Test result answer for Kevin

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: Hi Kevin : : Here short some points to your test result: : It is actually not an unusual result, if you consider the following possibilities. : The reocery line can be nearly equal with the first part of the test : : 1. You have a very strong endurance athlete with a very high percentage of STF fibres on the one side, but a still very good activity on FTF x fibres on the other side : As you know from all our discussions, the actual value of lactate measured in the system is much lower than the actual production in the muscle itself. : If you have an athlete with a very high LBP ( 85 - 90 % of his max performance , he will have a very flat classical lactate test with an increase just at the end of his test. This means , if he really is pushing himself to the limit , he will squeeze one more step out and in this intensity level clearly will use his FTFx system and FTF b. They seem to produce easier lactate , but really seem to have more difficulties to " recycle it. : You can see this picture top athletes like Geoff ,Ryder and Martina. : If they do a test on their own , they have a good result with a Lactate at the end of 4 - 6 mmmol. : Their recovery linie ( Ryder and Martina is in this situation basically identical with the performance linie. : If I test them , they go harder ( higher max Lactate and the recovery linie is not identical anymore. : Summary: Athletes with a very high amount of STF fibres in the whole body ( Trunk , upperbody and legs ) will recover faster. If they not push all out , they recover not just metabolically fast , but also performance wise. : That's the strength of ryder. He can go out very hard , put not pushing limit and still is able to maintain a high level . : 2.You see a similar trend of the test in injured athletes. : In your case your athlete had problem by 210 Watt. : resp. she complaine about pain or problem by this intensity. : The fact is , she had actual problem already before the test. : So it may be fair to say , that from the beginning of the test her weaker leg was not able to fullfill the task. From 90 watt up to perhaps 130 / 150 she was able to bike , but had for sure more power on her good leg, Once the intensity reached a level, where the weak leg was not any more of any help , in fact she had to drag this leg with the other leg, she started to work with one leg plus the rest of her body. : The test result is a result, where she was not able to go with both legs close to her limit. So once her good leg failed , she stopped, but in fact she would have been able with 2 legs to go much higher. : So the intensities below the 150 watts were very easy and again 2 leg exercises and she had no problem to do the same again up to an intensity , where her bad leg was not too much of a problem. : Summary : You did a 2 leg test till up to 170 watt and switched to a one leg test with failure , and moved back down to a 2 leg test. : The two leg test was finished before onset of fatigue. : So if you test any other person and you stop just short arround the LBP you will always have a nearly identical recovery linie. : To back this up you have a few options. : 1. Take a classical lactate test and you may see , that the lactate curve starts to climb , as soon the person complians about pain. ( That's the switch from 2 leg to 1 leg. ) : 2. EMG on the bad leg will increase to a certain level , and than flatten out , as soon pain is here. : ( actually EMG is a good way of checking for objective pain ) : 3. You can use power or smart cranks and you will see , how much the good leg may have to lift the bad leg and how early. : I hope this gives you some ideas . Cheers Juerg

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