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Lactic Acid Conditioning 11-Nov-2008 At 1:03:00 PM Richard

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On 10/11/2008 evanbb wrote:
>there are 2 main mechanisms for removal:
>1. Aerobic destruction in the muscles (breathing more)
>2. removal through the liver through the glucose cycle.
>
>The first is done by training. Runners do this by below aerobic threshold
>training, for long periods.

I am not sure that is correct -- if you are running below your aerobic threshold, you should not be generating lactic acid. If i remember correctly, lactic acid is only produced when insufficient oxygen exists ... Latic acid interferes with the neuron messages to the muscuel, so sprinters, in the last 10 meters, are telling their legs to move, but their legs don't repsond and slow down. I recall it vividly once, in a 400m race. Its like one of those dreams, you can see the finish line, but you just can't get there, everything is happening in slow motion. A higher aerobic threshold may delay onset, but won't stop it hapening - at least for sprinting.

If you want to undersatnd how to deal with lactic acid, you need to learn from sprinters, not distance runners. You need to do lactic acid tolerance sessions; basicly short sprints with lots of rest. But you need to make this climbing specific - and climbing is basicaly an isometric exersize (ie muslces are ideally used with no contraction or change in length, such as bending limbs) unlike running / swimming / cycling.

IMHO, and relying on fading memory.....