Benefits of high altitude training

10 Benefits Of High Altitude And Intermittent Hypoxic Training

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1. Boosts the Immune System. Hypoxia is acute stress for the body that triggers an immediate inflammatory response and the release of inflammatory cytokines.
2. Detoxification. Unlike what you may have heard, you don’t need juice cleanses to detox your body. Instead, the liver, kidneys and lungs constantly remove metabolic waste from your bloodstream.
3. Helps Treat Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. Studies have implicated mitochondrial dysfunction as the immediate cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) symptoms, and scientists such as David Bell, M.D.
4. Increases Red Blood Cell Count. Arguably one of the most well-understood benefits of altitude training is how it increases the number of red blood cells (RBC).
5. Improves Aerobic Exercise Performance. As noted in the previous section, erythropoietin (EPO) is a powerful hormone that helps your body make new red blood cells.
6. Increases Blood Flow. As indicated earlier in this article, intermittent hypoxia causes the dilation of blood vessels (vasodilation), which increases blood flow and oxygen supply to vital organs.
7. Reduces Alcohol Withdrawal Stress. During my research for this article, I stumbled across a rather surprising benefit of intermittent hypoxia training: the reduction of alcohol withdrawal stress.
8. Slows Down Cognitive Decline. Alzheimer’s is among the leading causes of death in the United States, affecting over 6 million Americans as of 2021 — and that number doubles every five years among people 65 years or older.
9. Speeds Up Recovery After Respiratory Infections. Certain respiratory infections, such as SARS and MERS, can cause shortness of breath (dyspnea), pneumonia and other cardiopulmonary issues.
10. Triggers the Creation of New Blood Vessels. When the body is confronted with an increase in blood volume and red blood cells, it compensates with the creation of new blood vessels — a process called angiogenesis.

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