I’m reading Skiba’s book right now and I think he makes a terminology mistake a couple of times. He defines LT (lactate threshold) as the first threshold but sometimes he says “lactate threshold” and it seems like he’s talking about the area around FTP/CP/LT2.
He also says something that doesn’t make any sense on pg 36:
‘Some people refer to LT (GET/VT1) as anaerobic threshold (AT)’
Then he goes on to explain that the lactate threshold is not anaerobic (without oxygen), etc. It just seems like he’s trying to be academically correct here.
I think he’s wrong in a sense. People do call the 2nd threshold (CP, FTP, VT2, etc) the “lactate threshold” but they aren’t confusing it with the 1st threshold (Aet, VT1, etc).
It would have been helpful if he had not used LT but rather LT1 or aerobic threshold. It would be a lot less confusing.
Otherwise, it’s a good book so far. I recommend it for any wannabe physiology nerd. It’s also written at a fairly easy to understand level.