Hi All,
apparently the holy grail for endurance exercise performance is a low Vlamax.....Slow twitch muscles don't consume a lot of carbs and produce less lactate compared to fast twitch muscles, so they say. People with a lot of fast twitch muscles should re-train these muscles to become more slow twitch like.....It is touted that on the bike a lot of high torque, low cadence at sweet spot intensity leads to lowering Vlamax. In swimming I was told to swim with paddles to again increase my "torque"....But what about the run, are there workouts that would specifically target the Vlamax?
I have read a report from a guy who focused on Vlamax for 6 month exclusively and apparently improved a lot across the board....I am also more a sprinter/muscular type guy and could eventually benefit from a low Vlamax.....
Or is all this just nonsense?
Thanks.
Uli
apparently the holy grail for endurance exercise performance is a low Vlamax.....Slow twitch muscles don't consume a lot of carbs and produce less lactate compared to fast twitch muscles, so they say. People with a lot of fast twitch muscles should re-train these muscles to become more slow twitch like.....It is touted that on the bike a lot of high torque, low cadence at sweet spot intensity leads to lowering Vlamax. In swimming I was told to swim with paddles to again increase my "torque"....But what about the run, are there workouts that would specifically target the Vlamax?
I have read a report from a guy who focused on Vlamax for 6 month exclusively and apparently improved a lot across the board....I am also more a sprinter/muscular type guy and could eventually benefit from a low Vlamax.....
Or is all this just nonsense?
Thanks.
Uli