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Originally Posted by Cake_14N
I see how this can increase the workload on the lungs and make it more difficult to breathe in and out but it does nothing to alter the physiology of training at altitude.
From what I remember from exercise physiology.. ( a long time ago ) the body reacts to the reduced partial pressure of oxygen at altitude by producing more red blood cells to have a greater carrying capacity to carry that reduced quantity of oxygen. In short, more rbc's to carry oxygen to make up for less oxygen in the atmosphere.
So, this mask looks to me like a device that will exercise the physical structure of the lungs making the musclature stronger but will do nothing to make the body more efficient at using oxygen.
Please correct me if I am incorrect.
Cake
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The phyisiologic response to the lower partial pressures of oxygen seen at altitude will also increase the production of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG) which allows red blood cells to more easily deliver oxygen into tissues under low oxygen tension.
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