Relationship between Blood Lactate, Load and Load Volume in Weight Lifters

The purpose of this study was to observe the relationship between effects of different workload and load volume (i.e. 3 RM, 6 RM, 9 RM) of power clean on blood lactate production in female weight lifters. A total of six weight lifters with mean age, height and weight of 20.5 ±2.8 years, 161± 6.5cm and 70±7.4Kg respectively volunteered to participate in this study. Each subject‘s blood lactate was measured at rest and after 3RM, 6RM & 9RM with the help of a digital portable lactate analyzer (Lactate Scout) and the data were analyzed using Mean ±SD, T-test and correlation (Pearson).The maximum mean of relative absolute and %percent increase of blood lactate was 8.7±2.3mmol and 370.0±109.3% (3RM) followed by 7.4±2.0mmol & 349.8±112.0% (6RM) and 5.33±1.96mmol &33.3±81.3% (9RM).The difference in blood lactate at rest and after the execution of different work load volume was statistical significantly (p < .05). Insignificant correlation was found between the load lifted, load volume and posttest blood lactate in 3 RM, 6 RM and 9 RM. But when the data of different work load volume pattern was pooled together, there was a statistical significant negative correlation between load volume, posttest blood lactate (r = -0.63, p