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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Elevation Training Mask today announced the sales of its training equipment, which is specifically designed to improve cardiovascular stamina and simulate high stress situations.

Cyclists and long-distance runners have historically trained at higher altitudes (between 6,000 and 10,000 feet above seas level) then returned to sea level to improve their athletic performance. But ...

During a recent workout in my condo weight room, an acquaintance walked in wearing a bulky, black mask over his nose and mouth; it had a plastic plate with cylindrical slits that made it look more ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nothing spoils a run or ride for me faster than something over my mouth. It’s why I wear scarves on only the bitterest of cold days. My lungs are my life, you see. If I can’t ...

A new workout accoutrement is appearing more frequently at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall gym and elsewhere: sleek masks that look like modified M40 gas masks -- streamlined, high-tech and just a ...

I felt like throwing up as I stumbled uphill over rocks and roots. It was the second hour (or the was it the third or the fourth? Who could be sure at that point?) of the 5 and a half hours I would ...

“One my homeboys back home, Troy, he came in with one of the masks and was like, ‘Man, you need to work out with this. It’s like working out 10 times harder than normally working out,’” says Lynch.

Syracuse, N.Y. — If you follow AJ Long on Instagram, you've likely seen pictures on him training with a black mask over his mouth. Some have pointed out the mask makes him look like the Batman villain ...

When elites like Kellyn Taylor—who trains in Flagstaff, Arizona—and Emma Coburn—who trains in Crested Butte, Colorado—work out at elevations around 6,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level, then you know ...