Expert Explains Liverpool Pre Season Lactate Test & 8 Time Reigning Champ

Sports scientist Dr. Raj, DPT explains Liverpool pre season lactate testing including what the test is, how it’s done, why it’s important to measure and track, and which player has won the test the last eight years running | Expert Explains Liverpool Pre Season Lactate Test & 8 Time Reigning Champ | Liverpool sports science analysis

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Here’s a table of contents:
0:00 Lactate test day 1
0:13 How it’s done
0:34 Training & lactate threshold
049 8-time reigning winner
1:12 Ciao Grazie

Script:

Hey it’s Raj from 3CB.

On day one of pre-season, Liverpool’s first team undergoes a “lactate test” which helps the sports science team determine the highest intensity players can train at before becoming overly-fatigued.

The players run a sequence of distances at different paces, with blood tests taken after each interval to test the blood lactic acid. If that level is above what’s called the lactic acid threshold - which is when lactic acid is building up in the muscles faster than the body can remove it, leading to cumulative fatigue - players are removed from the test.

Improving that lactate threshold is a key metric to determine the effectiveness of player’s training programs and create another potential margin vs any opponent. Manager Jurgen Klopp’s focus on fitness & 90 minutes of execution is no secret.

In this lactate test, one player has reigned supreme for the last EIGHT seasons - including this season - and that’s veteran midfielder James Milner. Even at the age of 36, his fitness levels and standard haven’t dropped. That commitment and discipline is firstly why he’s been play to extend his career and why he’s considered a key piece and leader of this Liverpool team.

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