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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2458355, member: 1764"] Having climbed Kilimanjaro, and being a bit of a sports nut at the time I can attest to the short term benefits of being at altitude. When I came back from Kili (where I was above 3000m altitude for 6 days), I was amazed how much easier I found Oztag games/training. I wouldn't get as breathless after a sprint, and would recover much quicker. Which surprised me, because my African trip was 3 weeks of not running. At all (OK, I lie, I did run away from some Maasai trinket sellers that were harassing me for my US dollars once...) I found the effects lasted maybe 4 weeks after returning to sea level. Bear in mind though there are gyms that have "altitude rooms" where they lower the pressure and oxygen levels so it simulates to some degree training at altitude. Theoretically if you trained at altitude for real for a while to get that initial benefit, and then had say 1-2 training sessions a week in an "altitude room" you might be able to maintain whatever that physiological change to your body is (relates to size/number of red blood cells which cling on to the oxygen IIRC). My boss, who also recently climbed Kili, did training in those altitude rooms before he left...however, he still suffered from altitude sickness and didn't notice any real benefit. So I don't know how effective those rooms are at truly simulating the altitude effect. But still, it's an interesting thought. [/QUOTE]

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