For many years, athletes have known that if they train at altitude it improves their performance. But they did not know why.
In the 1990’s scientists discovered that when cells are put into hypoxia (decreased oxygen), they increase the production of protein, form new blood vessels, produce more red blood cells and reprogram themselves to burn glucose rather than oxygen for fuel.
Then, after approximately two decades of further study, three scientists won the Nobel prize in 2019 for their discovery of how cells sense and react to hypoxia (reduced oxygen).
These studies have helped us better understand how Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia Therapy (IHHT), also known as Contrast Oxygen, and one of the modalities we use at Gym for the Brain, helps:
- Improve Endurance
- Enhance Capillary Density
- Improve Muscle Efficiency
- Reduce Inflammation
- Fight Cancer
- Reduce Anemia (ie, improve the flow of oxygen to cells)
- Reduce Heart Disease/Failure
- Reduce Kidney Disease/Failure
- And, of course, improved cognition (due to more oxygen to the brain)
If you want to improve performance, delay aging, or recover from an ailment, investigate the program at Gym for the Brain. People drive and fly in from around the world to benefit from our program.