As motivated and progressive individuals, we are faced with different and new challenges everyday. Our minds enable us to learn and grow in order to overcome these challenges. It just so happens that your brain is not the only intelligent part of your body. The rest of your body is capable of overcoming similarly challenging scenarios without your knowledge. This is precisely what happens through the use of altitude training technology.
Major benefits from Altitude Training are: • Improved aerobic performance • Increased metabolic rate and calorie burn • Improved oxygen utilisation • Time efficient training • Improved physiological function
Exposure to reduced oxygen levels (altitude or hypoxia) is a challenge to the human body because oxygen is the primary source of energy for our cells. Under a state of hypoxia the body strives to produce required amounts of energy with less oxygen available. To do so, a protein called Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF-1) sets off a host of reactions geared toward improving the body’s ability to utilize oxygen.
Altitude training is one of the few proven, legal methods available for improving performance in elite sports people.WADA recently ruled that simulated altitude training is a permissible method.Information suggests 85% of medalists at the Athens Olympics used altitude training (real or simulated) as part of their preparation.
How Does it Work?
Exposing the body to reduced oxygen environments(particularly above 2400m) stimulates Hypoxic Inducable Factor 1 (HIF 1).This factor stimulates a number of qualitative biochemical and hormonal changes that lead to more efficient aerobic function at a cellular level.The body becomes more efficient at utilizing oxygen.
Who Uses It?
Elite athletes in Summer and Winter Olympic sports, World Champion Cyclists, swimmers and tri-athletes.Professional football teams including: Tottenham Hotspur FC, Liverpool FC, Leicester FC in the U.K. Brisbane Lions AFC, Collingwood AFC and Fremantle Dockers AFC. Geelong AFC, Manly NRL team, and a number of NFL teams in the USA.US Military, English, Israeli and Belgian Olympic training centers.
Benefits
Improved performance in elite distance runners (5-12%)
Better ability to operate at high ADP levels (increased time to exhaustion at anaerobic limit)
More efficient oxygen uptake and usage
Increased production of G 4 protein (used in glycogen metabolism and insulin regulation)
More time efficient and less physically demanding aerobic training
Improved time to exhaustion in anaerobic states
Improved oxygen utilization for performance and healing
Major benefits from Altitude Training are: