How does recovering from altitude training differ from regular recovery?

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Tom Evans · Answer

With this the same principles apply. But operating it out to do requires higher calorific output and you'll use more energy to do the same amount of work so you're using more carbohydrates when you're at altitude. So recovery wise you probably need to look at consuming slightly more carbohydrate in and around training because you're going to be burning more. But apart from that the yeah, it's fairly similar. Some people is really different between some people. Some people find it hard to recover it out, Stood other people find a little bit easier but yeah, the principles of how you would recover at sea level, stay the same for when you're at altitude. But for me personally, I find that I recover a little bit slower in my first couple of weeks coming from altitude but then yeah after that it seems to be sort of Fairly standard to at sea level, but you just really gotta listen to your body and using tools like your Garmin watch or heart rate. Variability in the mornings is really useful but also you've just got to be able to use your feel and exactly how you're feeling only, you will know. So yeah, just go test some things out and I'm good luck.

Colleen Little, PT, DPT, OCS · Answer

How does recovering from altitude training differ from regular recovery? Overall, it is pretty similar. Similar principles of needing to refuel and get sleep, but for most people up at altitude, it just requires doing a little bit more of both of those. So I'd say starting especially with the refueling, you up at altitude to be able to replenish what you've burned during your activity, you're gonna need more carbohydrates than you would normally have at sea level and specifically for female athletes, more carbohydrates and more fats with how you're really burning fuel up at a higher altitude with intense training. As far as sleep goes, you're obviously wanting to try to maximize your recovery during that sleep period, so up at altitude you just probably have a smaller window for error if you lose a couple hours of sleep. So you got to really focus on making sure you're maximizing that deep sleep window. Another piece would just be monitoring electrolytes. You're gonna typically feel a little bit more dehydrated up at altitude, so just taking in more electrolytes than you might normally take in at sea level can be really helpful in starting that recovery process early.

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"How does recovering from altitude training differ from regular recovery?"