Achieve Peak Performance With Cutting-Edge Altitude Training Technology
A ten day hypoxic training programme for professional cyclists improved peak power by 8% and average power by 6%, with lower heart rate.
Faiss & Rapillard, 2020
Simulated Altitude Training (also called Hypoxic Training) replicates the amount of oxygen available at altitude, but instead of achieving this by reducing the air pressure, it is achieved by keeping the air pressure normal while changing the proportion of oxygen and nitrogen molecules – reducing the oxygen and increasing the nitrogen. Simulated Altitude Training allows reduced oxygen conditions to be created at any location, enabling highly effective altitude training to be performed conveniently and precisely, without any travel costs or disruption to training or domestic routines. In fact, because it allows precise altitudes to be created at will, and because the exposure time can be optimised, it is potentially even more beneficial than actually going to altitude.
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Active Altitude Training is typically undertaken in short sessions (20 to 40 minutes), two to three times per week, often at medium to high intensity, with planned recovery periods. The adaptations that occur primarily happen at the muscular level, where new blood capillaries form to distribute oxygen-rich blood more effectively throughout the muscles. Additionally, increased mitochondrial activity occurs. [Mitochondria generate most of the cell's chemical energy in the form of ATP, which powers biochemical reactions.] One of these muscles is the heart, which benefits similarly to other muscles. Importantly, these adaptations are permanent and do not reverse over time. Improvements also occur across the entire oxygen transport system, including the lungs' efficiency and the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, enhancing every link in the chain of delivering and sustaining energy.
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Key benefits include:
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New capillary production in muscle tissue for improved oxygen delivery.
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New muscle tissue development for increased power.
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Increased VO2max for better oxygen availability.
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Higher cardiac output for improved blood flow.
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Increased mitochondrial activity for extra energy creation in cells.
Leading to improved Aerobic AND Anaerobic performance
Cardio Protection
The heart is largely composed of cardiac muscle, which is subjected to the same stimulation as other active muscles during hypoxic training. A number of published studies have identified that active hypoxic training is beneficial as a means of cardioprotection, with adaptations such as the permanent growth of new blood capillaries and the retention of these benefits into the future.
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Cardio Protection by Intermittent Hypoxic Conditioning. Mallet et al. 2018
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New discovery could reverse tissue damage done by heart attacks University of Bristol 2017
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Hypoxic Therapy as a New Therapeutic Modality for Cardiovascular Benefit Park et al. 2022
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Influences of Normobaric Hypoxia Training on Metabolic Risk Markers Haufe et al. 2008