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Strength training under hypoxic conditions

Alvarez-Herms, J
Julia-Sanchez, S
Hamlin, Michael
Viscor, G
Date
2015-01-19
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Journal Article
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ANZSRC::110602 Exercise Physiology , ANZSRC::1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences , ANZSRC::3208 Medical physiology
Abstract
Kon et al. (5) published a recent paper entitled “Effects of systemic hypoxia on human muscular adaptations to resistance exercise training”. Their conclusion suggested two important findings: (1) an increased muscular endurance and, (2) the promotion of angiogenesis in skeletal muscle in the hypoxic‐trained subjects compared to the normoxic‐trained subjects. The paper of Kon et al. (5). reinforces the idea that resistance training combined with hypoxia (at a relatively low‐strength‐training intensity, i.e., 70% 1 RM) could be a useful way to enhance endurance capacity but it remains to be seen whether the training program used was the most appropriate method for developing endurance capacity in endurance‐based athletes.
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© 2015 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American Physiological Society and The Physiological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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