Double Blues training at altitude

story of my life wrote:Waste of time. They cant climb a ladder because they all get nose bleeds
Dogmatic wrote:I think if you dig a little deeper you will find that Sturt are not the only club doing it.
Jim05 wrote:What a load of wank.
Has anyone actually proven this crap works?
Geelong have won 3 of the last 5 flags and they always stay in Geelong and train.
cripple wrote:Jim05 wrote:What a load of wank.
Has anyone actually proven this crap works?
Geelong have won 3 of the last 5 flags and they always stay in Geelong and train.
Wrong, they went to Falls Creek this year. The thing about Geelong is that they dont spend thousands on going overseas.
Barto wrote:cripple wrote:Jim05 wrote:What a load of wank.
Has anyone actually proven this crap works?
Geelong have won 3 of the last 5 flags and they always stay in Geelong and train.
Wrong, they went to Falls Creek this year. The thing about Geelong is that they dont spend thousands on going overseas.
That's where the waste of time comes into it. Train for a few weeks at altitude and within days of returning to sea level, the physical adaptations are gone.
I'm not totally sure of the efficacy of training in oxygen deprived environments for a couple of days then hitting the track, but I know for a fact that thinking you're going to have season long fitness improvements by running around the mountains preseason is an absolute fallacy.
CENTURION wrote:Barto wrote:cripple wrote:Jim05 wrote:What a load of wank.
Has anyone actually proven this crap works?
Geelong have won 3 of the last 5 flags and they always stay in Geelong and train.
Wrong, they went to Falls Creek this year. The thing about Geelong is that they dont spend thousands on going overseas.
That's where the waste of time comes into it. Train for a few weeks at altitude and within days of returning to sea level, the physical adaptations are gone.
I'm not totally sure of the efficacy of training in oxygen deprived environments for a couple of days then hitting the track, but I know for a fact that thinking you're going to have season long fitness improvements by running around the mountains preseason is an absolute fallacy.
oxygen deprivation doesn't work....just ask Michael Hutchence.
CENTURION wrote:Barto wrote:cripple wrote:Jim05 wrote:What a load of wank.
Has anyone actually proven this crap works?
Geelong have won 3 of the last 5 flags and they always stay in Geelong and train.
Wrong, they went to Falls Creek this year. The thing about Geelong is that they dont spend thousands on going overseas.
That's where the waste of time comes into it. Train for a few weeks at altitude and within days of returning to sea level, the physical adaptations are gone.
I'm not totally sure of the efficacy of training in oxygen deprived environments for a couple of days then hitting the track, but I know for a fact that thinking you're going to have season long fitness improvements by running around the mountains preseason is an absolute fallacy.
oxygen deprivation doesn't work....just ask Michael Hutchence.
satan311 wrote:
Crikey - looking at the picture, blood re-distribution will be a problem but not in the nasal region..
holden78 wrote:And heres me thinking ShameOn Maloney had been hired to lift the Blues off the bottom with copius amounts of Mary jane Cookies to enjoy with their cordial after being flogged during pre-season ! People dont try things anymore
am Bays wrote:Can't be ar5ed starting a new thread and not wanting to take anything away from what Sturt are doing but on a related theme - clubs doing pre-season - it was funny to see both Port and Glenelg doing an early morning session at the Adel uni grounds in North Adelaide this morning.
At 5:15 it was a case of , "Huh what are you doing here?? early morning sess for you blokes as well"
On another unrelated matter, it's not a bad Uncle Merv in the mornings at North Adelaide, always a couple of nice fillys trotting around trying to maintain their fitness.