Regular trainings are critical for competitive progress and success. Objective of the study was to rate benefits of interval hypoxic training model for physical progress in mountaineering sport tested by the maximal oxygen consumption and endurance tests. Experiments under the study were designed to test 8-days-long daily interval hypoxic training on a sample of 15 male athletes using Tabay altitude chamber. A daily session included 8 altitude trainings, each taking a 10-15min ascend to reach the preset altitude, 1-hour stay there and a 10-15min descend at 10-15m/s. Prior to and after every training the athletes were tested by a cycle ergometer test with maximal oxygen consumption tests on the maximal-intensity peak. We used Ergoline Select cycle ergometer for the tests, with the workload stepped up by 50W from 0 to 250-350W. We also used MetaLyser (Germany-based Cortex made) metabolography system to obtain the hemodynamic, spirometric and ergometric test data. The interval hypoxic training to model altitude (2500m) performance for physical progress and endurance was found beneficial as verified by the maximal oxygen consumption growth by 7% in the mountaineering sample. This finding gives grounds to recommend the interval hypoxic training model for modern athletic training systems.
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