WHAT IS HYPOXIA TRAINING?

There are two types of High Altitude training. 'Train Low - Live High' and 'Train High - Live Low' which is what our Colorado Altitude Room in 1escape is offering. Training high is great for altitude acclimatization, getting more out of a workout in less time, and increasing speed, power and endurance. Train High - Train Fast is our motto for the the Colorado Exercise Room because training at altitude causes more rapid improvements, in a shorter amount of time, than the same effort at sea-level. It's no coincidence that the US Olympic Training Center is located at over a mile high in the Colorado Rockies, and we can now offer the same altitude to our members.

BENEFITS OF HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING

In high altitudes, the amount of oxygen in the blood is reduced because there's less oxygen in the air. To compensate for reduction of oxygen in the air, the kidneys secrete more of a hormone called erythropoietin, which causes the body to create more red blood cells. The average life span of a red blood cell is 90 to 120 days. Runners are often able to train harder and perform better for several weeks after they return from about a month-long stay at altitude because ther blood still contains the extra blood cells that were produced when they were training at high altitudes. Runners who trained at high altitudes will have more red blood cells than runners who did not train at high altitudes.