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Altitude training for athletes
Altitude adaptation without a training camp, and recovery capacity between hard blocks — for athletes who train at sea level in heat.
Dubai's triathlon, Hyrox and marathon athletes train at sea level, in heat, and rarely have a month to spend at altitude. Interval hypoxic–hyperoxic sessions bring the low-oxygen stimulus to you, at rest, without adding to your training load.
Each session alternates periods of low-oxygen air with normal or oxygen-enriched air. The depth of each hypoxic interval is set by a physician and adjusted as you adapt, using your pulse and oxygen-saturation response.
Most athletes start with the ten-session course — two to three sessions a week over four to five weeks — timed around a training block or before a target race.
How a course works
- A sixty-minute physician assessment, including your hypoxic response, comes first
- Sessions of 40–60 minutes, sitting at rest, two to three a week
- Pulse and oxygen saturation monitored throughout every session
- Hypoxic depth reset as you adapt
Courses
- A single session — AED 300, the full 40–60 minute protocol
- The ten — AED 2,500 (AED 250 a session), two to three sessions weekly over four to five weeks
- The thirty — AED 7,000 (AED 233 a session), ten to twelve weeks, repeat bloods at session 15 and three physician reviews
The evidence
Read the study yourself.
Individual results vary. We make no claim about what the therapy will do for you specifically.
Questions
Before you book.
Is this the same as an altitude tent?
No. An altitude tent keeps you at one low-oxygen level for hours. These sessions alternate low-oxygen and oxygen-rich air in short intervals, for 40–60 minutes, under monitoring.
Will it replace my training?
No. It adds a stimulus at rest, without extra mechanical load, alongside your normal training.
When should I do a course before a race?
Discuss your race calendar at your assessment; the physician will time the course around your training block.