lactic acid tolerance

you should try "mental" training, it's worked for me.
if you put yourself into the right mindset you can do almost anything.
i think it was my coach that said "your legs wont quit if your mind wont let them"

-nitro

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Originally posted by dvince
I have problem (although it's should be normal), but after 10min of hard pushing at 95+%HR-max I am "cooked", my speed decreased by around10% and my legs feel heavy as iron,.although my HR is still constant without any dropping or picking (192+-2 heart beat/min at estimated 196 HR max)
Is there any training besides interval training, to raise tolerance for lactic acid for example short criterium races or 10km+ cronometers?
I read somewhere about sodium bicarbonate and lecitin fueling before races for better results but have stomach side effects,.does anyone try those prepararates?

Any training that places you in a position where you are generating lactate acid. I prefer 75 seconds intervals with full recovery in between.

I don't think a criterium or a TT would be an event I would conduct a lactate tolerance experiment that would affect your competitiveness. Reserve it for training not competitive events.

The conclusions drawn from sodium bicarbonate testing is that it is only of buffering benefit for events from 1 to 7 minutes where it is an all out effort (80% to 125%). Swimming events, athletic track and cycling track (TT and pursuit). So if you "cook" after 10 minutes, bicarbonate of soda is not for you.

If you acute load sodium bicarbonate, you may experience stomach and bowel problems.