CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nothing spoils a run or ride for me faster than something over my mouth. It’s why I wear scarves on only the bitterest of cold days. My lungs are my life, you see. If I can’t ...

Cyclists and long-distance runners have historically trained at higher altitudes (between 6,000 and 10,000 feet above seas level) then returned to sea level to improve their athletic performance. But ...

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A new workout accoutrement is appearing more frequently at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall gym and elsewhere: sleek masks that look like modified M40 gas masks -- streamlined, high-tech and just a ...

Many of us know competitive athletes – Olympic or professional, high school, college or weekend warrior – who seem to enjoy taking their bodies to the maximum level to improve performance. Billions of ...

Is there an actual benefit to working out with an elevation-training mask? Last week, I strolled into my gym and was midway through a yawn when a dude on the treadmill caught my eye. No, it’s not ...

Elevation training masks are used to restrict the amount of air you intake, requiring your lungs to work harder as you exercise. While this may seem counterproductive, over time, with continuous wear, ...

I felt like throwing up as I stumbled uphill over rocks and roots. It was the second hour (or the was it the third or the fourth? Who could be sure at that point?) of the 5 and a half hours I would ...

The elevation training mask, which obscures his face with fabric and plastic discs, doesn’t go unnoticed when Michael Rothman runs in Cooper River Park. “When I first got it, there were cars almost ...

Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken wore an elevation training mask when he was found dead in a hotel room in Italy, ...