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23 September 20269 min14 sourcesLactate threshold models compared: Mader, Dickhuth, D-Max and log-logSix widely used models, the same curve, different results: principle, source and selection criterion for each model.ReadAmorie Sam / Pexels
23 September 20268 min5 sourcesLactate step test: protocol, stage duration and termination criteriaStage duration, load increments and sampling affect the interpretation. Choose the protocol and the analysis model together.ReadSelina Ballard / Pexels
23 September 20267 min5 sourcesCalculating training zones from a lactate test: heart rate, pace and wattsHow two thresholds become five zones, and why the same zone is not equally sharp in heart rate, pace and watts.ReadAlin Serban / Pexels
23 September 20263 min4 sourcesWhen a new performance test really tells you somethingAssess test conditions, measurement uncertainty and the reason for a retest together.ReadJack Atkinson / Pexels
23 September 20263 min5 sourcesCPET: reading VO₂max, VT1 and VT2 in the reportWhat VO₂max, VT1, VT2 and RER tell you, and how they relate to lactate thresholds.ReadPavel Danilyuk / Pexels
23 September 20266 min5 sourcesUnderstanding lactate values: what the numbers in your report meanFor athletes: what the report says, what follows for training and where its meaning ends.ReadWesley Davi / Pexels

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