wilmore, Coyle, Billing, and Costill, Lactate threshold is the best physiological predictor of distance running performance. We know it’s important,\u2026however, what is it?..and how do improve it?<\/h4>\n

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What is lactate threshold?<\/h4>\n
Have you\u00a0been running\u00a0and felt like if you go any faster, you will not be able to sustain it? If so, you have been very close to your lactate threshold! It is the point at which your ability to remove lactic acid from your working muscles is\u00a0equal to how much lactic is entering\u00a0the muscles. This cycle of lactic pooling (entering) and\u00a0then acidosis (removal) is often called your lactic buffering capacity and is the primary\u00a0‘ceiling’ for your performance.<\/h6>\n
Thus, if we can increase our muscles\u00a0buffering\u00a0efficiency, we\u00a0can run faster at the same level of effort whether running\u00a0a 5k or an elite level marathon.<\/h6>\n
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Training – How do we Raise the Bar?<\/h4>\n

Lactate training\u00a0can be\u00a0done in more than one way,\u00a0here are 2 effective examples<\/h6>\n