Gas Mask At The Gym?

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Ohhhhhh, ok. I saw a dude at my gym wearing one a few months back. I thought he was just scared of Ebola.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    zanqundria wrote: »
    All I can do is laugh because I saw a guy with one of those on riding past my house on his bike and I had to do like you and do a double take and I was like what the heck is that on his face and my son said I think that's his Halloween costume like mine (my son was Bane for Halloween) lol

    well that's different, maybe it's not fun to breathe in exhaust on a daily basis. i've seen a few cyclists wearing masks in my city, and it seems reasonable enough to me.

    unless they were cycling while wearing SCUBA gear, you're getting this mixed up
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    madrose0715 wrote: »
    DavPul wrote: »
    it's for training to resemble high altitude conditions



    and it's DUMB

    Not that I have ever seen such a thing...but what if someone is planning a trip or something where they will be living in high altitudes? Wouldn't they want to condition themselves for this?

    Not unless they were going directly from the treadmill to a high altitude. Adaptation to high altitude will occur relatively quickly. More likely, the guy had fallen for the false idea that "altitude training" improves your performance at sea level.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    DragonShoe_GCole wrote: »
    Atarahh wrote: »
    it looked even more awkward because he was on the rowing machine. anyone on this thread actually wore one?

    I wear an elevation mask during training all the time. I practice MMA and it has dramatically helped my conditioning. I'm glad people find it "awkward" or even "dumb"... More cardio gains for me!!

    Unless you have done a study with a control group with the mask as the only variable, you can't really substantiate that claim.
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