Blood Doping VS Sleeping at Altitude (& my results)
Channel: Cam Nicholls
Date: 2018-12-23

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Blood doping versus sleeping at altitude. Who wins the battle?

In this video, I compare blood doping with sleeping at altitude. Notably, how you go about blood doping - including EPO (Erythropoietin), blood transfusions, and synthetic blood carriers - and the impact this in terms of pros and cons. Conversely, I do the same for sleeping at altitude - which could include sleeping in an altitude tent, setting up your room at altitude, or living at altitude. 

The pros of both are the increase you get in pcv / hematocrit and ultimately haemoglobin. As haemoglobin is the protein that carries blood to the working muscle, I focus more on haemoglobin during this discussion than hematocrit, as hematocrit is the source to more oxygen-carrying haemoglobin! I also share my blood test results. 

I conclude with how this would be relevant to the general health and well-being sector, and of course, endurance and race against the clock sports, such as cycling road racing, Iron Man, triathlons and time trial. 

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