Influence of altitude training on muscle metabolism and performance in man.

A good deal of information is available on the influence of hypoxia, or altitude, on physical performance, especially during prolonged exercise (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 18-22, 29, 33, 34-37, 41, 44, 45, 52). But, more than any other recent event, it was the Olympic Games in Mexico City that aroused so much interest in the problems surrounding altitude and sport performance; Four main questions were, at that time, asked.