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Training in a hypoxic chamber

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Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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My Dad is in training for a ride round Tasmania to raise money for the Starlight Foundation.

He has been struggling to fit enough riding in due to all the rain in Sydney recently so he has resorted to other training options. This excerpt was from his latest email update that I thought was interesting.

Sydney’s wet summer continued this week, affecting some the usual training days but allowed a few new experiences. Monday saw a couple of the other TdKers and I, in The Scots College gym hypoxic chamber. The room has the facility of altering the usual 21% oxygen at sea level to lower levels by pumping in more nitrogen. In our case it was set at 15% oxygen to give an effective altitude of 2850m. We pedaled stationary bikes for about 45 mins. It was quite a workout! The school can put rowing machines, spin bikes or treadmills into this room for training different athletes – As an old boy I am demanding an improvement in their sporting results!!

I find it amazing that Scots has a hypoxic chamber. I would have thought that sort of technology would be limited to places like the AIS.
 

cyclopath

George Smith (75)
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Yeah, they have been trumpeting its merits to all and sundry at "prospective parent" nights and such. Reality is, it will benefit about 1-2% of the student body, and the principle of this type of semi-professionalism in schoolboy sport alarms me.
Meanwhile, their HSC results plummet.
 

I like to watch

David Codey (61)
Someone needs to be reminded about what the goals of the School should be.
A school has training facilities that most professional sports teams with annual budgets in excess of $10M do not?
They have lost the plot.
 

Rob42

John Solomon (38)
I'd prefer a hyperoxia chamber to do all my exercise in to make me feel fitter than I actually am.

Yes, most sporting teams would go for a hyperbaric chamber first to assist the recovery from soft tissue injuries. Ludicrous that a school gym would have a facility like this - primarily for rowing I would assume, to build aerobic capacity?
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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Yes, most sporting teams would go for a hyperbaric chamber first to assist the recovery from soft tissue injuries. Ludicrous that a school gym would have a facility like this - primarily for rowing I would assume, to build aerobic capacity?

I think the major uses are rowing and presumably endurance runners (and any other endurance athletes) on treadmills.

It obviously has massive benefits for cyclists but cycling isn't really a school sport.
 

yourmatesam

Desmond Connor (43)
What do the kids do when they leave school? There are enough soft cock private school (and public school) kids running around as it is.

Teaspoon of concrete mixed with some hard work anyone?
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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To be fair, training in a hypoxic chamber is harder than training in normal conditions. That's the whole idea.
 

yourmatesam

Desmond Connor (43)
To be fair, training in a hypoxic chamber is harder than training in normal conditions. That's the whole idea.

You're missing the point. The chamber provides an opportunity for the kids to experience training at a level usually reserved for elite level athletes.

How will these poor souls cope when they have to train in the real world?
 

Pfitzy

George Gregan (70)
They'll have an old boys network to fall back on. But I'm sure your concern is appreciated by those in trouble i.e. the ones who could only shite a 5 Series BMW instead if the 7 Series ;)

Look at Gus Worland - complete fkn gumby but knows people from his school days.
 

yourmatesam

Desmond Connor (43)
They'll have an old boys network to fall back on. But I'm sure your concern is appreciated by those in trouble i.e. the ones who could only shite a 5 Series BMW instead if the 7 Series ;)

Look at Gus Worland - complete fkn gumby but knows people from his school days.

And this is the problem with Rugby in general.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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Further to the whole Scots College hypoxic chamber, Scots also has a VO2 Max Test machine which my Dad used last Friday.

This is in their High Performance Centre.

He scored 52.5 which seems like a bloody good score for a 57 year old.

Most Scots parents are probably wishing the 'High Performance Centre' was part of the Maths faculty or similar, not part of the gym.
 

Inside Shoulder

Nathan Sharpe (72)
Further to the whole Scots College hypoxic chamber, Scots also has a VO2 Max Test machine which my Dad used last Friday.

This is in their High Performance Centre.

He scored 52.5 which seems like a bloody good score for a 57 year old.

Most Scots parents are probably wishing the 'High Performance Centre' was part of the Maths faculty or similar, not part of the gym.
That's excellent.
It's better than the average ATAR at that institution.


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