XEndurance - Extreme Endurance - Triathlon

Keir

20/01/2011 at 11:30

Sounds like a (legal) wonder drug on the IM talk podcast. Anyone tried it, if so for how long, what doseage and what did you think?

Ian M

20/01/2011 at 12:54

Never heard of it until you mentioned it, but went to the website where it says that
" In a Gold-Standard, double-blind, placebo controlled study, aerobic threshold increased by double digits and lactic acid was reduced by 15%."

However no link to said study, which raises suspicions a bit with me. Anyway I've emailed them to see if they will provide a copy of the study.

FerrousFerret

20/01/2011 at 13:00

If you scroll back through the episodes coach John seems to rate it, and from the darkside:-

http://www.tritalk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=73997&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Cona.

pirate

20/01/2011 at 13:22

Rosey uses it, I'm sure he'll be on here shortly to update you on his progress with this stuff

Keir

20/01/2011 at 13:59

Cheers for the link FF. Just emailed Ric Stern to ask his opinions as well as he's an old friend who I have lost touch with.

Viewing the link, people say extreme endurance aids recovery, rather than in-race performance. I guess that means you can do 2 or 3 sessions back to back. However I am not clear why lactate buffering is useful in endurance events when lactate threshold is not generally exceeded.

fat buddha

20/01/2011 at 14:13

I think lacate buffering is used to prevent the worst of lactate buildup over the duration - you might not exceed the threshold but it still has an effect on muscle performance even if sub-maximal. if you are a very efficient, you should be able to metabolise the lactate as you go but in reality that's not the vast majority of athletes and it builds up.