A Clinician Guide to Altitude Training for Optimal Endurance Exercise Performance at Sea Level

High Alt Med Biol. 2017 Jun;18(2):93-101. doi: 10.1089/ham.2017.0020. Epub 2017 Apr 28.

Abstract

Constantini, Keren, Daniel P. Wilhite, and Robert F. Chapman. A clinician guide to altitude training for optimal endurance exercise performance at sea level. High Alt Med Biol. 18:93-101, 2017.-For well over 50 years, endurance athletes have been utilizing altitude training in an effort to enhance performance in sea level competition. This brief review will offer the clinician a series of evidence-based best-practice guidelines on prealtitude and altitude training considerations, which can ultimately maximize performance improvement outcomes.

Keywords: hemoglobin mass; live high train low; maximal oxygen uptake; performance; training.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization / physiology*
  • Altitude*
  • Athletic Performance / physiology*
  • Athletic Performance / standards
  • Humans
  • Oxygen Consumption / physiology
  • Physical Endurance / physiology*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Resistance Training / methods*
  • Time Factors