Lactate Threshold: Understanding Your Performance Ceiling
Lactate threshold is the intensity at which lactate begins to accumulate faster than your body can clear it. It defines how long you can sustain a hard effort.
What is Lactate Threshold?
Lactate threshold is the intensity at which lactate begins to accumulate faster than your body can clear it. It defines how long you can sustain a hard effort.
Why It Matters
Improving your lactate threshold allows you to:
- Run faster
- Ride stronger
- Swim longer at higher intensity
How It Feels
- Hard but sustainable
- Limited talking
- High focus required
How to Train It
- Tempo runs
- Threshold intervals
- Over-under workouts
Example Workout
2 × 10–15 min at threshold effort with short recovery
Common Mistakes
- Training too hard
- Poor pacing
- Not enough recovery
Endurly helps you structure threshold workouts and track your progress across sports.