Altitude Training
Tri Training Harder has partnered with The Altitude Centre to provide altitude training options.
Altitude training is a key component of a training cycle for athletes looking to achieve the extra edge over competition or those racing in extreme environments or altitudes. Research has shown that altitude training can be used to improve the performance of athletes of all abilities across a wide range of sports. Implementing hypoxic exposure into your programme can improve endurance, speed, and recovery and assist in rehabilitation following injury, key factors that help optimise performance.
There are many approaches to altitude training. However, two of the more effective and cost-effective ones are train high and sleep high.
Live Low, Train High – Training high means you complete some sessions at altitude. Exercise machines, or altitude chambers, allow athletes to train high without needing to have the additional costs of travel. Additionally, they are able to continue doing some sessions with full oxygen, enabling a full range of adaption. Oxygen is the limiting factor in sports performance – when insufficient oxygen is delivered to the muscles, fatigue sets in. Hypoxic Training improves oxygen delivery and utilisation at all levels without overloading your system, meaning athletes will fatigue less and recover quicker.
Key benefits to training at 2700m:
Increase cardiovascular load for the same physical load – bigger gains without overloading training or Time Efficient training, the same physical training load in less time
Rehabilitation from injury – reduce physical load for the same cardiovascular load. Maintain fitness with unloaded hypoxic sessions.
Easily accessible at our London HQ!
Live High, Train Low (Sleep systems) – Sleeping high is usually only achieved by travelling to a high-altitude destination. However, with a sleeping system, athletes are able to sleep at altitude and reap the subsequent benefits while still training at sea level normally. It is well known that many professional athletes travel to the mountains several weeks per year to train. The purpose of these trips is to increase the production and amount of red blood cells they have in order to improve oxygen transportation to the muscles during training and competition. The sleep systems give athletes without the option to go away to the mountains a chance to reap the benefits of long altitude exposure from the comfort of their own homes. It is usually recommended a 4–6-week period of sleeping at altitude before major events to see big improvements in speed, endurance, power, and durability!
Key Benefits to Sleeping at Altitude:
Increased number of red blood cells & haemoglobin levels (increase oxygen carrying capacity)
Improved lactate buffering
Improved oxygen transfer & lung efficiency
Long altitude exposures from the comfort of your own home!
Both options are available from the Altitude Centre, either through their home rental options or by going to their solo or group session at their altitude centre in Lonon.
TTH athletes receive a discount. Please book through the athlete zone.
Locations:
The Altitude Centre – 50 Gun Street, London.
Sessions can be completed in the Altitude chamber on the bike or in the treadmill.
Sessions are 45 minutes long in duration.
Book through their website using the links below.
You can also work with one of their sports scientists to create the best plan for you.
TTH Coached athletes receive a discount.
Home rentals
You can rent exercise systems or sleeping tents from The Altitude Centre for 1-2 months or longer.
Prices start from £400 for exercise machines and from £250+VAT per month for a sleep system.
Delivery is charged at £65-£90+VAT, depending on the system you use.
TTH athletes do not receive any discount for home rentals.
