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 ...

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 ...

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Carl Leivers began his career at Emory University where he coached the men’s cross country and distance track runners. During his time there, he earned multiple coach of the year honors and placed two ...

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 ...

A wearable device appears to be just as good at measuring lactate thresholds for endurance runners as older, more complicated methods, according to a new study. The lactate threshold is when the blood ...

As an experienced runner, you’ve already notched a few halves and are comfortable with the distance – but perhaps you haven’t done the 13.1-miler justice, focusing your efforts more at either end of ...