LACTATE TESTING FOR SWIM COACHES – WHY USE IT?
Lactate testing is the only practical way to find essential information about your swimmer! The really, really useful information of lactate testing shows you the changing relationship between effort and speed – more effort means more lactate so, at the low intensities the speed increases faster than the lactate; at the higher intensities, the lactate changes faster than the speed. It’s the same as working a little harder for a big reward, then having to work much, much harder for further, smaller and smaller rewards. The thing which keeps you going is that the rewards are incremental – no matter how much smaller they get, the total just keeps getting bigger and you swim faster. With the Accusport Portable Lactate Analyzer cost, time and effort are no longer the deterrent or constraint they once were. Samples are easy to take and analyze, and regular tests cost no more than a few dollars for each swimmer. TESTING IS NOT NEW Coaches have always tested their swimmers. Of course, time and
