Modeling lactate threshold in cycling—influence of sex, maximal oxygen uptake, and cost of cycling in young athletes
<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>˙</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:msub><mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:msub><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mtext>peak</mml:mtext></mml:msub> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> % <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>˙</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:msub><mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:msub><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mtext>peak</mml:mtext></mml:msub> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> at LT2 and Cc accurately predict power at LT2 in young cycling athletes independent of sex, with determination of Cc at 90% LT2 providing the highest accuracy. While <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:mover><mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>˙</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:msub><mml:mtext>O</mml:mtext> <mml:msub><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mtext>peak</mml:mtext></mml:msub> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> contributes most to LT2 in both sexes, Cc appears more important in young females.
Authors
- Patrick Wahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8682-5916)
- Sanghyeon Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-4699)
- Sebastian Keller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-9067)
- Jonas Fischer
- Finn Hävecker
Institutions
- German Sport University Cologne (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Applied Physiology
- Published
- 2025-04-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-025-05744-y
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Sports Performance and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.16