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It seems that what we've been told about lactic acid in our muscles has been false all these years (over 100!).

The common misconception about lactic acid is that we produce lactic acid in our muscles as a by-product (waste) when undergoing strenuous excersize, and that the lactic acid 'burns' and will eventually force us to stop working.

Apparently this George Brooks guy has been trying to tell the world that they/we had it all wrong for the past 30+ years.

What's really strange about all this, though, is that eventhough we had it all wrong, the solution we came up with for dealing with lactic acid production (namely, endurance training as a mechanism for improving almost all performance metrics) also turned out to be the best way to work our muscles out. The linked article claims that this was mainly discovered through trail and error, and thus the disconnect with the scientific theory about lactic acid. Great stuff!