If you're an endurance athlete, your lactate threshold can be an incredibly useful training tool – but what exactly is it, and how can you measure and use it? Lactate is created when muscle tissue ...

During intense or prolonged exercise, muscles can feel like they’re burning the longer and harder someone pushes. This occurs because the muscles produce energy as quickly as possible by dipping into ...

The classic ‘FTP test’ has long been the gold standard method of determining the power a cyclist can sustain for one hour - their Functional Threshold Power (FTP) - which is then used to determine ...

Choosing your pace based on the physiological transition from easy to hard is more effective than calculations based on maximum heart rate, research shows.