The Claim
After 30 seconds of maximal cycling exercise, intracellular lactate concentration in the quadriceps muscle increases to 47 mmol/L, and this rise accounts for nearly the entire reduction in intracellular strong ion difference from 154 to 106 mmol/L, demonstrating that lactate accumulation is a primary contributor to intracellular acidosis during intense exercise.
What the research says
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During 30 seconds of maximum cycling, lactate builds up in the quadriceps muscle to 47 mmol/L, and this increase explains most of the drop in the muscle's strong ion difference from 154 to 106 mmol/L, resulting in intracellular acidosis.
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After 30 seconds of maximal cycling exercise, intracellular lactate concentration in quadriceps muscle rises to 47 mmol/L, which accounts for nearly the entire drop in intracellular strong ion difference from 154 to 106 mmol/L, indicating that lactate accumulation is a primary contributor to intracellular acidosis during intense exercise.
During intense exercise, muscles produce lactate as a byproduct of energy production without oxygen; this lactate builds up inside muscle cells and carries a negative charge, which lowers the balance of positive and negative charges inside the cell; this imbalance pulls hydrogen ions into the fluid inside the cell, making it more acidic.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Factors influencing hydrogen ion concentration in muscle after intense exercise.
After a super hard 30-second bike sprint, muscle cells built up a lot of lactate — and this lactate alone explains most of why the muscle got more acidic. Other changes happened too, but lactate was the main culprit.
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