Lactate Retention Method

You know that burning feeling you get in your thighs when you’re playing basketball? That's lactic acid buildup in your muscles trying to force you to stop going so hard.

The Lactate Retention Method is a hack that will increase your Lactic Acid Tolerance and will minimize that burning feeling in your legs. I learned about this from Cal Dietz and there's a good explanation from one of his peers.

How To Do It

Step 1) Perform a Leg Blaster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvr6TE9ujyY

20x air squats

20x in-place lunges (10x each leg)

20x jumping lunges (10x each leg)

10x squat jumps

Step 2) Perform a third-world squat where your hamstrings touch your calves for 20-40 seconds (do not let go, IT WILL BURN BAD!!!). We prefer this squat to be flat-footed but not everyone can do that due to flexibility issues.

Shake your legs off at the end, take 1 minute of rest, and try to build yourself from 1 set up to 3 sets of LRM. You should do this in the GPP phase for 3-4 weeks and then after that it will be diminishing returns.