Exercise Testing

This is often used to assess functional capacity and provide information for an exercise prescription.

When an individual is involved in regular, as with an exercise prescription, the various body systems undergo a progressive adaptation and results in increase fitness.

Lactate Threshold

The lactate threshold is the exercise intensity at which lactic acid starts to accumulate in the blood stream. When exercising below the lactate threshold intensity any lactate produced by the muscles is removed by the body without it building up. The lactate threshold is a useful measure for deciding exercise intensity for training and racing in endurance sports and can be increased greatly with training.

Lactate Threshold is determined via a graded exercise test.

During the test the speed on a treadmill is increased at regular intervals and blood samples are taken at each increment. Blood lactate is then plotted against each workload interval to give a lactate curve. Heart rate is also recorded and by this recording an athlete can use it to plan training sessions.

 

Eercise testing in the areas of blood cholesterol, blood pressure, body composition, cardiorespiratory, cardiovascular, EKG, endurance, exercise, fat, fitness testing, as well as flexibility is discussed more on Dr Rogers blogspot