Research

Joe Vigil knows a thing or two about altitude training. He’s a doctor, which is your first clue, and he was the USA Olympic Team running coach for the 2008…

Joe Vigil knows a thing or two about altitude training. He’s a doctor, which is your first clue, and he was the USA Olympic Team running coach for the 2008…

In the 1920s, South African mines were booming. The Golden Arc, a dried up sea bed spanning from Johannesburg to Welkom, was proving a literal gold mine, and it became big…

With the weekends’ Grand Depart, the Tour de France kicked off in the flat lands of Denmark and now moves into the (still flat) cobbles and farmers tracks of Northern…

We’ve seen over the years plenty of research investigating the benefits of hypoxia on those with Type II diabetes. For example, we’ve seen the impacts of continuous hypoxic exposure on…

CrossFit, Hyrox, National Fitness Games, F45…whatever your slant on functional fitness, there is no denying that the space has grown exponentially in the past few years, and with that, the…

Pre-season. Two words that can strike fear into the heart of any athlete, but that can ultimately define a competitive season. It’s one of the only times that S&C coaches…

At the end of a long, hard season, there is nothing that any athlete looks forward to more than a bit of time off. Call it the off season, call…

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games will live long in the memory for a vast array of reasons; not least because of the incredibly high performance quality of the greatest…

At The Altitude Centre we’ve long been fans of resistance training in hypoxia. Any athlete who’s been coached by one of our team of specialists will know that resistance training…

Intermittent hypoxic exposure (IHE) on the MetraFit POD is one of the best ways to pre-acclimate before heading to high altitude. We’ve seen it used successfully by climbers heading to…

The Altitude Centre will be studying the effect of a widely available nutritional supplement on blood oxygenation at a range of simulated altitudes, and we’re looking for participants to take…