Question back to adaptation.

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: Sorry I do not have a special training but still a question , because the answer I got will change completely my training philosophy. : My Question was : Is the adaptation to altitude the same for everybody. : The answer was : Yes , the adaptation is the same for everybody. : Now some points I have to make for myself : : 1. If I work out I may stress my body and this may create an adaptation. ( Positive non or negative ) That's why I may do a workout. : 2. Now if somebody moves to altitude than this may be a stress on this persons body. But I may be wrong. : 3.If I now have 10 people , and all 10 people are bench pressing with 100 kg , than everybody will have the same adaptation ?. I am not sure. : 4. Now the same 10 people go in altitude , which will be the same stress on their system.? : therefor the same adaptation? : In an interesting symposium in April 2000 in London during the London marathon a group of Altitude specialists ( with possible specialized training ) : made a presentation , where they think , that individual people will respond differently in altitude. : Some of the reasons were : Genetic ( muscle fiber constellation ) or different blood situation like hemoglobin situation , hematocrit , different nutritional habbits. Different hormonal respond on altitudeand so on . : If this would be true , but they may be wrong , than the strss on this 10 people would be perhaps somewhat different. If the stress is different their adaptation respond may be different as well. : So if they are right than the absolute Yes in the answer would be kind of wrong. : Perhaps the answer on the question: is the adaptation the same could have been. : We don't know for sure how the adaptation is , because it may be very individual and therefor it may be for coaches of some value to assess and find a way of getting some kind of a grip on the individual athletes respond. : If the Yes is right , than I have as a little coach to stop producing individual training ideas , because everybody reacts the same . In fact if I have 10 people and put them on independant pedals , I thought I saw different adaptations , because this 10 people brought different situation with them and therefor the stress was different . But I may be wrong as well. : This could be as we learn here , because we do not have a special education and therefor not understand this properly. : I hope readers are not discouraged from certain responds, and keep asking here and not e mail me.. The idea of the Forum is to keep it simple and open , but with a good back up from specialists. : I like to let some points now settle , but will be back with some points of breathing and others. Have fun and do not take it too personal

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