Episode 9 of The Nest Podcast! In this episode Alex looks into Hypoxia and altitude masks. How do they work? Are they effective? Most importantly, are they safe?

Discussion Topics:

• What is Hypoxia and Hypoxemia?
• Effects of chronic hypoxia?
• Altitude Training.
• Blood Doping
• Intermittent hypoxia
• Altitude masks
• Physiology of hypoxia
• Do the masks work?
• Potential risks?

Key Paper(s) Referred to:

• Effect of wearing the elevation training mask on aerobic capacity, lung function, and hematological variables
• Do training masks really work?
• Acute effects of the elevation training mask on strength performance in recreational weigh lifters

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