Hypoxico Altitude Training

10/15/2026

October. The races are done. The podiums are decided.

And somewhere right now, someone who's going to beat you in the spring is already sleeping at altitude. 🏔️

The athletes who show up to January training with a hematological edge didn't get it in January. They built it now — quietly, in the off-season, night by night in a tent.

Red blood cell adaptation takes weeks. The window is open.

What are you doing with it?

10/08/2026

You hear things about Tara Dower before you ever meet her.

That she's one of the most humble, genuine people in the sport. That the reputation always matches the person. That talking to her feels less like an interview and more like catching up with someone who just happens to be one of the sport's greatest trail runners.

Every single bit of it is true.

We sat down with Tara to talk about taking on the toughest double in ultrarunning, Western States and Hardrock 100, just thirteen days apart, and how even living and training at altitude in Durango, Colorado, Hypoxico still found a way to move the needle.

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How AT record holder Tara Dower trained run-high, rest-low at home for the Western States–Hardrock double, and why the payoff showed up at the low race.

09/22/2026

Your itinerary is not an acclimatization plan.

Modern mountain travel often looks like this: sea level on Monday, a high-elevation destination on Tuesday. Unfortunately, your body may need more time than your calendar gives it.

A recent clinical guide from The BMJ on preventing altitude illness reinforces the basics: ascend gradually, sleep lower when possible, and build in time to acclimatize. It also notes the growing use of repeated hypoxic exposure—such as a simulated-altitude tent—before high-altitude travel.

That’s where pre-acclimatization comes in. Hypoxico systems can help you begin adapting before you fly, so you arrive more prepared for the elevation ahead.

Important: simulated altitude does not replace a smart itinerary, medical advice, or good decisions on the mountain. It is one more tool to help you prepare.

09/16/2026

What Is Altitude Training and Why Does Everyone From Olympians to Ultra Runners Use It?

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09/08/2026

Justin lost both legs and part of a hand to an IED in Afghanistan. When it was time to rebuild his cardiovascular system, his trainers didn't ask him to move at all — they put a mask on his face and dropped the oxygen in the air he was breathing.

That's Intermittent Hypoxic Exposure (IHE), and it's not just for wounded veterans training for the Invictus Games. Runners are using it to stay fit through stress fractures. Surgery patients are using it to walk into the OR stronger. Even older adults with joints that can't take pounding anymore are using it to keep their engines running.

The research behind it is wild — controlled hypoxia appears to speed up bone healing, improve oxygen delivery to damaged tissue, and even accelerate nerve regeneration. We broke down how it works, who it's actually for, and what a session looks like.

One important note: interval lengths vary a lot depending on the injury and the research behind it, so this is always something to work out with your doctor or physical therapist first — not a one-size-fits-all script.

Thin air can help injured bodies heal faster. See how Intermittent Hypoxic Exposure (IHE) supports runners, surgical patients, and veterans in recovery.

08/25/2026

He waits until his mom falls asleep, then trains from ten at night until one in the morning. During the day, he's at her side. His mom is on hospice.

A few weeks later, ultrarunner Aaron Kubala won the Tahoe 200 and broke the course record by more than an hour — after doing something he'd never done before: sleeping in a Hypoxico altitude tent, every night, for a month, from a bedroom 400 feet above sea level.

But the record isn't why he was out there. Around mile 170, with the win locked up, he ran twenty miles crying to the playlist he made for his mom's funeral. Every mile of his Triple Crown season points back to Miles for Mom, the fundraiser he and his mom launched together for METAvivor — the only nonprofit in the country funding metastatic breast cancer research exclusively.

Read the full story (link below), and if you have it in you, help him get to his $100,000 goal. 💙

📖 Full story: https://hypoxico.com/blogs/altitude-journal/aaron-kubala-tahoe-200-altitude-training
🎗️ Donate to Miles for Mom: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-metavivors-lifechanging-work

08/24/2026

Whatever you're chasing right now — keep going. 🌤️

08/17/2026

Not coming off a record-setting run at Tahoe 200 slowing him down one bit. 🏔️

Congrats to Aaron Kubala on winning the 2026 Bigfoot 200 in 47:21:11 — back-to-back 200-mile wins this summer and now setting his sights on Moab 240 in October to complete the Triple Crown.

Aaron is just a special human. We could not be happier for him. 🙌

Later this week, we are sharing an interview we did with Aaron — stay tuned. You do not want to miss it.

way to go. 🔥

08/07/2026

Denali. 17,000 feet. And Brandon Bargo slept like it was nothing.

Brandon, you know him from The Highpointers with the Bargo Brothers, is chasing the highest point in every state, faster than anyone in history. Denali was stop one: the coldest, most technical mountain on the whole list.

Here's the part that'll get you (it didn't get us): before he ever touched the mountain, Brandon pre-acclimatized at home, sleeping in a Hypoxico altitude tent for weeks so his body was already up there before he was.

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He'd climbed Denali before, the hard way. This time, he actually slept at 17,000 feet like it was any other night.

Check out The Highpointers with the Bargo Brothers journey
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Record-chasing highpointer Brandon Bargo and filmmaker Chris Carter used Hypoxico altitude tents to pre-acclimatize for Denali — and cut their summit time nearly in half.

08/03/2026

Quick question for the endurance crowd and coaches here:

If you could add altitude training to your program without relocating to a mountain town or booking a 3‑week camp, would you do it?

Simulated altitude solutions — rooms, tents, and mask systems — make it possible to get the same core benefits of traditional altitude camps (higher VO2 max, increased total hemoglobin mass, better performance at elevation) inside a home gym, university lab, or team facility.

Curious where you’re at:
→Already using altitude
→Want to, but don’t have access yet
→Still on the fence

Drop a comment and tell us which bucket you’re in.