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The effects of exercise-induced elevation of lactic acid concentration in blood [Lab] up to 12–14 mM on the subsequent aerobic (≤\(\dot V\)O2 max) and anaerobic (supramaximal) performance was investigated in a group of trained non-athletic subjects. For submaximal loads ranging from 0.6 \(\dot V\)O2 max to \(\dot V\)O2 max the \(\dot V\)O2 max/external work load (¯Wext) ratio was unaffected by preceding anaerobic exercise, \(\dot V\)O2 max was not significantly different, whereas the maximal performance time of a standard exercise was reduced. The kinetics of the \(\dot V\)O2 on- adjustment at the onset of 0.9 \(\dot V\)O2 max rectangular loads carried out by the arms and/or by the legs was significantly increased by a preceding supramaximal anaerobic load carried out by the same as well as by the non-exercised limbs. It is concluded that in the presence of high [Lab] (1) the maximal aerobic power \(\dot V\)O2 max) is unchanged; (2) the efficiency of aerobic work is unaffected, which implies that during active recovery most La is used as substrate, provided the metabolic level during the latter exceeds 0.6 \(\dot V\)O2 max; (3) the endurance for anaerobic as well as for aerobic exercise is reduced; (4) the kinetics of the \(\dot V\)O2 adjustment at the onset of submaximal rectangular loads is faster, both in primed and in non-exercised muscles.
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Supported in part by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Grant HL 14414-06; by the Swiss National Fund of Scientific Research, Grant 3.383.0.78 and by the Centro Studi di Fisiologia del Lavoro Muscolare of the C.N.R., Milano, Italy (joint C.O.N.I.-C.N.R. project)
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Pendergast, D., Leibowitz, R., Wilson, D. et al. The effect of preceding anaerobic exercise on aerobic and anaerobic work. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 52, 29–35 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00429021
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