Why Lactate Profile Testing Is The Next Big Development In Road Cycling

Is this why Pogacar is quite so good!? He's one of the pros at the forefront of lactate testing, here's what lactate profiling is, how it can be used to improve your cycling and why this isn't the last time you'll hear lactate being mentioned in the world of road cycling. We then undertake a cycling lactate test ourselves to see how we measure up against the pros and discover that our FTP was way out! With thanks to Synergy Performance for their time and expertise, you can check out their services at: https://www.synergyperformance.co.uk/ ⚫️ Other videos that might interest you How many miles does an elite cyclist ride? | Strava end of year stats compared 🎦 https://youtu.be/rYzt5N0OFZg 1 Week As An Elite Cyclist | Can We Hack This BRUTAL Cycling Training Camp!? 🎦 https://youtu.be/aAPZ_KIXcVo Are expensive carbon road bike wheels worth the money? 🎦 https://youtu.be/K2rjn_4ov60 ⚫️ In this video 0:00 Introduction 0:56 What is a lactate test? 1:55 Is lactate profiling better than an FTP test? 3:20 Is lactate testing just for the pros? 4:00 What is lactate? 5:00 The test 6:15 Test 2 7:30 The results 13:57 Can I improve? 17:20 Outro ⚫️ Check out our other channels On the Web ▶️ https://road.cc Instagram ▶️ https://www.instagram.com/road.cc Twitter ▶️ https://twitter.com/roadcc Facebook ▶️ https://www.facebook.com/roadcc/​​ Podcast ▶️ https://road.cc/tags/podcast