Research also backs up the importance of durability, particularly in ultramarathons. A 2025 study says “muscle damage and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woman on a treadmill doing a lactate threshold test During intense or prolonged exercise, muscles can feel like they’re burning ...

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 ...

A solid metric to know, considering its influence on race performance. Many coaches argue that lactate threshold is one of, if not the, biggest performance predictor. It determines how fast you can ...

Conner Mantz crushed the 2025 Boston Marathon with a personal best time of 2:05.08—just off the podium in fourth place! Meanwhile Jess McClain, the top American woman, came in at 2:22:43 for seventh ...

Here’s what your LT1 and LT2 say about your performance potential and how you should be training ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba identified a previously unconfirmed gas exchange threshold in rats and demonstrated that this threshold, together with the lactate threshold, serves as an ...

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 ...