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Venous blood lactate concentrations [lab] were measured every 30 s in five athletes performing prolonged exercise at three constant intensities: the aerobic threshold (Thaer), the anaerobic threshold (Than) and at a work rate (IWR) intermediate between (Thaer and Than. Measurements of oxygen consumption\(\left( {\dot V_{O_2 } } \right)\) and heart rate (HR) were made every min. Most of the subjects maintained constant intensity exercise for 45 min at Thaer and IWR, but at Than none could exercise for more than 30 min. Relationships between variations in [lab] and concomitant changes in\(\dot V_{O_2 } \) or HR were not statistically significant. Depending on the exercise intensity (Thaer, IWR, or Than) several different patterns of change in [lab] have been identified. Subjects did not necessarily show the same pattern at comparable exercise intensities. Averaging [lab] as a function of relative exercise intensity masked spatial and temporal characteristics of individual curves so that a common pattern could not be discerned at any of the three exercise levels studied. The differences among the subjects are better described on individual [lab] curves when sampling has been made at time intervals sufficiently small to resolve individual characteristics.
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Oyono-Enguelle, S., Heitz, A., Marbach, J. et al. Blood lactate during constant-load exercise at aerobic and anaerobic thresholds. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 60, 321–330 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713494
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