Flagstaff is a nice city. Had no idea it was even at altitude. I would have thought Denver or somewhere nearby would have been better.

Hey My cuz has a condo near Grand Lake Colorado

elevation 2500 M ( not feet ...Meters )

Great place.. Lots of areas to run in. The condo could probably fit a dozen ( cozy like...lol )

beats the shlt out of flagstaff.. ( been to both )

At GL a local fella might even roll out his BINFORD 5000 super bbq jus to feed y a!! lol

Hey My cuz has a condo near Grand Lake Colorado

elevation 2500 M ( not feet ...Meters )

Great place.. Lots of areas to run in. The condo could probably fit a dozen ( cozy like...lol )

beats the shlt out of flagstaff.. ( been to both )

At GL a local fella might even roll out his BINFORD 5000 super bbq jus to feed y a!! lol

Sounds like an ad on craigslist

Sounds like an ad on craigslist

shes probably already got it on there...they do do rentals ...lol

Hey My cuz has a condo near Grand Lake Colorado

elevation 2500 M ( not feet ...Meters )

Great place.. Lots of areas to run in. The condo could probably fit a dozen ( cozy like...lol )

beats the shlt out of flagstaff.. ( been to both )

At GL a local fella might even roll out his BINFORD 5000 super bbq jus to feed y a!! lol

BINFORD 5000

BINFORD 5000

GOLD

Hey My cuz has a condo near Grand Lake Colorado

elevation 2500 M ( not feet ...Meters )

Great place.. Lots of areas to run in. The condo could probably fit a dozen ( cozy like...lol )

beats the shlt out of flagstaff.. ( been to both )

At GL a local fella might even roll out his BINFORD 5000 super bbq jus to feed y a!! lol

sounds nice. Yeah flagstaff was very much a non event. Liked Phoenix and Sedona but not much else of Arizona. Liked boulder in Colorado Montana was my fav.

Great initiative. Hope they come back rested, revived, healthy and ready for 2014.

Interesting article on the AFL website that questions the whole value of altitude training.

High altitude, low benefit, says expert

Article summary:

• There were more effective training aids in which to invest, with the jury still out on the benefits from altitude training.
• $850,000 is a lot of money that could be better spent, for example on 4-5 assistant coaches.
• The cost benefit is not there and players could be better improved by spending the money on coaches or skills training.
• Players' running performance at sea level improved by 1-2% after a training camp, but the results were short-lived.
• The benefit lasts about four weeks and will be maintained until about Christmas when most players go off and do limited amounts of training anyway.
• There was no scientific evidence or documentation to support the belief that altitude training enabled players to train harder on return.
• There was no evidence to suggest there could be a cumulative effect from repeat ventures.

(I notice Collingwood has ditched their's in favour of a cheaper in-house altitude facility.)

Interesting article on the AFL website that questions the whole value of altitude training.

High altitude, low benefit, says expert

Article summary:

• There were more effective training aids in which to invest, with the jury still out on the benefits from altitude training.
• $850,000 is a lot of money that could be better spent, for example on 4-5 assistant coaches.
• The cost benefit is not there and players could be better improved by spending the money on coaches or skills training.
• Players' running performance at sea level improved by 1-2% after a training camp, but the results were short-lived.
• The benefit lasts about four weeks and will be maintained until about Christmas when most players go off and do limited amounts of training anyway.
• There was no scientific evidence or documentation to support the belief that altitude training enabled players to train harder on return.
• There was no evidence to suggest there could be a cumulative effect from repeat ventures.

(I notice Collingwood has ditched their's in favour of a cheaper in-house altitude facility.)

I always knew altitude training was a joke

Unless you are playing games 7000 feet above sea level, theres zero point training there

listened religously to hop harrigan and tarzan after school

....and larry kent (censored by oldies) under the bed covers on the crystal set

Sea Hound ahoy!

Sea Hound ahoy!

Has anyone heard Biggles lately?

My God it was racist.

Funny I never noticed at the time.

Interesting article on the AFL website that questions the whole value of altitude training.

High altitude, low benefit, says expert

Article summary:

• There were more effective training aids in which to invest, with the jury still out on the benefits from altitude training.
• $850,000 is a lot of money that could be better spent, for example on 4-5 assistant coaches.
• The cost benefit is not there and players could be better improved by spending the money on coaches or skills training.
• Players' running performance at sea level improved by 1-2% after a training camp, but the results were short-lived.
• The benefit lasts about four weeks and will be maintained until about Christmas when most players go off and do limited amounts of training anyway.
• There was no scientific evidence or documentation to support the belief that altitude training enabled players to train harder on return.
• There was no evidence to suggest there could be a cumulative effect from repeat ventures.

(I notice Collingwood has ditched their's in favour of a cheaper in-house altitude facility.)

Yeah, we would get better results with the Alt room they have at AAMI.

Any benefit would be pyschological; giving a confidence boost to the malleable egos of footy players.

Yeah, we would get better results with the Alt room they have at AAMI.

Any benefit would be pyschological; giving a confidence boost to the malleable egos of footy players.

Do we have an altitude room at AAMI? That's pretty good. Do you know the extent in which we use it?

Do we have an altitude room at AAMI? That's pretty good. Do you know the extent in which we use it?

We don't need "altitude" training... we need "attitude" training!

The Filths altitude training camps were PR excercises for Emirates.

Now that sponsorship has been relegated they are not going.

What a suprise.

Altitude training is beneficial over months not weeks.

Player bonding is a positive

The Filths altitude training camps were PR excercises for Emirates.

Now that sponsorship has been relegated they are not going.

What a suprise.

Altitude training is beneficial over months not weeks.

Player bonding is a positive

yep

all athletes used to do this training in 3 month lots

after mexico olympics it became a fad

but consistent altitude training has been the key.not a 3 week holiday as Collingwood did

clubs are putting in high altitude rooms so they can reap any benefits all year round.