Diet

tomgaul said:

Anyone have suggestions for helping reduce lactic acid after working out. I'm in the military and we run a lot (3 times a week, twice a day) usually 2 or more miles. I don't get to ride as much as I want and with the running and biking I don't recover as fast as I want, I'm also 46 years old. I'm also trying to reduce my body fat, currently I weigh 186lbs. and carrying about 24%, I'm still losing weight and would like to be 175lbs.. I've cut out most of the carbs in my diet to try and burn the fat but it seems very slow. Any recommendations and suggestions would be appreciated.

Cutting carbs is the exact wrong thing to do to recover quicker.

-Matt

tomgaul said:

Anyone have suggestions for helping reduce lactic acid after working out.

Try a google search on DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness, to learn more about the causes and the fact that lactic acid plays virtually no role in anything detrimental after exercise. Your "lactic acid" levels will return to baseline levels in about 15 minutes if you do some light riding or jogging to finish your session. If you sprint to your front door it will take about 60-75 minutes for the levels to return to baseline.