Peter Attia· MD
And yeah, one thing that happens at altitude, your glycolytic capacity, it starts deteriorating, the high exercise intensity.
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And yeah, one thing that happens at altitude, your glycolytic capacity, it starts deteriorating, the high exercise intensity.
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So that's where the ideal scenario is to really try to find that balance, but it's not easy to do at high altitude levels.
So it's going to simulate living at sea level because that is going to allow athletes to do very high intensity efforts without killing themselves.