Rhonda Patrick· PhD
And that's because when we do an all-out 30-second effort, a large majority, not all of it, but a large majority of the energy is derived from anaerobic or non-oxidative metabolism.
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And that's because when we do an all-out 30-second effort, a large majority, not all of it, but a large majority of the energy is derived from anaerobic or non-oxidative metabolism.
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And so when we talk about anaerobic capacity, the best measure, or the most commonly accepted measure of anaerobic capacity is a Wingate test.