I heard that one can create a home -made altitude training environment. IF so how?
Let me know what I need… thanks…
I know it’s out there, I can’t afford a 6000 dollar system but homemade that I can do…
as far i know, altitude training is about the density of oxygen in a given intake of air. i suppose then in principle a (safe) system designed to offer lower density of oxygen in a control environment could be considered a home-made altitude training, wouldn’t it?
Carry a brown paper lunch bag on all your workouts, and breathe into that.
I could be totally wrong (and probably am), but something about “home made” and “altitude training” (oxygen) seems wrong together. Kinda like “home made” and “parachute” don’t really go together.
Sheesh…no-one’s going to argue with you with a username like that. And you’re right. Sir. 
yeah, you know there’s some guy out there thinking he can create a low oxygen environment by working out in the garage with his car running… hopefully he’s in the M35-39 age group.
Man did that give me an idea. Unfortunately I’m afraid to propose it in case some dies trying it, but here goes.
Their are chemicals which bind with the oxygen carrying sites on red blood cells. In too high a dosage you die, basically you “drown” because your blood can’t process oxygen. I believe some of these are non toxic in the sense that as long as you don’t get a big enough dose to die, you will just have a temporarily low oxygen carrying capacity, with no longer term effects. So what happens if you ingest this chemical in a dose that lowers your oxygen capacity by say 30% every night before sleep. Basically a high altitude pill.
Styrrell.
OK, I think I have another fit of laughter coming…
Sleep with your head under the blanket.
please don’t try this.
Put duct tape over the seams of the windows and doors of a room and then run a vacuum cleaner while you work out on the trainer or treadmill.
Just make sure it’s not an Oreck or you may need a sherpa.
i like the idea…but its craaaazy!!
Ok, I know you’re kidding, but huh?
First, you better learn how to make flat Coke!
Start smoking (cigarettes, I mean, not crack) - maybe less dangerous than the garage thing in the short run.
If you are after higher hematocrit levels then a little bit of EPO would help. Search on Google how to fool your doctor to give you a prescription. Educate yourself as much as possible before you start taking it - that may be your safest bet.
Ok, here’s the problem. At altitude it’s not the lack of Oxygen but the lack of pressure !
The composition of air at sea level is the same as it is at 10,000 feet
Nitrogen: 78.08 %
Oxygen: 20.95 %
Argon : 0.934%
Carbon Dioxide: 0.003 %
For a total of 99.97% (or so)
Atmospheric pressure at sea level: 14.7 psia
Atmospheric pressure at 10,000 feet: 10.2 psia
So it’s that missing 4.5 pounds of pressure that kicks our ass at 10,000 feet !
The solution would be to use the big suck shop vac to reduce the pressure in our sealed bedroom…
I think…!
Altitude tents work by removing O2 from air and pumping it into the tent. What you’re describing in more an hipobaric chamber. Harder to fabricate.
Paulo
Thanks for the correction!
DB
I heard that one can create a home -made altitude training environment. IF so how?
Let me know what I need… thanks…
I know it’s out there, I can’t afford a 6000 dollar system but homemade that I can do…
Good idea if you don’t want to see your next birthday.
back in the early 80’s there was such a device for marathoning. it had 2 medium size lightweight canisters on the back and a dual or two way snorkel like mouthpiece. i’m too old to remember the theory behind it, but i believe the CO2 from the exhale gas was partial removed by an absorbant and a portion of the used air recycled back to the inlet. it had a couple check valves etc…it was advertized as running like at 8000 ft, so the resulting air you inhaled must of been around 19-20% O2.
it was not too cumbersome to run with, but you got all sorts of strange looks. after running 5-6 miles with it, it definately felt like you had worked a lot harder…however i have no frigg’in idea if it worked or not.