altitude training
High-elevation athletic preparation
Altitude training is athletic preparation conducted at high elevations, where reduced oxygen forces the body to produce more red blood cells.
Athletes train at altitude for weeks, then compete at lower elevations with enhanced oxygen-carrying capacity: The team spent a month at altitude training in Colorado before the Olympics.
Also called high-altitude training.
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- red blood cellOxygen-carrying blood component
- VO2 maxPeak oxygen consumption rate
- air densityAtmospheric mass concentration
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