The “No Lactate Curve” – Lactate Testing

If you do lactate testing, there is a very high chance you are underutilizing it.

Do you create a lactate profile and lactate- or threshold-based training zones for endurance sports?

If yes, you are missing out on most of the value this testing could provide.
And if you offer lactate testing as a commercial service, you may also be missing out on up to 3× the revenue you could generate.

Here’s why:

Lactate is now understood as a central regulator of energy metabolism (1).
It links glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism) to aerobic metabolism, influences substrate utilization, and allows the quantification of maximal glycolytic power (VLamax).

In other words, lactate testing can provide far more insight than it typically does today.

Conventional incremental exercise testing using lactate—most likely the type of test you already perform—can be used to derive:

- VLamax – maximal glycolytic power
- VO₂max – because lactate concentration is causally linked to it
- Fat and carbohydrate oxidation rates, including MFO and FatMax
- Training zones based on VO₂max, fat oxidation rates, and metabolic demands
- Fueling strategies for training and racing

In this webinar, you will learn how and why conventional lactate testing can deliver all of this information.

Imagine turning your current lactate testing—with no additional equipment, time, or effort—into a full metabolic analysis.

If you want to understand why and how this works, sign up for the webinar.

-----------
Reference
Brooks, George A. Lactate as a fulcrum of metabolism. Redox Biology, 35 (2020): 101454.