Glad you've come to the same conclusion my friend. Unfortunately we cannot simulate altitude via breath holds or at least there is little evidence to support we can. I think what many people confuse is that whilst intermittent hypoxia training does have breath holds in its category, most of the benefits of sustained EPO release come from being in a chamber for 5 hours per day, or from where a mask with reduced oxygen for 30 minutes to 2 hours per day. As you mention the requirement for an increase of 16% in EPO for a few hours is around 2.5 hours of training per day which is just not sustainable.
@PerformanceThroughHealth Thank you, brother! It wasn't what I wanted, but the truth is what is important. By the way- Thank you for all of your research on this topic and for the amazing information you share on your channel and instagram!
Hi Jesse. Thank you for a very informative video. Do you think there is still a benefit to doing press ups in a hypoxic state every day? That is to total collapse and exhaustion using breathing techniques. That is doing the press ups during the exhalation hold. I am interested to know if this would, long term ( or even shorter term), benefit marathon running and endurance as opposed to just normal breathwork. I seem to remember a previous video from a while back saying it might. But it has to be done every single day. Thanks Jesse.
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Glad you've come to the same conclusion my friend. Unfortunately we cannot simulate altitude via breath holds or at least there is little evidence to support we can. I think what many people confuse is that whilst intermittent hypoxia training does have breath holds in its category, most of the benefits of sustained EPO release come from being in a chamber for 5 hours per day, or from where a mask with reduced oxygen for 30 minutes to 2 hours per day. As you mention the requirement for an increase of 16% in EPO for a few hours is around 2.5 hours of training per day which is just not sustainable.
@PerformanceThroughHealth Thank you, brother! It wasn't what I wanted, but the truth is what is important. By the way- Thank you for all of your research on this topic and for the amazing information you share on your channel and instagram!
Hi Jesse. Thank you for a very informative video. Do you think there is still a benefit to doing press ups in a hypoxic state every day? That is to total collapse and exhaustion using breathing techniques. That is doing the press ups during the exhalation hold. I am interested to know if this would, long term ( or even shorter term), benefit marathon running and endurance as opposed to just normal breathwork. I seem to remember a previous video from a while back saying it might. But it has to be done every single day. Thanks Jesse.