Altitude training has helped a range of people- including elite athletes like Australian cricketer Shane Watson. Shane incorporated altitiude training at the Executive Excellence Altitude Plus studio in Brisbane into his rehab process in October 2007. A contributing factor to his long injury history was a lack of general fitness- but with the demands of playing and training to both bat and bowl

By: Craig Mottram In preparation for his tilt at 5000m gold in Beijing, Craig Mottram spends a third of his year at Falls Creek -- for the altitude, the weather, the solitude . . . and the coffee. Mottram unveils his inner thoughts in this exclusive column IT IS always there. Every step I have taken in training this year the Beijing Olympics have been floating around somewhere in my mind.If it's

By: Rebecca Williams SPRINTER Eamon Sullivan has been simulating high-altitude conditions during gym sessions in a bid to improve his stamina for the Beijing Games.The 50m freestyle world record-holder has been hooked up to a machine that replicates the oxygen content at high altitude while he's on the exercise bike, treadmill or doing weights and chin-ups.Sullivan's coach Grant Stoelwinder hoped

Abstract: - The research demonstrated in the scientific literature has defined a number of physiological changes to equines with sustained exposure to hypoxia in both the exercise and resting state. These changes will produce, accordingly, a number of changes in the exercise physiology of the equine which will provide for varying contributions to improved athletic performance. These changes in

Bolivian and Mexican race walkers have been training at high altitude in the mountains around Bolivia in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.