Altitude Training

Anyone can utilise altitude training, providing you are fit and healthy to do so. This form of training increases resting metabolic rate, so if you have any health concerns please consult your general practitioner prior.

Our altitude training system offers two advantages to altitude training: Sleep training; & Exercise training. Sleep training involves sleeping in the tent whilst in bed, Exercise training involves the use of the system whilst training. Taken together this can enhance sea-level and above sea-level performance.

Altitude can be increased over time to ensure you are progressively adapting to increased levels of acclimatisation stress. This will be based on blood oxygenation levels, taken each morning with a pulse oximeter. This way your sleeping and training can be adapted to suit your adaptation rate.

You will need a power point near your bed, and close to your training devices (indoor treadmill, cycling trainer, rower, walker, etc.).

You certainly can, please download our information document here.

People who are wanting an extra edge in their training environment can look to altitude training for assistance beyond their usual exercise training alone. Generally speaking altitude training can be used to improve performance at altitude or with careful application sea level performance, depending on the athletes needs. It is a more advanced training system.

It is a more chronic timecourse for adaptation to appear, thus this form of training should be implemented months prior the event date.

Not every individual responds in the same way as the next, meaning there are responders to altitude and non-responders. This may be partially genetically based, but is also indicative of homeostasis (or how ‘in balance’) your body is. If you go to altitude sick then your body will struggle under the load to recover. Thus you need to be well rested and ready for work.