ExtremeO2™ — VO2 Max Protocol :

This alti­tude train­ing method helps ath­letes accel­er­ate their body’s adjust­ment to per­form at high alti­tude.

Ath­letes that train at low alti­tude often expe­ri­ence ele­vat­ed strain and dif­fi­cul­ty when com­pet­ing at high alti­tude.  This often cre­ates a per­for­mance advantage/disadvantage for ath­letes that train reg­u­lar­ly at high alti­tude.  These high-alti­tude ath­letes bod­ies are more effi­cient at tis­sue oxy­gen deliv­ery.

Like­wise high-alti­tude ath­letes have a per­for­mance advan­tage at low alti­tude because their bod­ies are more effi­cient at low alti­tude also, so ener­gy pro­duc­tion ben­e­fits by hav­ing more air/oxygen to work with.

These effects gen­er­al­ly occur because high alti­tude ath­letes have more effi­cient oxy­gen, anaer­o­bic, metab­o­lism because

• Their bod­ies have high­er con­cen­tra­tion of red blood cells
• Their lungs have greater inter­nal sur­face area for oxy­gen CO2 exchange
• Their blood to tis­sue oxy­gen trans­port is more effi­cient.

ExtremeO2 — VO2 Max Protocol:

Desat­u­ra­tion Train­ing Method

1. Fill the oxy­gen reser­voir (don’t con­nect oxy­gen yet)
2. Warm up on the exer­cise equip­ment until you reach your tar­get pulse rate **
3. Put on the mask and con­nect to the oxy­gen
4. Exer­cise for 3 min­utes increas­ing resis­tance to main­tain tar­get pulse rate
5. Switch to high alti­tude air
6. Sprint until res­pi­ra­to­ry tol­er­ance — (note desat­u­ra­tion lev­el & exer­tion delay)
7. Switch back to oxy­gen mix­ture for 3 min­utes (note how long it takes to return to 99%)
8. Go To 5
9. Stop exer­tion at 15 min­utes
10. Con­tin­ue breath­ing oxy­gen until pulse drops 100 bpm.