When bodybuilders lift heavy weights and their muscles get more acidic, they tend to feel more tired in later sets — this might be why their performance drops.

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Muscle Substrate Utilization and Lactate Production During Weightlifting

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

1999 Jun

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Muscle Substrate Utilization and Lactate Production During Weightlifting

Score: 28

DOI: 10.1139/h99-017

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When bodybuilders lift heavy weights with their arms, their muscles get tired first because they run out of a quick energy source called phosphocreatine, but after the first set, the burn they feel comes mostly from acid building up in the muscles.

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