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PerformO in the Media!  Containing references for hypoxia training, training articles and other material.

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Peak Condition - The London Magazine, January 2006.

Depriving yourself of oxygen can boost your immune system.  This year, learn to breathe like a mountaineer, says Catherine Bassindale.

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50 Ways To Get Fit - The Independant On Sunday, January 2006.

10 hot workouts.  Get high.  Nothing beats training in thin air for improving aerobic capacity.  London's Altitude Centre offers simulated mountain training from the comfort of a chair.

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The High Life - Cycling Weekly, December 2005.

Many professional bike riders use training camps at altitude as a way to improve their fitness and raise their red blood cell count in a legal way.

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The Thursday Column - The Daily Telegraph, November 2005.

Donovan is calm, relaxed and in excellent humour, and is muich enjoying the vivid colours he sees after each session.  I could almost recommend it.

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Altitude Training, Unnatural High - Runners World, April 2005.

Don't despair if you're still waiting for the invitation to join Paula Radcliffe at her training camp in the Pyrenees.  There is another way to enjoy the benefits of altitude training!

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Waiting to Inhale - Red Magazine, April 2005.

Professional athletes, bizarrely deprive themselves of oxygen for short periods to increase fitness.

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Performance2 Air Supply - National Geographic Adventure, March 2005

Oxygen equals fuel: Presenting four O2 boosters to help you suck more wind.

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Resolution Number 10. Blow £10,000 - Runners World, February 2005

Featured at the top of the list of things to sepnd your money on in 2005 is a course of Altitude Training offered by The Altitude Centre.

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Oar-some - Asthma Magazine, January 2005.

Last year, Chris Hall embarked on an Atlantic rowing challenge, braving 60 days out on the open sea.
Sponsored by The Altitude Centre.

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Altipower's Ground Level Mountain Air Therapy - Leisure-kit.net, January 2005.

London's Altitude Centre, which provides sessions in Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT), has added a brand new personal training devise to its range of units.

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Fitness from thin air - The Independant, November 2004.

A thereapy that improves your health and helps weight loss, while you just sit there?  Anastasia Stephens took a deep breath to investigate.

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Altitude Conference Report Japan - John Helemans, October 2004.

In this report I will
first outline the facilities and services available at the Japanese Institute of
Sports Science. Secondly I will try to give a summary of the key points
presented at the conference.

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Intermittent Hypoxic Training in Endurance Athletes Research Project No. 02/22
FINAL REPORT, September 2003.
Authors: M.J. Hamlin and J. Hellemans

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