Depriving yourself of oxygen can boost your immune system. This year, learn to breathe like a mountaineer, says catherine bassindale.

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10 hot workouts. Get high. Nothing beats training in thin air for improving aerobic capacity. London's Altitude Centre offers simulated mountain training from the comfort of a chair.

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Many Pro bike riders use training camps at altitude as a way to improve their fitness and raising red blood cell count in a legal way.

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Want to get fit - really fit? Then you need to get high. Exercise performed above, 1,500 meters can double your calorie burn and stregthen your heart, explains Cathy Struthers.

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Donovan is calm, relaxed and in excellent humour, and is muich enjoying the vivid colours he sees after each session. I could almost recommend it.

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Don't despair if you're still waiting for the invitation to join Paula Radcliffe at her training camp in the Pyrenees. There is another way to enjoy the benefits of altitude training...

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How Cav Burke conquered Mt Milimanjaro with the help of The Altitude Centre.

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Oxygen equals fuel: Presenting four O2 boosters to help you suck more wind.

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Featured at the top of the list of things to sepnd your money on in 2005 is a course of Altitude Training offered by The Altitude Centre.

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London's Altitude Centre, which provides sessions in Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT), has added a brand new personal training devise to its range of units.

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Summary of the 8th International Conference on Altitude Training. Held at the JISS (Japanese Institute for Sports Science) on the 20th and 21st October 2004 in Tokyo. Courtesy of Dr. John Hellemans.

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Effects of Intermittent Normobaric Hypoxia on Blood Parameters in Multi-Sport Endurance Athletes. M.J. Hamlin and J. Hellemans. Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Cavin Burke features in this BBC news item, attributing his terrific weight loss to a course of Mountain Air Therapy at The Altitude Centre.

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A feature on Tom and Ben Clowes preparing to summit Mount Everest. The piece looks at their fitness schedule and includes the use of the Go2Altitude Hypoxicator provided by The Altitude Centre to help the brothers on their summit attempt.

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Richard Pullan and Chris hall row across the Atlantic Ocean. Chris cured his Asthma through Intermittent Hypoxic Training Offered by The Altitude Centre.

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This conference was organized by the Hong Kong Sports Development Board in conjunction with the China Association of Sport Medicine. Summary By Dr John Hellemans.

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Professional athletes, bizarrely, deprive themselves of oxygen for short periods to increase fitness.
Now you can try it at The Altitude Centre.

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A therapy that improves your health and helps weight loss while you just sit there? Anastasia Stephens took a deep breath to investigate

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This study demonstrated a statistically significant increase in FVC after IHT in both asthmatic and non-asthmatic participants. Some asthmatics showed an improvement in symptoms and a reduction in medication use

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