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This blog took a little longer to compile than my previous one—and for good reason. The volume of data available on this topic is growing rapidly, and with it comes a need to carefully sift through both historic and emerging research. One question sits at the centre of it all: does the menstrual cycle influence blood lactate levels during training? Data collected from athletes who work with Blake Performance Lab has shown that there are lactate level fluctuations over the cou

This month, we take a look at how lactate testing has benefit two different athletes We will compare two very different athletes who both sought guidance on their training zones.  Each athlete undertook a lactate test, utilising the resulting training guidance from Blake Performance Lab to develop their rowing machine scores. Through respect of confidentiality, both athletes (athlete 1 and athlete 2) consented to use of their data for this case study whilst remaining anonymou