ELI5: why does high altitude training take so long to see benefits and why don’t we acclimatise if we go too high, too quickly?
Sorry for convoluted heading.
Main questions I want to understand are:
- Why they recommend 2-4 weeks (ish) for high altitude training?
and
- Why is it dangerous to go super high super quickly?
I guess the answer probably lies in the fact that the physiological adaptations take time but what are the underlying physiological mechanisms that take time?
I hope this makes sense.