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  • Title: The relationship between lactate and ventilatory thresholds: coincidental or cause and effect?
    Author: Neary PJ, MacDougall JD, Bachus R, Wenger HA.
    Journal: Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol; 1985; 54(1):104-8. PubMed ID: 4018043.
    Abstract:
    To determine if blood lactate (LA) is the stimulus responsible for 'breakaway' ventilation (VE), the lactate (LT) and ventilation (VT) thresholds were monitored during one-legged cycling exercise. Ten healthy volunteer male subjects (Mean 2-legged VO2max = 4.27 l X min-1) performed prior exercise (PE) to reduce muscle glycogen stores by cycling at 75-85% of maximal heart rate (HR max) for 60-75 min, followed by a 30 h low carbohydrate diet. Pre- and post- LT and VT tests were performed on a cycle ergometer employing a continuous protocol with increments of 16 W every 3 min. Muscle biopsies were taken from the vastus lateralis muscle before the PE ride, prior to the threshold test 24 h later, and before testing the non-exercised (NE) leg. An I.V. catheter placed in the antecubital vein was used for serial blood samples taken at rest, and during the final 30 s of each progressive load. Gas analysis was calculated every 30 s (Beckman Metabolic Measurement Cart). Biopsies (N = 3) showed that the exercise and diet regimen elicited glycogen reduction which significantly (p less than 0.05) reduced R and the blood LA concentration in both the PE (2.62 to 1.99 mmol X l-1) and NE (2.87 to 2.26 mmol X l-1) legs at LT. At VT, LA concentrations were also significantly reduced in the PE (3.35 to 2.56 mmol X l-1) and NE (3.59 to 2.74 mmol X l-1) legs. VO2 and VE, however, were similar between pre- and post- tests.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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