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- From: derion@VAX309.NOSC.MIL (Toni Derion)
- Subject: Re: Reasons needed for running
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.231704.28157@nosc.mil>
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- Organization: Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
- References: <1992Dec12.113006.9343@iscsvax.uni.edu> <15890051@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <1992Dec19.031114.15436@mic.ucla.edu>,<1992Dec19.154925.3094@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:17:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.154925.3094@eng.umd.edu>, gsurbeck@eng.umd.edu
- (Gregory D. Surbeck) writes:
-
- [deleted]
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- > Agreed. I personally prefer to run more than 30 or 40 minutes
- >simply because then you can get further away. In fact, 45 minutes of
- >slow-running (barely aerobic) promotes weight-loss (a good reason to
- >run just for exercise and not for the joy of running) by burning more
- >fat.
-
- [deleted]
-
- Please allow me to clear up some mis-information above. "Slow-running"
- is not barely aerobic. In fact, it is essentially entirely AEROBIC.
- Light exercise is characterized by low levels of lactic acid in the
- blood, because the working muscles are receiving sufficient O2
- supply. In fact, even as exercise intensity increases to about 50% of
- an individual's VO2max, lactic acid concentration remains pretty
- stable, because its rate of clearance is about equal to its rate
- of production in the muscle. However, when exercise intensity reaches
- 55-60% VO2max, the beginning of an exponential rise in lactic acid
- level in the blood is observed. This is because aerobic metabolism
- is no longer sufficient, so the demand for energy must be met by
- reactions other than those which utilize O2. Anaerobic glycolysis
- (the anaerobic breakdown of glucose to pyruvate and lactate) comes
- into play, because the energy (ATP) for muscle contraction can be
- produced much more rapidly this way. This exponential rise in
- lactic acid level is called the "anaerobic threshold", "lactate
- threshold", or "OBLA" (onset of blood lactate), and is the price
- one pays for rapid ATP production. So, as exercise intensity
- approaches max, energy production becomes more ANAEROBIC.
- Thanks for letting me clear that up!
-
- Toni D., PhD
-