Contemporary periodization of altitude training for elite endurance athletes: a narrative review

I Mujika, AP Sharma, T Stellingwerff - Sports medicine, 2019 - Springer
Since the 1960s there has been an escalation in the purposeful utilization of altitude to
enhance endurance athletic performance. This has been mirrored by a parallel …

[HTML][HTML] Special environments: altitude and heat

PU Saunders, LA Garvican-Lewis… - … journal of sport …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
High-level athletes are always looking at ways to maximize training adaptations for
competition performance, and using altered environmental conditions to achieve this …

Impact of energy availability, health, and sex on hemoglobin-mass responses following live-high–train-high altitude training in elite female and male distance athletes

IA Heikura, LM Burke, D Bergland… - … Journal of Sports …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: The authors investigated the effects of sex, energy availability (EA), and health
status on the change in hemoglobin mass (ΔHbmass) in elite endurance athletes over∼ 3–4 …

Adherence to a ketogenic low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet is associated with diminished training quality in elite racewalkers

AKA McKay, MLR Ross, N Tee… - … Journal of Sports …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: To examine the effects of a high-carbohydrate diet (HCHO), periodized-
carbohydrate (CHO) diet (PCHO), and ketogenic low-CHO high-fat diet (LCHF) on training …

Superior adaptations in adolescent runners using heart rate variability (HRV)-Guided training at altitude

P Bahenský, GJ Grosicki - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
We evaluated the efficacy of heart rate variability (HRV)-guided training in adolescent
athletes during a 2-week, high altitude (≈ 1900 m) training camp. Sixteen middle-and long …

The impact of a 14-day altitude training camp on olympic-level open-water swimmers' sleep

JA Vitale, C Ieno, R Baldassarre, M Bonifazi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the common belief that sleep quality at altitude is poor, the scientific evidence to
support this notion is still modest. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to …

Effect of an eleven-day altitude training program on aerobic and anaerobic performance in adolescent runners

P Bahenský, V Bunc, P Tlustý, GJ Grosicki - Medicina, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: We evaluated the effect of an eleven-day altitude training camp
on aerobic and anaerobic fitness in trained adolescent runners. Materials and Methods …

Factors affecting sea-level performance following altitude training in elite athletes

AP Sharma - Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, 2022 - Springer
Live high train high (LHTH) is the original method of altitude training used by elite athletes to
enhance sea-level performance. Whilst many anecdotal reports featuring world-class …

Haemoglobin mass responses and performance outcomes among high-performance swimmers following a 3-week live-high, train-high camp at 2320 m

DJ Astridge, M McKenna, A Campbell… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Aim Greater quantification and characterisation of training load (TL) throughout Live-high,
train-high (LHTH) altitude (ALT) training is required to identify periodisation strategies that …

Training in hypoxia at alternating high altitudes is a factor favoring the increase in sports performance

O Dragos, DI Alexe, EV Ursu, CI Alexe, NL Voinea… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Training above 1800 m causes increases in hemoglobin, erythropoietin and VO2max values
in the bodies of athletes. The purpose of this study is to prove that living at an altitude of …