The aerobic/anaerobic threshold is one of the most critical
training tools for athletes wanting to improve their
conditioning. Find out what it is, how to find it, and how you
can use it in your training. In recent years, many athletes'
approach to aerobic fitness has changed. Whereas it used to be
believed that long, slow distance (LSD) was the most effective
way of training the aerobic system, most coaches now advocate
regularly challenging the aerobic system - the most effective
way to do that is with anaerobic threshold training. This
training goes by various names, including anaerobic threshold
training, aerobic threshold training and lactate threshold
training. The reason for this? It involves training around the
point where the body changes from the aerobic system
(sustainable almost indefinitely) to the anaerobic system
(limited sustainability). This is also the point at which
lactate begins to build up faster than the body can dispose of
it - thus the multiple names. When you work at this point you a