Oxygen-v-lactic acid

**HtTKar** · 01-22-2005, 01:32 AM

Muscle failure is caused when lactic acid builds up to high enough levels to change the PH balance in the blood of your muscles. At this point your body produces corisol which breaks down your muscles.

After this your muscles need to rest to restore ATP and glycogen. Also it takes oxygen to flush the lactic acid out of your muscles. Then your muscles can repair themselves from the cortisol destruction (usually leading to larger muscles). The larger the muscles, the more lactic acid that needs to build up to affect the PH.

A person must reach failure in order to build up larger muscles. (not the same as overtraining).

In order to keep from overtraining the lactic acid needs to be flushed out before training again. Other than breathing and supersaturating, are there any efficient ways to gain more oxygen into your bloodstream, or any other ways to quickly remove the lactic acid?

Thanks

shirase · 01-22-2005, 05:39 PM

im not surre but when my muscles are sore hot water or massaging helps to make them not hurt as much. not sure if this is relevant tho..

01-22-2005, 01:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
HtTKar Premiere Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Outer limits Posts: 1,088	Oxygen-v-lactic acid Muscle failure is caused when lactic acid builds up to high enough levels to change the PH balance in the blood of your muscles. At this point your body produces corisol which breaks down your muscles. After this your muscles need to rest to restore ATP and glycogen. Also it takes oxygen to flush the lactic acid out of your muscles. Then your muscles can repair themselves from the cortisol destruction (usually leading to larger muscles). The larger the muscles, the more lactic acid that needs to build up to affect the PH. A person must reach failure in order to build up larger muscles. (not the same as overtraining). In order to keep from overtraining the lactic acid needs to be flushed out before training again. Other than breathing and supersaturating, are there any efficient ways to gain more oxygen into your bloodstream, or any other ways to quickly remove the lactic acid? Thanks __________________ "The harder you train, the harder it is to surrender" (Vince Lombardi)

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shirase Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 196	im not surre but when my muscles are sore hot water or massaging helps to make them not hurt as much. not sure if this is relevant tho..

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