ALTITUDE TRAINING

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Shalane Flanagan (USA) – Congratulations Hypoxico athlete Shalane Flanagan on your 2008 Olympic Bronze Medal. Shalane is only the second American to ever receive a medal at the 10,000 meter distance. Shalane currently holds the American record for 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 meter distances. k2 System: – Hypoxico has developed a new line of the most powerful hypoxic generators available. Hypoxico is the first and only manufacturer to offer high-flow applications to provide training environments for any size or space. Liverpool FC in the UK is the most recent pro sports team to utilize Hypoxico's new K2 System!

Altitude training, also known as hypoxic training, involves exercising in, living in or otherwise breathing oxygen reduced air for the purpose of improved athletic performance, pre-acclimatization to altitude and/or physical wellness.

Traditionally, individuals had to travel to or live at high elevations to obtain the benefits of this phenomenon. Circa 1995, the patented technology of Hypoxico Inc. eliminated this hardship by allowing high altitude training facilities to be set up anywhere. Through the production of normobaric hypoxic (oxygen reduced) air, we can simulate altitudes of up to 21,000ft/6,400m. As a result, athletes, fitness enthusiasts and health conscious individuals worldwide can take advantage of the benefits associated with altitude training while at sea-level.

Hypoxico offers the highest quality products geared toward the three most effective methods of altitude training
     . "Live High, Train Low"
     . Altitude Workouts
     . Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT)

When the human body is exposed to hypoxia (oxygen reduced environments), it struggles to produce required amounts of energy with less available oxygen. This struggle triggers the onset of a range of physiological adaptations geared towards enhancing the efficiency of the body's respiratory, cardiovascular and oxygen utilization systems.