Can someone say is it ok to do aerobics in altitude training?

poonampattani81

Hello i wanna loose 50 pounds....can i do aerobics in altitude training room?

BrianSharpe

Altitude training will not have any effect on the number of calories expended during exercise. To lose weight you need to expend more energy than you consume, this is usually accomplished through weighing / measuring / logging your food and you can lose weight without exercising at all. Food for weight loss, exercise for health and fitness.

From what I understand about altitude training is that it gets your body to produce more red blood cells thus being able to transport more oxygen to muscle tissue which is of interest to endurance athletes.

Based on your question I'm going to assume that you have not been working out regularly and would suggest you train in an environment with regular barometric pressure and consider altitude training if you have a specific fitness goal in mind. (Even then the jury is still out as to the real benefits of altitude training, many of the great marathoners we see smashing records have grown up in higher altitudes having a lifetime of adaptation whereas an altitude mask or room is only used for a few hours per week and it's questionable as to how much, if any, adaptation occurs)

CarvedTones

It's okay to do aerobics in altitude training. Whether it helps you any more or not I don't know. You might tire faster. When I live in CO I skied at 11,000'+ quite often. It didn't get me in any better shape; I rested more often and probably burned less calories than on ski days down lower.

AnnPT77

You can, but what would the objective be, for you? If it's primarily weight loss, are you an exercise beginner to intermediate? If so, I think it could interfere with your weight loss goals by limiting intensity. It's actual work (in more or less the physics sense of the term) that determines calorie burn, not how miserable you feel while working out, or even how well you might be achieving ancillary fitness goals (like VO2max improvement).

AnvilHead

It's okay to do aerobics in an altitude training room.

I'm not sure why you would do it or what you're hoping it will accomplish, but it's okay to do it.

fittocycle

I'm not sure what an altitude training room is like but I would guess it would be ok. We lived in Colorado for 18 years. Working out at a high altitude can make you fatigue quicker and cause you to get out of breath as well. One of the Olympic training centers is in Colorado Springs so I would guess the challenges of a higher altitude play a role in conditioning athletes.
Good luck to you!

aokoye

Of course it's ok, people train at (and live at) altitude on a regular basis. You're not going to burn any more calories doing so (and that isn't the point of training at altitude), but unless you have existing pulmonary of cardiac concerns I don't see an issue.