altitude training at home

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3 years ago 09/15/2020 8:57am EDT

I am a college student living in a shared house with other student athletes from my college. We all compete in the mile and 5k as well as for our cross country team. At the moment we do 60-80mpw but are always looking for that extra boost.

I have decided to turn the house into an altitude chamber.

So far I have sealed the windows and doors but need to remove oxygen from the house. Do I need a pump or vacuum or something else to do the job? I reckon it will be a cheap alternative to travelling to altitude especially as the government has taken away our right to freedom of outdoors.

We are looking to break 28 for 8k this autumn and make the conference meet.

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3 years ago 09/15/2020 9:06am EDT

re: spamparsnips

Yup. Just need a vacuum. The dyson model will set your house to 10k ft. Good luck breaking 28.

3 years ago 09/15/2020 9:10am EDT

re: spamparsnips

Build a large fire pit out of non-flammable materials in the center of the house. Start a large fire and let it consume some of the oxygen. Just be sure to not let it burn too long and burn up ALL the oxygen. You don't want to do anything stupid.

3 years ago 09/15/2020 10:20am EDT

re: spamparsnips

I LOL'd for real at the previous responses.

I'll take a stab at a serious response. If you guys are really trying to break 28 for 8K, then training plus time is the answer here. (Hey LRCers, am I correct on this?)

The small if any boost from whatever foolishness you're trying to set up in your house is likely to be negligible compared to the potential big gains from training ... I mean, you're just trying to run 5:30 miles, right? (I don't mean that offensively; I attempted D3 XC one season and I sucked big time, running 29 something. Ugh)

Training plus time. Just gotta do the work & be consistent. Forget the goofy house experiment.

3 years ago 09/15/2020 10:27am EDT

re: Sub-8 Mile

Sub-8 Mile wrote:
I'll take a stab at a serious response.

That's called "taking the bait".

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