Why train at altitude?

In elite competition the difference between winning and losing can be as little as 1%. Altitude training can deliver 2 to 5% improvements in performance offering a method to achieve the edge in elite competition. Kinetic Altitude Simulation systems replicate the stimulus to the human body when exposed to altitude while adding walk-in convienience and lower cost for teams.

How does it work?

At altitude (anything above sea level), there is less oxygen in a given amount of air, that is, it has a lower partial pressure of oxygen. The higher the altitude the lower the total pressure and therefore the partial pressure of oxygen. With exposure to natural altitude, the body makes various adaptations to cope more efficiently with the reduced oxygen availability.

Research shows that these physiological adaptations can increase capacity for exercise at altitude. The idea behind altitude training is that this capacity for exercise increases performance at sea level.

Altitude simulation replicates the effects of the lower air pressure at altitude by changing the partial pressure of oxygen only, as opposed to the total pressure. Research has shown that the effects on the human body are indistinguishable from "natural" altitude.