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	Podcast:		The SwimBrain Podcast: Brain Food For Competitve Swimmers
	Episode:		SBP 003: Are You Wasting Your Time With High Altitude Training Masks?
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:08:46
	Publish Date:		2015-04-03 18:08:42
	Description:		Every few months a new trend in fitness emerges. From new diets to new supplements to new techniques. There’s always something that’s claiming to make you a better athlete, but in reality a lot of those claims are false. In this week’s episode we’re taking a look at a trend that became popular a while back — simulating high altitude training. In particular we are going to take a look at the claims of the Elevation Training Mask and see if it is able to stand behind the claims that it makes. As you can tell from reading the title, there’s no surprise in where I am headed with this. Training Mask and High Altitude Training Resources Inspiratory Resistive Loading Improves Cycling Capacity: A Placebo Controlled Trial (Full Article) Effects of Concurrent Inspiratory and Expiratory Muscle Training on Respiratory and Exercise Performance in Competitive Swimmers Elite Swimmers An Altitude Training Nonhematological Mechanisms of Improved Sea-level Performance After Hypoxic Exposure Can Altitude Masks Really Replicate Altitude Training? Wikipedia Altitude Training Overview Photo Credit: US Air Force The post SBP 003: Are You Wasting Your Time With High Altitude Training Masks? appeared first on SWIMBRAIN.
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SBP 003: Are You Wasting Your Time With High Altitude Training Masks?