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Rodríguez, F.A., Levine, B.D. The Altitude Project: An international collaborative research project on altitude training in elite swimmers. Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming XI. Oslo, 2010.
ferran.a.rodriguez@gmail.com
Sport Sciences Research Group INEFC Barcelona
Grup de Recerca en Ciències de l'Esport INEFC Barcelona
Grup Consolidat (2009 SGR1054)
Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya
Av. de l’Estadi, 12-22
08038 Barcelona (Spain)
+34 93 425 54 45 grce@gencat.cat @Recerca_INEFC
Ferran A. Rodríguez
Benjamin D. Levine
The Altitude ProjectAn International Collaborative Research Project on Altitude Training in Elite Swimmers
The ALTITUDE Project
An international collaborative research project on the impact
of different strategies of altitude training on performance,
technique and health status in elite swimmers
What is it?
The ALTITUDE Project
● An Olympic swimmer should improve his/her performance by
about 1% within the year leading up to the Olympics to stay in
contention for a medal
● A recent meta-analysis concluded that the expectable
performance benefit from AT/hypoxic training for elite
athletes could be as high as 1.6%
● In spite of the research carried out over the last four decades,
the effectiveness and physiological mechanisms through which
AT should enhance sea level performance are still
controversial
Justification
Bonetti & Hopkins (2009) Sports Med, 39: 107-27
The ALTITUDE Project
● The questions we need to answer are:*
Does AT works for elite swimmers? Effectiveness
Why? Mechanisms
How? Methods and strategies
When? Planning and competition after AT
For whom? Inter- / intrasubject variability
Justification
BMS2010 : Saturday 19, 10:30 (Aud. A)
The ALTITUDE Project
● To compare altitude training (Hi-Hi, Hi-Lo) and sea level training on
sea level performance
aerobic & anaerobic metabolic capacities
economy
hematologic & biochemical markers
cardiovascular system (echocardiography & HRV)
● To elucidate whether the adaptive mechanisms
are mainly hematologic (erythropoiesis)
non-hematologic
Aims
The ALTITUDE Project
● To monitor the time course of the adaptations
● To determine whether AT affects swimming technique before, during or
after acclimatization
● To disclose negative effects on athletes’ health
cardiovascular system
prooxidant/antioxidant balance
immune status
Aims
The ALTITUDE Project
● High-profile group of sport scientists from
USA, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Invited to join: Norway, Japan, France, Canada, NZ, China
● 40 elite swimmers and coaches from
USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Spain
Invited to join: Australia, Germany, France, Finland, Portugal, Estonia, South Africa,
Italy, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, China
● Altitude camps at CAR Sierra Nevada (2,230 m) and sea-level camps
at Barcelona
● The project is open to sports and scientific national organizations
from all countries willing to contribute with recruiting and funding
athletes, coaches and scientists
An International Project
The ALTITUDE ProjectDesign
The ALTITUDE Project
Lead-in Training at
Home
HematologyOxidative stressImmunology
MHbHEMFeOXIIMM
Follow-up Testing at
Home
PerformanceTechnique
ECHO
CardiovascularEchocardiographyHRVHRV
BPECHO
ECONVO2MMAOD
CardiorespiratoryMetabolism
TT50m
100m400m
1 5 Weeks+1-1 0 2 3 4 6
Hi-Hi
Altitude(m)
690
2,230 Sierra Nevada
BarcelonaLo-Lo
Hi-Lo
Final Testing
Initial Testing
High Intensity Training
0
The ALTITUDE Project
● Confirmed
Ministry of Science of Spain
Higher Spanish Sports Council
The Spanish Olympic Committee
Spanish Swimming – RFEN
Dutch Swimming – KNZB
● Under study
IOC - Olympic Solidarity
FINA
US Olympic Committee
Australian Institute of Sport
Portuguese Swimming
German Swimming – DSV
Australian Institute of Sport
Finnish Society of Sports Science
Italian Olympic Committee
Int. Assoc. High Performance Centers
Recruitment and Funding
The ALTITUDE Project
The ALTITUDE Project
The ALTITUDE Project
We count on you, talk to us!thealtitudeproject@gmail.com
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