Well, the very first thing that I think that you and the wife should do is join the mile high club.
And remember: pics, or it didn’t happen.
Hello Lazy Ben and All,
I too thought Jacko had a tent but I was expecting a hyperbaric tent to keep his remaining nose alive since they are so useful for wound recovery.
http://talentnetworkinc.blogspot.com/...ts-for-his-50th.html
As Jacko celebrates his 50th birthday, we present a ‘fact’ for every year he’s been alive. Read on to learn how Michael never actually slept in an oxygen tent, how he tried to patent his Smooth Criminal dance and how we’ve not given up on ‘hilarious’ cookery puns yet. Who’s bad?
Several years ago I was thinking of buying a hypoxic tent too but a doctor friend said I was too old and needed all the oxygen I could get for recovery.
Here is my experiment:
http://www.runnersweb.com/...titude_training.html
Cheers,
Neal
Do any of you have experience using an altitude tent?
Yes. Based on that, as well as the research literature, my advice would be to turn right around and sell it unless:
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you plan to compete at altitude (in which case it can be used for pre-acclimatization);
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you live at altitude, and can run it in reverse to perform hyperoxic workouts; and/or
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you race over short enough durations that a potential bump in anaerobic capacity may improve your performance.
What I don’t expect that you will find is that simply sleeping in it will improve your performance over longer durations…8-10 h/d of mild- to moderate- hypoxemia seems to be insufficient to induce a significant increase in red cell mass. (You might be able to achieve this, however, if you can use the generator to expose yourself to a much higher simulated altitude for 3-5 h/d…however, it is unlikely that you’d be able to sleep under such conditions, which makes using the system this way difficult to work into a normal day.)
Can one float in a altitude tent ? 
I rented a CAT a few years ago for an event at altitude. I live at sea level. I found sleeping in the tent to be problematic. First, mine was hot and stuffy. Second, I tended to wake up more frequently needing to use the bathroom. Each time you and your wife exit and enter the tent, it will change the oxygen level in the tent. Lastly, it was tough to quantify how much if any benefit I got. I don’t know if I was a “responder” or not.
the studies ive read are pretty inconclusive as well. i feel like a lot of people say they train up in the mounts or use an altitude tent, then just use procrit.