Genes, altitude and health.
Aerobic performance is clearly affected by the relative hypoxia at altitude as was noticed during the Olympic Games at Mexico City in 1968. Studies by... Read More
Training in altitude: Analysis of practical examples
Altitude affects performance in a range of endurance activities, including intermittent exercise.
Hypoxic stimulation in long distance runners. A necessity in high perfomance sport
In high level sport, the continual exposure to altitude is one of the contents of training which is normally used by long distance runners to... Read More
Training in altitude: Living high, training high versus living high, training low
“Altitude training” has been used by coaches in many sports intending to enhance sea level performance.
Muscular adaptation to middle altitude: practical issues for training
This brief review is aimed at providing support to the hypothesis that hypoxia may induce muscular adaptations affecting sea-level performance, depending an still unknown factors,... Read More