High Altitude For Dummies

Move to France or England and train in the channel tunnel

Bullshit it's gone in a week, red blood cells live for like 50 days, right?

Actually there is no evidence that high altitude natives hang on to the adaptations any longer than an acclimatized person. Extensive studies were done on Andean Indians. It leaves them just as quickly. All their physiological changes are temporary not permanent genetic alterations/adaptations.

We know that your kidneys increase their EPO production almost immediately upon arriving at altitude (lower partial pressure of O2). It is also thought that your EPO production is decreased immediatley upon return to sea level. My question is this. If this is true, would sleeping in a altitude tent for 12 hours a day and living outside the tent for 12 hours have any net effect?

Seems to me you'd need to stay in that tent greater than 50% of the time to notice a net increase in EPO/ RBC production.

Hamiton wrote:

Actually there is no evidence that high altitude natives hang on to the adaptations any longer than an acclimatized person. Extensive studies were done on Andean Indians. It leaves them just as quickly. All their physiological changes are temporary not permanent genetic alterations/adaptations.

What a load of shit! Their hearts and lungs are disproportionatly larger than the rest of us.

don't forget about how awesome these peole can train for weeks once they come down again with the packed RBC's...the kind of training that takes you to a new level.

then you go back up again for a couple of weeks four weeks out from the big race.

that's how Ma and Co. did it.

Hence Live High / Train Low. Pretty hard to accomplish. Can your body adapt to altitude before you lose neurological connection like "leg speed?? And if so maybe short bouts at altitude is the way to go. The other problem with altitude is an increased metabolism / loses of muscle mass/strength.So at altitude how important is strength training?

Hence Live High / Train Low. Pretty hard to accomplish.

Can your body adapt to altitude before you lose neurological connection like "leg speed??

And if so maybe short bouts at altitude is the way to go.

The other problem with altitude is an increased metabolism / loses of muscle mass/strength.

So at altitude how important is strength training?

Hence Live High / Train Low. Pretty hard to accomplish.

Can your body adapt to altitude before you lose neurological connection like "leg speed??

And if so maybe short bouts at altitude is the way to go.

The other problem with altitude is an increased metabolism / loses of muscle mass/strength.

So at altitude how important is strength training?

I know from personal experience that training at hig altitudes then racing at sea level is a bitch. I'm a mediocre high school runner at best ok so bear with me. Well were i live we are close to 5000 feet and in some mountain areas were i train well over a mile high. I had been running low low 16's at my city meets i got down to 16:11 for 5K and I was looking for a big race at state. Our state meet is at sea level in a humid climtae(WAco, Texas). Well I totally bombed at state witha lame 17:22. besides the insane amount of humidty in the air my body was unable to respond to the call of runnig fast. i went out at 4:42 for the first mile and my legs literally gave up after that, my lungs were breathing awesome but legs just wouldnt respond to the call of dudty. WEll i dunno im only a high school runner.

I tested IHT-system by plastic bag, I put my head inside that about 4-5minutes and the co2 rised up through breathing that air. I did 3weeks that, 50min-1h30min/a day

and my hemoglobin rised after two weeks, it´s still up

after 2weeks normal training. This maybe sounds mad but it works!

How do you know your hemoglobin is up?

Do you breathe into a bag while sitting around the house?

Any negative effects from increasing the CO2 level?

don't go out in 4:42...

Because I have hb-meter!

And yes, you can sit anywhere you want.

I don´t know will co2 be harm but at least I´m alive..

"The anaesthetic effect of CO2 is caused by rapidly

occurring acidosis in the cerebrospinal fluid."

Do you ever do this in the period before a hard workout,

and does it impact on your workout?

Yes, I´ve been noticed that it will produce acidozis and

because of that muscles are tired if you do this before

training, best time is at least 1hour before/after training.