Hypoxia training: professional support for the highest goals
You already own a altitude room or tent and are looking for professional, data-supported accompaniment for your next mountain ascent, expedition or sporting challenge?
Altitude training (hypoxia) is the established method for increase endurance performanceto optimize acclimatization and to significantly minimize altitude-related illnesses.
My offer: Individualized block periodization
I offer you individual acclimatization plansthat are optimally adapted to your goals (alpinism, expeditions or endurance sports) and are based on the principle of periodized hypoxia load principle.
1. passive acclimatization phase (live high)
- Aim: To build up the physiological basis of HB mass.
- Procedure: You start with a block of of passive altitude exposure (e.g. 30 nights).
- Example protocol: Sleeping at 1600 m for 8 hours a day.
- Result: Accumulated hypoxic dose of 384 km /h (altitude kilometer hours) for initial stimulation of adaptation.
2. active load phase (train high)
- Objective: To increase muscular hypoxia tolerance and performance through intensive training.
- Procedure: In the second block, you supplement the sleep training with active hypoxia sessions in the tent.
- Example protocol: Specific protocol 4 times a week (e.g. 3000 m active on the bike or treadmill to maximize the effect of the growth factor). HIF-1α to maximize.
The benefits of a higher hemoglobin mass
1. maximized oxygen carrying capacity (Oxygen Carrying Capacity)
- The core benefit: Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that is responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to working muscles.
- Effect: More Hb mass means that liter of blood can transport more oxygen can transport more oxygen.
- Consequence: With the same heart rate, you can more oxygen to the muscles supply. This is the limiting factor for (maximum oxygen uptake).
2. increase VO2max and endurance performance
- As the oxygen supply to the muscles is improved, your maximum oxygen uptake capacity VO2max.
- A higher VO2max means that you can can run or cycle faster before you reach your aerobic limit.
- In competition, this leads to a higher speed at the same heart rate or to a less fatigue at the same speed.
3. better buffering capacity for lactate
- Hemoglobin also plays a role in the removal of CO2 and the buffering of acids (such as lactate) in the blood.
- A healthier, more robust blood composition can improve the blood’s ability to neutralize the acidic metabolic products produced by intensive training and to transport them away more quickly.
4. shorter recovery time
- The ability to transport more O2 to the tissues also accelerates recovery after high-intensity intervals or competitions.
- The muscles are supplied with oxygen again more quickly, which promotes the repair process and the replenishment of energy stores.
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