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Watts Doc #36: How Power Meters Make Lactate Testing Nearly Obsolete

Empirical Cycling Podcast

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The Effects of Ramlacte Tests on Lactate Release Rates

As we increase the power output, we're also increasing motor unit recruitment. And so we add more muscle mass per step. As these new cells start to have to work arobically, they do the same thing too. That means we get a new lactate efflux from these muscle fibres that are now freshly recruited. We'll talk about that in another episode, like great depth.

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