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02-17-04, 08:54 PM
I'm not a training newbie by any stretch, I just get really annoyed when various experts can't seem to agree on the meaning of terminology that is commonly used to define the level of work-out effort. I thought we all knew what these were.
Lactic Threshold
Anaerobic Threshold
VO2Max
Can someone just clearly define what these terms are, and how I can roughly determine each without going to a lab (well, except for the second one... Koffee's 2x20 AT test is the benchmark for that). Some say the first two are essentially different names for the same level of effort. Some say not. I thought the second word described what happened when you reached the third thing. Can anybody help?
Lactic Threshold
Anaerobic Threshold
VO2Max
Can someone just clearly define what these terms are, and how I can roughly determine each without going to a lab (well, except for the second one... Koffee's 2x20 AT test is the benchmark for that). Some say the first two are essentially different names for the same level of effort. Some say not. I thought the second word described what happened when you reached the third thing. Can anybody help?