Is anybody using lactate-based training for running or cycling?
I would be interested in hearing how people use lactate testing
for training intensity monitoring.
One option is using the traditional threshold approach, but this
approach is riddled with so many problems (eg, what is "threshold",
etc.)
I have been playing with lactate testing and I am trying to use
the method prescribed by Jan Olbrecht in his "Science of winning"
book.
The basic idea is simple and described in great detail here:
http://lactate.com/triathlon/lactate_triathlon_protocols.html
In short, you do the following:
1. Find V4, speed at which lactate is 4.0 mmol/L, by running a sequence of submax runs.
2. Perform a max test of 400-600m to get maximum lactate production VLamax.
Olbrecht then uses a proprietary software to compute aerobic/anaerobic capabilities.
Based on these results the intensity and volume of training is prescribed.
It is not clear from neither the book nor the above web page how these aerobic/anaerobic
capabilities are computed for running/cycling and without this proprietary software and
database.
I would be interested in hearing how people use lactate testing
for training intensity monitoring.
One option is using the traditional threshold approach, but this
approach is riddled with so many problems (eg, what is "threshold",
etc.)
I have been playing with lactate testing and I am trying to use
the method prescribed by Jan Olbrecht in his "Science of winning"
book.
The basic idea is simple and described in great detail here:
http://lactate.com/triathlon/lactate_triathlon_protocols.html
In short, you do the following:
1. Find V4, speed at which lactate is 4.0 mmol/L, by running a sequence of submax runs.
2. Perform a max test of 400-600m to get maximum lactate production VLamax.
Olbrecht then uses a proprietary software to compute aerobic/anaerobic capabilities.
Based on these results the intensity and volume of training is prescribed.
It is not clear from neither the book nor the above web page how these aerobic/anaerobic
capabilities are computed for running/cycling and without this proprietary software and
database.