Do altitude masks work?

Silly if you ask me.

It shouldn't be called an altitude mask either more like a suffocation mask.

Altitude training however could be seen a beneficial. Lots of performance studies on it: http://www.sportsci.org/traintech/altitude/wgh.html

Depends how your body reacts. Knowing yourself and your body is what is key...many fighters are ignorant of training methods and do anything under the sun for an performance increase whether it helps them or not.

 

Matthysse uses it also.

 

It's supposed to have the same affect as high altitude training (decrease oxygen intake - increase oxygen carrying capability of blood)

Really Provodnikov should be focusing on his gameplan rather than training with a silly mask

The biggest problem with masks are they interfere with your normal breathing rhythm (which is a big part of boxing) and decrease the volume of air into the lungs per breathe.

The science behind increasing the bloods capability to carry blood is more complex than simply decreasing oxygen intake by essentially blocking airflow into the lungs. You know what works best? blood doping they should try it :hey

 

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Most of these so called altitude masks dont actually regulate oxygen but just limit your breathing.
Actual filters are needed to filter out oxygen but most of these masks basically just suffocate you.
They still work to some extent.(imagine switching from 14oz gloves to 12, the difference is noticable)

 

No.

Altitude training causes changes in your body because the air is thinner with less oxygen. All an altitude mask does is make it harder to breathe. The air you breathe is still normal sea level air. So no effect.

 

You do get used to being fatigued. :!:

 

Not something I'd work out with unless this was proven to work and I was a high level professional athlete.

It looks very silly.

 

Altitude training isn't even altitude training anymore. The motto now is live high train low. Live at high elevation and get the physical benefit of a reduced oxygen atmosphere but train low so you can perform at peak.

The slight benefit you get from adapting to altitude is one step forward two steps back if you are only able to train at 75% because of the altitude.

 

It varies from person to person, some benefit from it, for some it has no effect while some suffer from it.

 

It works perfectly if you want to look like a f*cking imbecile.

 

Others that use them-
Reveco
Srisaket
Ioka (using it for his bout with Reveco)

 

increasing your h & h with either epo or high altitude training thickens your blood which decreases blood circulation which puts you at risk deep vein thrombosis, which could lead to pulmonary embolism.

the athlete may have to take blood thinner/s if it get past the normal level.

 

Do condoms work?