Forums >General Running>Using Baking Soda to train through Lactic Acid burn?
rectumdamnnearkilledem
Right next to the can of whup-ass. Across from the canned peas.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
No, it's across from the whirled peas.
srlopez? I hope it wasn't my post? I was trying to help.
Once again: this is not about you. zoom zoom wrote something, which I quoted and responded to. And she originally quoted someone else who had posted before you showed up. I know you are/were trying to help. And... my post has nothing to do with yours. If it did, I probably would have quoted it. Good night and good luck.
Is lactic acid similar to ammonia that accumulates after a hard run?
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"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling." - Lucretius
I highly doubt the bicarb would make it past your stomach acid. As a base, most of it would be neutralized in the stomach. It might be of benefit but probably not for the reasons cited.
He and his UC Berkeley colleagues found that muscle cells use carbohydrates anaerobically for energy, producing lactate as a byproduct, but then burn the lactate with oxygen to create far more energy. The first process, called the glycolytic pathway, dominates during normal exertion, and the lactate seeps out of the muscle cells into the blood to be used elsewhere. During intense exercise, however, the second ramps up to oxidatively remove the rapidly accumulating lactate and create more energy. Training helps people get rid of the lactic acid before it can build to the point where it causes muscle fatigue, and at the cellular level, Brooks said, training means growing the mitochondria in muscle cells. The mitochondria - often called the powerhouse of the cell - is where lactate is burned for energy.