As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness. This is especially true if it has been a while between workouts. A common ...
Like all great villains, lactic acid has been misunderstood. We’ve been blaming it for the pain we suffer during intense exercise for more than two centuries. There’s nothing worse, we say, than the ...
Lactic acid forms during intense exercise. It breaks down into lactate, which you body can convert back to glucose for energy. Your body starts breaking down glucose to create energy when it's working ...
As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness. This is especially true if it has been a while between workouts. A common ...
A new study in rats shows that lactate, a substance found in the muscles, initiates a cascade of actions in the muscles that helps blood vessels relax. The surprising results are published ahead of ...
If you’ve heard the terms lactic acid or lactate threshold tossed around in cycling jargon, you may have been confused. Often, a rider talking about the feeling of lactic acid buildup is referring to ...
As our bodies perform strenuous exercise, we begin to breathe faster as we attempt to shuttle more oxygen to our working muscles. The body prefers to generate most of its energy using aerobic methods, ...