James Bonner

Dr Darren Burke Tested Blood Boosting On Sprinting Performance

Athletes are continually seeking methods to optimize their performance, pushing the boundaries of human capabilities. I recall experimenting with a lot of things back in my competitive days. This included hypoxic training before I even knew what it was all about. I was 16 and training for sprint canoeing in the 500 metre C-1: an event that lasts about 2 minutes. I’d often puke and almost pass out but found that holding my breath and doing repeats until exhaustion in practice helped a lot during competition. Little did I know that later in graduate school I would learn the mechanisms related to this blood boosting training adaptation.