This month’s issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise features a debate on the merits of “hypoxic training”—that is, training in the thin air of real or simulated altitude for the purposes of ...

It’s common for athletes to seek new ways to improve their athletic performance. One popular strategy is high altitude training, also known as high elevation training. This method involves training at ...

Elevation training happens in high altitudes -- 7,000-8,000 feet above sea level. When exercising in these altitudes, less oxygen is delivered to your muscles, getting you used to breathing “thinner” ...

If your preferred form of cardiovascular exercise has grown far too easy for your impossibly fit self, perhaps you've considered supplementing your workout regimen with an elevation training mask.

When runners talk physiology, two terms tend to dominate the conversation: VO2 max and lactate threshold. Although the two metrics are related, they are not the same – and they shape performance in ...

VO2 max might sound like something reserved for elite runners and Tour de France cyclists, but it is one of the most useful ...

The turning point of this summer’s Tour de France came high on a mountain pass in the French Alps. It was a result of years of training — and possibly, according to a study released Monday, a ...

Background Athletes from many endurance disciplines include altitude training in their yearly training programme. In volleyball, it is necessary to clarify the haematological benefits and improvement ...

Go for a run on a brutally hot, humid day, or log some miles at a higher elevation than you’re used to, and it feels like you’ve suddenly lost weeks of fitness progress. Heat and altitude put your ...