The same fundamental biological mechanism that helps athletes develop endurance on a treadmill may someday be tapped into by doctors in intensive care units to save and improve the lives of patients ...

As a student competing in track and field at his Parlier high school, Robert Leija was obsessed with how to improve his performance, and in particular, prevent the buildup of lactic acid in his ...

A secret new energy gel containing lactate has been bought out by a single Tour de France team. Discover the sports nutrition ...

Ever cramped up running for the bus? Muscle cramps are most often caused by a build-up of lactic acid, the product of anaerobic glucose metabolism. While lactate may be bad for the brawn, it may be ...

In the early 1980s, a Swedish exercise physiologist named Bertil Sjödin demonstrated that it was possible to get a large training boost by doing do weekly 20-minute runs at a pace he called V OBLA, or ...

The requirement for metabolic efficiency forces cancer cells to generate sufficient energy equivalents to support their high proliferative activity. One cycle of glycolysis supplies cells with two ...