What is the real reason for a cooldown and what is the best thing to do when cooling down?

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17 years ago 01/03/2007 11:55pm EST

re: Not true

Not true wrote:
Motor Boatin SOB- wrote:
promote more rapid removal of lactic acid than stationary recovery;
I hope that answers your question.
Even ACSM's "Guidelines for Exercise Testing & Prescription" gets it wrong.

NO...the geniuses this board produces HAVE been getting it wrong for quite some time...

Lactic acid when produced over a period of time has to go somewhere...it then pools...doing a cool-down AEROBICALLY allows oxygen to BUFFER that lactic acid versus it pooling in the body and then causing ACIDOSIS.

17 years ago 01/04/2007 5:10am EST

re: Motor Boatin SOB-

Personally I just run a lap or walk back from the stadium but I appreciate different workouts may need longer cool downs. I usually feel fine after running a slow lap, and this seems to work for me after experimenting with various other cool downs (up to 40 minutes).

17 years ago 01/04/2007 5:59am EST

re: Motor Boatin SOB-

Motor Boatin SOB- wrote:
NO...the geniuses this board produces HAVE been getting it wrong for quite some time...
Lactic acid when produced over a period of time has to go somewhere...it then pools...doing a cool-down AEROBICALLY allows oxygen to BUFFER that lactic acid versus it pooling in the body and then causing ACIDOSIS.

YOU could not be more wrong. Lactic acid cannot pool as it disassociates almost immediately after production.

17 years ago 01/04/2007 6:42am EST

re: Not true

I think the cooldown is mainly just the designated time for runners to complain about their races

17 years ago 01/04/2007 7:04am EST

re: marijuologist

marijuologist wrote:
I think the cooldown is mainly just the designated time for runners to complain about their races

bing EFFING go,

for mwa it was just to get in more mileage, nothing more.

17 years ago 01/04/2007 7:28am EST

re: fletch

fletch wrote:
My guess would be in order to buffer lactate quicker...

There is no need to buffer lactate as it is not acidic. You want to buffer the H+ ions from the diassociated lactic acid.

17 years ago 01/04/2007 8:23am EST

re: jacabo

true. I cannot tell you how many health care professionals think muscle sorness is due to lactic acid. When anyone that studied exercise physiology can tell you that lactic acid returns to resting levels shortly after exercise.

17 years ago 01/04/2007 8:40am EST

re: rbyrne

you can't deny that a cool down or jogging gets rid of lactic acid quicker.

It's a fact. Whether or not it's beneficial is up to you to decide, but I choose to believe that getting rid of the lactate earlier and clearing it out of the blood will get the recovery process going faster.

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