Effect of Six Months Resistance Training on Lactate Threshold in Distance Runners
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Background: The lactate threshold (LT) is the highest level of effort an athlete can keep up for a long time without causing a noticeable increase in blood lactate levels. Running long distances causes muscles to use more lactate, which forces the body to take lactate out of the bloodstream.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of six months of resistance training based on lactate threshold in distance runners.
Materials and Methods: This study involved 100 subjects, randomized into experimental (age 24.72±3.26) and control group (age 24.56±3.07). Pre and post data collected at 0 and at the end of 6 months with warm up and cool down for 10 mins each.
Results: Statistically significant differences were seen in experimental group compared with control group in outcomes such as LT stage (3.82 vs 3.18), mean HR (160.02 vs 157.02), time taken to complete 5000m (18:13.8 vs 19:00.1) and running pace (4.5 vs 4.3) (P<0.005).
Conclusion: Our result suggests that the six months of resistance training on lactate threshold improve the distance running performance.
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