Anaerobic Training

anaerobic training occurs at an intensity that is too high for the body to work aerobically - the energy demand is faster than the body can prodouce it 

• anaerobic endurance refers to the ability to work at a high intensity repeatedly 
• anaeorbic threshold: the intensity at which anaerobic system becomes dominant energy provider
• lactate threshold: intesnity at which lactic acid begins to accumulate in the blood as it is produced faster than it is removed
• OBLA - onset of blood lactate accumulation occurs at 4mmol

• increased capacity to utilise and remove lactic acid
• increased enzymes which break lactic acid down into pyruivc acid
• increased tolerance to greater levels of lactic acid
• increased ventricular myocardium thickness (muscular heart tissue)
• increased ventricular contractile force
• increased stroke volume
• cardiac hypertrophy
• myofibril hypertrophy
• increased muscle mass