ATTITUDE AT
ALTITUDE
ELOISE WELLINGS
THE IDEA AND SCIENCE BEHIND ATHLETES SLEEPING AND OR TRAINING AT ALTITUDE IS TO STARVE THE BODY OF OXYGEN SO THAT IT IS TRICKED INTO PRODUCING MORE RED BLOOD CELLS SO THAT WHEN YOU COMPETE AT SEA LEVEL, YOUR BODY IS BETTER ABLE TO COPE WITH THE OXYGEN DEMANDS OF WORKING MUSCLES, ALLOWING ENDURANCE ATHLETES TO COMPETE FOR LONGER WITHOUT GETTING TIRED. Photo: Jonathan Wellings (www.birdandbee.com.au) 22
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