Altitude

tstep84 · Post by **tstep84** » 18 Feb 2005 22:16

I was just talking to my brother. He lives in Jackson Hole Wyoming. The altitude there is much higher than it is where I live, philadelphia. When I visit him, thats the first thing I notice. After a 5 mile hike, I am struggling to catch a breath because my lungs are not used to the altitude. I was wondering if any of you live in areas with high altitudes and when you travel to other places you notice the air being different. Since footbag is such an aerobic activity I would think training in a high altitude area like Lance Armstrong does would help your shred?

ShredPirate · Post by **ShredPirate** » 19 Feb 2005 14:17

it will help your lungs thats for sure. don't know what it can do for your shred.
that's why the olympic training center is in colorado springs, colorado.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 19 Feb 2005 14:55

montana has a pretty high altitude, and i noticed that when i kick in low altitude areas such as seattle, i seem to be able to kick for a much longer period of time

ted · Post by **ted** » 21 Feb 2005 09:28

I live at 6350' and kicking at my house is difficult, my strings are shorter (5-7) contacts and I am winded pretty after a few runs. There is a direct relationship between O2 partial pressure and altitude:

For example, at my house (~ 2 km in elevation) there is 25% less O2 available than at sea level. I should be training up there but right now we have about 3' of snow and no level ground.