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Do high altitude masks work? Featuring the Gorge High Altitude Training Mask
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You may have never heard of high altitude training masks before, but I'm sure you've seen them
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Some people want to replicate the conditions of training at a high altitude while not actually being at high altitude
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so they invest in a training mask. Training masks, elevation masks, high altitude masks
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or whatever you choose to call them, are nothing to be alarmed about. They're pretty new on the scene, so their benefits aren't widely known
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known. Training at high altitudes or training in hypoxia has been used by athletes for years
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the idea being that it improves your potential. Explained simply, training in hypoxia, an oxygen
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reduced environment, makes your body struggle to produce the energy that you need due to the fact
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that there's less oxygen in the air. Therefore, the body is more or less forced to get used to
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the lower levels of oxygen available. The lack of oxygen forces the body to adapt, meaning the
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efficiency of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems are enhanced. After training at hypoxia
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you return to the normal atmosphere or sea level and in this atmosphere you should be
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able to compete at a much higher level. Well that's the idea anyway. So do high altitude
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training masks actually work There a real difference to actually being in a high altitude location versus trying to replicate a high altitude with a mask When you in a high altitude location your air pressure is much lower meaning there are much fewer air molecules oxygen included With the mask you training in an
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environment which doesn't have a lower air pressure, so you're pretty much being exposed to the same
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amount of oxygen. The real benefit of high altitude training comes from actually being in a high
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altitude location for a more prolonged period of time. Wearing the mask a few times a week for an
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hour or so just doesn't have the same effect. But they're not all bad. High altitude training
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masks do have their positive benefits with regards to the increase in your heart rate
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your VO2 max readings and your power output. The best thing to do is to try a mask out for yourself
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and see if you feel any benefits. I will say that after wearing it for about an hour or so while
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running, my breathing felt very different. I felt as though every breath was a deep breath and my
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breathing was much easier. Quite a strange feeling. So try it for yourself, high altitude training
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masks. I've left a link to the Gorge training mask in the section below if you want to try
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it out for yourself. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to check out some of the other videos on the channel and drop a like and
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