Does 'altitude training' increase exercise performance in elite athletes?

Abstract

New Findings What is the topic of this review?The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of various altitude training strategies as investigatedwithin the last few years. What advances does it highlight?Based on the available literature, the foundation to recommend altitude training to athletesis weak. Athletes may use one of the various altitude training strategies to improve exercise performance.The scientific support for such strategies is, however, not as sound as one would perhaps imagine.The question addressed in this review is whether altitude training should be recommended toelite athletes or not.