I understand how lactate works to a certain degree, but the important thing is that you can burn that lactic acid by cooling/warming down after a workout (ie walking after a footrace).
I’ve heard that built-up lactic acid helps build muscle if you keep it, but I’ve also heard that it’s good to burn asap after a workout.
So after hypertrophy weight-training, should I be somehow cooling down my muscles?
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Lactic acid is produced when your cells don’t have as much oxygen as they want to have when they are making energy.
Lactic acid is essentially a waste product.
You get rid of it by hydrating and peeing it out or your liver chewing it up.
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