Bike/incline/row, Torrance, CA
Lactate / aerobic-threshold test (precise training zones) — Torrance, CA (anaerobic-threshold concept's own home).
Run an incremental step test with fingertip lactate sampling in Torrance to locate LT1 and LT2. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $320 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- ProofIncremental step protocol with HR + (where available) lactate at each stage locating the first threshold, and the derived training zones, with PAR-Q+ readiness confirmed
- Open until2026-12-23
- Levelintermediate
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Run an incremental step test with fingertip lactate sampling in Torrance to locate LT1 and LT2. This packet's own threshold concept traces to Karlman Wasserman's lab, which moved to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center here in 1967 and published the landmark 1973 breath-by-breath anaerobic-threshold paper this field still builds on.
Fund it for $320. Proof lands onchain when it's done.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- heart-rate monitor
- bike/treadmill/track with controllable intensity
- fingertip lactate meter (or a validated critical-power protocol)
- PAR-Q+ readiness form
Steps
- 1. Confirm PAR-Q+ readiness and an aerobic base before the incremental test.
- 2. Warm up, then increase intensity in fixed steps (e.g., every 3-4 min), holding each stage steady.
- 3. At the end of each stage record HR and, where available, fingertip lactate (mmol/L); otherwise use the talk-test transition.
- 4. Identify the first threshold: the last stage before lactate rises above ~2 mmol/L (or where full sentences become impossible).
- 5. Derive the Zone-2 ceiling and threshold HR/pace; cool down; log all stages and the derived zones; sign it.
- 6. Record any beta-blocker or other rate-controlling medication; if present, do not apply age-predicted %-max-HR zones or standard heart-rate thresholds — anchor intensity with RPE and the talk test instead.
What counts as done
- PAR-Q+ readiness and an aerobic base confirmed before the incremental test
- Stage-by-stage HR and (where used) lactate mmol/L recorded to locate the threshold
- Derived Zone-2 ceiling and threshold HR/pace documented for training
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
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