Lactate Testing

[slimjim]

My 12 year old daughter is to have her first lactate test this week, can someone tell me what this is for and what the point if it is

[Chris]

Originally posted by slimjim
My 12 year old daughter is to have her first lactate test this week, can someone tell me what this is for and what the point if it is

There's quite a good site here (http://www.lactate.com/swimming/core.htm) that gives some info about lactate testing for swimmers.