
S5E02: Altitude Acclimation—How Much Does It Matter?
Leadville, The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast p/b Shimano
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Endurance Training Is More Sustainable Than Altitude Training
In order to get a 1 to 2% improvement, they have to live in Leadville 22 plus hours a day. So you've got to stay in Leadville for a month in order to have the advantage that the locals in Leadville have by living there is kind of what I'm hearing, right? In the case of, I mean, these are high level athletes. For them to achieve a sufficient enough of stimulus,. they have to go to these great extents that may not apply to sub-elites and recreational athletes. But it's worth noting that all these things happen with consistent targeted endurance training. And this isn't in the face of the uncontrollable dehydration that happens at
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