Lactic acid is now good for muscle development.
This makes a lot more sense and I always find it peculiarly pleasant when facts are reversed like this. Reminds me of this xkcd and this video of Richard Feynman advocating taking the world from a different point of view.
Lactic acid is actually a fuel, not a caustic waste product. Muscles make it deliberately, producing it from glucose, and they burn it to obtain energy. The reason trained athletes can perform so hard and so long is because their intense training causes their muscles to adapt so they more readily and efficiently absorb lactic acid.
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