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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the hottest pieces of sporting equipment this new year is a mask that makes you it harder to breathe. It's designed to simulate what it's like to exercise at a high altitude. And while it might ...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Elevation Training Mask today announced the sales of its training equipment, which is specifically designed to improve cardiovascular stamina and simulate high stress situations.

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 ...

Altitude training masks are popular training items, mostly because you can look badass like Bane. They purportedly improve your cardiovascular fitness by emulating training at higher altitudes, like ...

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 ...

“One my homeboys back home, Troy, he came in with one of the masks and was like, ‘Man, you need to work out with this. It’s like working out 10 times harder than normally working out,’” says Lynch.

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 thin air at high altitudes has long been recognized as a training superpower for athletes. If you live and train at altitude, you’ll likely wipe the floor with your lowland competitors. That’s why ...