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    High altitude training

    Seems to me that the Swans have been very successful without the need for high altitude training makes you wonder if it is ha effective .

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    I've wondered that too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by annew View Post
    Seems to me that the Swans have been very successful without the need for high altitude training makes you wonder if it is ha effective .
    A weekend in the Blue Mountains is enough for our boys....

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    I think that's a somewhat simplistic conclusion to make.

    In the same way, you could argue that top ten draft picks aren't good players because we've won a premiership without many of them in the side.

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    http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/defa...?newsid=150390 High altitude training under question
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    Simplidtic maybe but still valid. I reckon send the boys up to
    Thredbo but Kosciosko kick the footy around up there for a bit - a lot cheaper than going to the US OF A! Hickimg up there is good exercise too. Flys are annoying though in summer.

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    I think West Coast won a flag using High training methods.

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    Clever!!!!????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wardy View Post
    Simplidtic maybe but still valid. I reckon send the boys up to
    Thredbo but Kosciosko kick the footy around up there for a bit - a lot cheaper than going to the US OF A! Hickimg up there is good exercise too. Flys are annoying though in summer.
    Added protein to the diet will help with the muscle growth.

    I'd dress them up in Austrian gear and make them sing the songs from the "Sound of Music" to add to the atmosphere. You can just hear Rhys saying: But I was Liesel yesterday !!!

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    Well from what I have read it takes a few trips to build up and pay off. But as stated, it has its doubters. And besides running at the dunes (did we even do that last prea-season?) we don't seem to be too radical with our pre-season. I think they take a balanced smart approach which seems to pay off year in year out based on our results.

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    I spent 4 weeks above 10,000ft in the Himalayas once.I then flew down to a beach in Thailand. The increase in my performance was amazing! What more proof do you need?

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    Re: High altitude training

    Quote Originally Posted by Hartijon View Post
    I spent 4 weeks above 10,000ft in the Himalayas once.I then flew down to a beach in Thailand. The increase in my performance was amazing! What more proof do you need?
    I did something similar to this and when I came down I had the ability to speak 4 languages. Sadly none of them were English....
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