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#41 - Zone 2 training: why all the talk? With Dr Andrew Coggan

Inside Exercise

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The Myth of Lactate Inhibiting Lipolysis

The myth that if I go too hard early in a workout, it takes a long time to reset my metabolism seems to be coming entirely from San Milan and his recent podcasts. So the misconception that you need to oxidize fat in order to get better at burning fat has been around for a long time. The real explanation for why fatty acids are suppressed during high intensity exercise is that they require blood flow and albumin delivery to adipose tissue.

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