Heat acclimation to prepare for altitude

[CoachChris]

There's evidence that heat acclimation can benefit altitude acclimation
https://www.uphillathlete.com/high-altitude-heat-training-hypoxia-adaptation/
https://www.acsm.org/blog-detail/acsm-certified-blog/2017/11/26/race-altitude-heat-acclimation
https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20792387/training-in-heat-to-prepare-for-altitude/

 

[Bravo 4]

Well if that's the case then I should be about ready to climb Everest! Maybe I should start hunting elk in an earlier season, closer to our summers.

 

[IanCo]

There's evidence that heat acclimation can benefit altitude acclimation
https://www.uphillathlete.com/high-altitude-heat-training-hypoxia-adaptation/
https://www.acsm.org/blog-detail/acsm-certified-blog/2017/11/26/race-altitude-heat-acclimation
https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20792387/training-in-heat-to-prepare-for-altitude/

Nice to see others following Uphill Athlete on here. Anybody trying to improve their fitness should follow them and probably get either or both books they have published.

I had their first book and kind of loosely followed some of their methodology in the past. Last year I got serious about it when I started training for a couple of ultras and I went from being able to hunt hard for one day in the mountains and needing a rest day to being able to string together multiple hard days. (Although I was using a lot of Tylenol because my IT bands were not healed from my 50 miler)

 

[CoachChris]

Nice to see others following Uphill Athlete on here.

I co-coach an athlete with them. I have really learned a lot about the endurance side of the process through both of their books

 

[Slick8]

Good info. Been looking for a way to better prep for the high county as a flat lander.

 

[bruceleroy]

Good organizations putting this stuff out but the test numbers, and number of individuals used, are far to small to call it doctrine at this point. It its all you got, rock it! A great, not good, cardio base will serve you the best. Athletes used in these limited tests are generally already in great shape. You cant pick anecdotal evidence and expect the same results. You have to be able to be compared to the the test subjects before you can expect to mimic their results.

 

[Wachsmann]

A long time ago when I was in my late 20s and early 30's I was getting on a treadmill and was doing a lot of walking at a 7% to 9% grade. I worked up to doing this for about 30 to 40 minutes at a time followed by a 1 to 2 mile jog. This lead to being able to hike all day in the mountains and not feeling winded or having excessive soreness in my legs each day. It seem to be about like the same as when I spot and stalk or just general hiking around to a vantage point; the time spent up hill hiking and the pace I kelp allowed for a good day of hiking and hunting during season. I generally also set the pace on the treadmill around 3.0 or 2.8 for the exercise and about 6.5 plus for a jog. It seem to work pretty good for me.

 

[Bravo 4]

In my experience the key to walking around in the mountains all day is to have the right hunting buddy with you. What I mean is someone who is in a lot worse shape than you. That way they have to stop so frequently, and you're such a good buddy for waiting them, that you never really get tired. The down sides to this is time management really becomes a thing, as movements are slow...but then again it makes me glass more often. And then there is that thing that happens when you get something down, there is no equal share of the work past that point.