If you're an endurance athlete, your lactate threshold can be an incredibly useful training tool – but what exactly is it, and how can you measure and use it? Lactate is created when muscle tissue ...

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During intense or prolonged exercise, muscles can feel like they’re burning the longer and harder someone pushes. This occurs because the muscles produce energy as quickly as possible by dipping into ...

When runners talk physiology, two terms tend to dominate the conversation: VO2 max and lactate threshold. Although the two metrics are related, they are not the same – and they shape performance in ...

Alison Kreideweis sat nervously on the edge of a treadmill at Finish Line Physical Therapy in New York City, on Dec. 1. She’d volunteered to help demo a new wearable device that measures an athlete’s ...

Cardiorespiratory fitness is important for health and key to athletic performance. We offer three types of aerobic fitness testing to let you know where you stand and help you make health and ...

If there is one stat that every cyclist wants to know, it’s their “VO2max.” Just what does this secret number mean? And more importantly, why is it a pretty near meaningless red herring, and what ...

Lactate Scout Sport is the number one choice for sports scientists and professional athletes globally. It is a simple and reliable lactate meter perfect for training outdoors, in the gym, or for ...

Xiaomi has launched the Watch S4 Sport in Lei Jun’s 2024 annual speech event. The Watch S4 Sport supports professional lactate threshold tests. Through the test, the user’s aerobic endurance peak ...