Peter Attia· MD
there's something called the lactate paradox if you if you try and exercise to exhaustion at lower levels of altitude you actually give up when your lactate levels are lower than you would at sea level
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there's something called the lactate paradox if you if you try and exercise to exhaustion at lower levels of altitude you actually give up when your lactate levels are lower than you would at sea level
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the picture that makes sense to me is is that these things are not just about how much oxygen is making it to the muscle it's also like what is your brain oxygen level so you're getting these other circuit breakers that are starting to come down that aren't even on this path from mouth to lungs to blood to muscle