Training at low to moderate altitudes (~ 1600–2400 m) is a common approach used by
endurance athletes to provide a distinctive environmental stressor to augment training …

High-level athletes are always looking at ways to maximize training adaptations for
competition performance, and using altered environmental conditions to achieve this …

Field-based team sport matches are composed of short, high-intensity efforts, interspersed
with intervals of rest or submaximal exercise, repeated over a period of 60–120 minutes …

Since the 1960s there has been an escalation in the purposeful utilization of altitude to
enhance endurance athletic performance. This has been mirrored by a parallel …

Altitude training in any of its many forms is endorsed by top athletes worldwide. Many of the
very best cyclists from Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Teams venture to the …

Context: Athletes at different skill levels perform strenuous physical activity at high altitude
for a variety of reasons. Multiple team and endurance events are held at high altitude and …

The general practice of altitude training is widely accepted as a means to enhance sport
performance despite a lack of rigorous scientific studies. For example, the scientific gold …

Altitude training invokes physiological changes that are very similar to those caused by
endurance training. As a result, it has been incorporated in the training regimes of elite …

It was the Summer Olympic Games 1968 held in Mexico City (2,300 m) that required
scientists and coaches to cope with the expected decline of performance in endurance …

The benefits of living and training at altitude (HiHi) for an improved altitude performance of
athletes are clear, but controlled studies for an improved sea-level performance are …