Ordinarily, trekking into high alpine zones requires days or even weeks of altitude acclimatization to help you adjust to the fewer oxygen particles you'll be taking in each breath. Weird things ...

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, American distance runners earned a total of zero medals in front of their home fans. Two decades later, in Rio, they picked up seven medals in events between 800 ...

Human athletes have long utilized training at high altitudes to improve their oxygen-carrying capacity, so it should come as no surprise that trainers of equine athletes have tried similar methods.

Altitude training refers to exposing the body to hypoxic environments (those which limit the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues) long enough to elicit physiological adaptations. These adaptations ...

There’s a reason elite runners flock to towns such as Park City, Utah (altitude 6,936 feet above sea level), Flagstaff, ...

If you're a competitive athlete, or even just an active person who wants to get in better aerobic shape, go up to the mountains ... If you’re a competitive athlete, or even just an active person who ...

Team Norway are training at high altitude in Sierra Nevada ahead of 2019 ITU World Triathlon Bermuda. As the 2019 season launches, we focus the lens on the high performance teams, all around the world ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. It’s on the third of 10 hills on the stationary bike that my heart starts to pound heavy in my chest. My legs ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Flagstaff has become a popular destination for professional runners to live because they train at altitude. Former track star Rachel Tomajczyk trains in Flagstaff and lives in ...