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The Science of Endurance: Fuel & Hydration

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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Is Lactite Burning Your Legs?

In simple terms, if i am running along and my legs are stolling to really burn, this is an indication that it u slow down because my legs are burning. That's just lactite te me t as consequence of exercise. And so the intensity drives the rate at which you need glucos to be oxidized. So yes, lactad is there almost as a flag, thats some thing's happening in the metabolic system. But its not necessarily the thing causing what we feela. As i exercise faster and faster, my power outwards going up, my running speed, or i'm going up a steep climb, and i'm trying to hold the pace i now need to

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