Performance and Welfare Benefits for Jockeys and Riders
The same performance and cardio protective benefits are also available for you, the rider. Plus, use altitude to retain your cardiovascular fitness should you be unable to train normally, through injury. For more information select the appropriate button below.
Simulated Altitude Training (also called Hypoxic Training) replicates the amount of oxygen available at altitude, but instead of achieving this by reducing the air pressure, it is achieved by keeping the air pressure normal while changing the proportion of oxygen and nitrogen molecules – reducing the oxygen and increasing the nitrogen. Simulated Altitude Training allows reduced oxygen conditions to be created at any location, enabling highly effective altitude training to be performed conveniently and precisely, without any travel costs or disruption to training or domestic routines. In fact, because it allows precise altitudes to be created at will, and because the exposure time can be optimised, it is potentially even more beneficial than actually going to altitude.
Boost Performance with Altitude Training
Active Altitude Training is typically undertaken in short sessions (20 to 40 minutes), two to three times per week, often at medium to high intensity, with planned recovery periods. The adaptations that occur primarily happen at the muscular level, where new blood capillaries form to distribute oxygen-rich blood more effectively throughout the muscles. Additionally, increased mitochondrial activity occurs. [Mitochondria generate most of the cell's chemical energy in the form of ATP, which powers biochemical reactions.] One of these muscles is the heart, which benefits similarly to other muscles. Importantly, these adaptations are permanent and do not reverse over time. Improvements also occur across the entire oxygen transport system, including the lungs' efficiency and the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, enhancing every link in the chain of delivering and sustaining energy.
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Key benefits include:
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New capillary production in muscle tissue for improved oxygen delivery.
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New muscle tissue development for increased power.
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Increased VO2max for better oxygen availability.
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Higher cardiac output for improved blood flow.
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Increased mitochondrial activity for extra energy creation in cells.
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Leading to improved Aerobic AND Anaerobic performance
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