Altitude Training

Train in a controlled environment, measure your stats and improve your performance

EXPOSURE TO ALTITUDE or hypoxia (reduced oxygen levels) 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 the required amounts of energy, with less oxygen available to do it.

 

What is Altitude Training? more...

 

Altitude training, also known as hypoxic training, involves exercising in, living in or otherwise breathing oxygen reduced air for the purpose of improved athletic performance, pre-acclimatization to altitude and/or physical wellness.

 

Proven Benefits
  • Maximized speed and endurance
  • Elevated strength and power
  • Enhanced energy levels and overall wellness

Who Can Benefit?

  • Athletes
  • Mountaineers
  • Fitness Enthusiasts
  • Health Conscious Individuals

 

Why it works

When the human body is exposed to hypoxia (oxygen reduced environments), it struggles to produce required amounts of energy with less available oxygen. This struggle triggers the onset of a range of physiological adaptations geared towards enhancing the efficiency of the body's respiratory, cardiovascular and oxygen utilization systems. Sessions are run at Albion Cycles (1 Albion St, Waverley) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 5:30am and Wednesday nights from 6pm.

 

Please contact us if you have any further questions.

"The evidence supporting altitude as a benefit for health and fitness is now quite substantial. The indications are that either sleeping at altitude, or training at altitude will cause the body to adapt rapidly, resulting in; improvements in the cardiovascular system, oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, exercise tolerance, anaerobic exercise capacity and faster fuel burning. There is even evidence that there may be some kind of protection from heart disease following altitude training."
- Dr Greg Whyte and Charles Pedlar, PhD. English Institute of Sport

 

Turbo's

We also run regular Computrainer sessions (ie without the Altitude mask) at the same times as the Altitude Training.

 

Related training options

Training Squad and Club Rides

For details on the training squad and club rides please visit the Eastern Suburbs Cycling Club website here.