Donaire's Scientific Training

RJJFan · Oct 15, 2012

Jack said: ↑

The problem with oxygen deficiency is that the body adapts very quickly. People train in Big Bear for 2 months and 2 weeks before the fight, they go to Vegas and by fight night, the benefits of the altitude training have worn off. The body adapts quicker than most people think. Some guys use oxygen masks and then stop when they stop sparring, which is again lessening the affect of the mask in the first place. There was a story a few years ago of a guy who lived in the Himalayas all his life. He went to visit America for 2 weeks and when he returned to his home in the Himalayas, he died from altitude sickness. 2 weeks was all his body needed to adjust from a lifetime of living at high altitude, so it's remarkable that fighters think they can train in the mountains or in oxygen, stop a while before the fight and then expect improvement on fight night. They're trying to outsmart millions of years of evolution.
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Michael Phelps has a high altitude sleeping chamber in his bedroom, which I assume he would probably use daily.

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