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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.

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    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 :rolleyes:

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    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 :rolleyes:

    Sounds like an ad on craigslist

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    Sounds like an ad on craigslist

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

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    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 :rolleyes:

    BINFORD 5000

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    GOLD :)

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    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 :rolleyes:

    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.

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    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.)

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    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

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    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!

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    Sea Hound ahoy!

    Has anyone heard Biggles lately?

    My God it was racist.

    Funny I never noticed at the time.

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    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.

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    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?

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    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!

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    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

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    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

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