Altitude training

What is altitude training?

• Effective form of ‘aerobic training’
• Effective form of ‘anaerobic training’
• Effective form of 'rest and recovery'
• When you have to compete at a high altitude

Which of these is not correct for altitude training?

• •Benefits sprinters or athletes who perform for less than 10 seconds.
• •Carried out at high altitude, 2000m or above
• •Less oxygen in the air and oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is reduced.
• •Body compensates and adapts by making more red blood cells to carry oxygen.

What is a benefit of the effects of altitude training?

• •Additional red blood cells are an advantage to performers when they return to sea level to compete
• •Additional white blood cells are an advantage to performers when they return to sea level to compete
• •Less red blood cells are an advantage to performers when they return to sea level to compete

Which is not a limitation to altitude training?

• •Expensive to travel to high altitude
• •Fitness can be lost, difficult to work at same intensity at high altitude 
• •Suffer from altitude sickness. Caused by shortage of oxygen.
• The time of the year

Who would use altitude training?

• Sprinter
• Shotputter
• Diver
• 10,000 meter runner

Altitude training has a benefit on which component of fitness?

• Cardio-Vascular 
• Power
• Reaction Time
• Agility

Altitude is the measure of

• A persons ability to cope with the demands of low partial pressure of oxygen

• Elevation above sea level

• Change in atmospheric pressure

• An athlete’s ability to transport oxygen whilst training in the mountains

At altitude your body becomes more responsive to

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide and oxygen

• It actually becomes less responsive to both of these gases

Training at altitude - Which of the following statements is false?

• Chemoreceptors detect a rise in CO@ and increase BR to allow for increased O2 uptake

• Less O2 is available at altitude so the body absorbed less O2. Oxygen carry capacity of the haemoglobin is also reduced.

• At 5000m above sea level haemoglobin saturation reduced from 98% to 70%

• If an athlete has not acclimatised the lack of oxygen can impair performance

Adaptation to high altitude - Identify the correct statements

• Erythropoietin is released into the blood so more O2 can be carried

• Mitochondria numbers are increased so the body can more efficiently respire aerobically

• Capillary increase around skeletal muscle ensure more O2 can be delivered and more CO2 removed

• Haemoglobin content increases so a greater amount of O2 can be carried to the working muscles