There’s an interesting comment to the YouTube video challenging the validity of the test due to the Nomio test being conducted 3 hours after the initial LT test. For anyone that knows more than I do, would they share their mind and give their opinion on whether there is truth in this? (comment quoted below)
“Hey Jake, obviously you may or may not catch this, but for others that are curious - the lab tests presented by nomio are very disingenuous. If you do the same session 3 hours later, blood lactate readings in the second session are always lower. This is not an indicator that the product is doing something productive. The first run increases muscle temperature, blood flow, and speeds how quickly your aerobic system ramps up the second time. With faster aerobic contribution at the same pace, you rely a bit less on anaerobic glycolysis, so less lactate is produced for that workload. After the first session, your muscles and heart also become temporarily better at shuttling and oxidising lactate (using it as fuel) and distributing it to other tissues that clear it. So for the same pace, blood lactate sits lower because clearance keeps up more easily. 3 hours is a window where this is at its highest. Which again, the skeptic in me says thats why they chose 3 hours. The only reason the levels would ever not be lower, is if you started the second session in a highly fatigued, poorly fuelled, dehydrated state. To say you are a ‘super responder’ to nomio based on this is absolutely f*cking wild, respectfully.
Secondly, there is no evidence whatsoever that lowering lactate during training or even during a race is actually beneficial for physiological adaptation.
Sorry for the negative comment - but I know that you only work with brands who you feel are genuinely beneficial. I have a PhD in this field of science and I personal feel that I have an obligation to let you and your audience know before they spend their hard earned money on something like this. Just because they are Scandinavian and have a lactate lab doesn’t mean they are good scientists - they are marketers selling a product.”