Cliff McCrary: Athletic advantage of Co2

[Gregory Taper]

http://co2factor.blogspot.com/2012/04/athletic-advantage-of-co2.html
Athletic advantage of Co2
April 3, 2012

During exercise the muscle cannot get enough oxygen and starts inefficiently breaking down glucose into small amounts of energy and lactic acid; this is known as anaerobic glycolysis. Anaerobic glycolysis sets off many inflammatory signals and produces far less Co2/energy than the more evolved oxidative metabolism.

Training at high altitude has been used by competitive athletes as a means of improving their potential. Because of low oxygen pressure at high altitude athletes retain more Co2 which allows more efficient use of oxygen so glucose is shuttled through oxidative metabolism.(1). Increased oxidative metabolism produces less lactic acid so athletes can train longer(2, 3).

Methods that increase Co2 concentrations in the body such as baking soda improve athletic performance and recovery(4, 5, 6). Nose breathing increases Co2 compared to mouth breathing(7). High carbohydrate diet increases Co2 more compared to low carbohydrate diet(8). A high sugar diet increases Co2 more compared to a high starch diet(9).

1. http://jap.physiology.org/content/100/6/1938.long
2. http://physiologyonline.physiology.org/ ... 3/122.full
3. http://jap.physiology.org/content/70/5/1963.abstract
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8388767
5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9296948
6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15514504
7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3141357
8. http://www.annals.org/content/103/6_Part_1/883.abstract
9. http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/2 ... 4.abstract

 

[charlie]

Methods that increase Co2 concentrations in the body such as baking soda improve athletic performance and recovery(4, 5, 6). Nose breathing increases Co2 compared to mouth breathing(7). High carbohydrate diet increases Co2 more compared to low carbohydrate diet(8). A high sugar diet increases Co2 more compared to a high starch diet(9).

Working on doing all these.

 

[nwo2012]

Do we know if those training masks simulating altitude are any good? When I asked RP he said he had never heard of it.