Are you truly missing the implications of what I am saying? I suggest you read Olbrecth's book. Above in this thread you pointed to a chapter in Tipton's book that you wrote. Another chapter in the book was written by one of the giants of exercise physiology of the 20th century, Wildor Hollmann. Olbrecht was a student of Hollmann and his associate, Alois Mader.

What you are saying is that they are stuck and you are not. Olbrecht has advised athletes with close to 100 Olympic and World Championship medals. I would think that people would be interested in how he is somehow stuck in an inversion and see how they can get stuck the same way.


No it is what is behind the power or pace. No one is pointing to a specific blood lactate number. At any pace or effort level there will be an associated lactate level that of itself means very little. It will vary from individual to individual.

But how it shifts with changing effort levels is indicative of the contribution of the two energy systems. Different types of test are necessary to estimate the two energy systems and their contribution at each effort. This is what lactate testing is mainly about.

The maximum lactate steady state is just one effort level (effort in terms of pace or power as well as lactate value -usually between 2.5 and 6 mmol/l and will vary by sport for each individual.) and not necessarily the best one to know. Other levels, more easily attained, can be used to set training paces just as well. But again what is really desired is what causes the relationship between a pace/power and a lactate value that is desired.

the real gold is how to train the factors behind these numbers. That is what training is all about.


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Jerry Cosgrove

Sports Resource Group
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