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Is there a disadvantage to growing up in high altitude?
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:41 pm
And living there full time? Less oxygen to the brain, etc? Or is it something your body adjusts to easily? II understand why it would be great for training short term, but I'm talking about someone living there most their life.
50 ft vs. 4,500 ft.
50 ft vs. 4,500 ft.
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Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:42 pm to Asgard Device
4500 ft isnt really all that high, fwiw
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:43 pm to Asgard Device
Not sure if it is the altitude but most of the women that live in the ski areas I've been to look pretty rough.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:44 pm to Asgard Device
Badassery at cycling and distance running
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:44 pm to ksayetiger
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4500 ft isnt really all that high, fwiw
I understand that but it's a noticeable difference for me when I've made trips to Colorado, the Appalachians and Nevada. Air is definitely thinner.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:49 pm to Asgard Device
I've been in Colorado for the past 4 days and it's noticeable but not a big issue unless you are doing cardiovascular.
The bigger problem to me is the dry air here.
The bigger problem to me is the dry air here.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 7:54 pm to Cool Hand Luke
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Not sure if it is the altitude but most of the women that live in the ski areas I've been to look pretty rough.
Dry air and too much sun on the slopes will result in a body that's smokin but a face like a smoker.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:19 pm to usc6158
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Badassery at cycling and distance running
Yep, lots of pro triathletes train in Colorado.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:22 pm to Asgard Device
Should be fine as long as you don't have the sickle cell trait.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:24 pm to Asgard Device
If anything it is an advantage
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:25 pm to Putty
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Dry air and too much sun on the slopes will result in a body that's smokin but a face like a smoker.
Outdoors oriented women don't trowel on the makeup to cover their blemishes
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:26 pm to ManBearTiger
The higher humidity in LA is better for our skin. We don't age as fast as people in higher altitude/dryer climates.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:30 pm to Asgard Device
I could look it up on the internet for you, but you probably already did.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 8:31 pm to Cool Hand Luke
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most of the women that live in the ski areas I've been to look pretty rough.
when I stayed at a hotel in Salt Lake, there was a sign warning that sun bathing at altitude is different, that you have less air to protect you from the sun.
I think one point for the OP is that you would necessarily develop big lungs.
People live at 8 and 10 thousand in some countries.
I did a lot of yoga/pranayama as a boy and young man. when I went to get an X-ray of my lungs, I barely could fit my lungs in the rectangle you stand in front of.
Woman said I had the biggest llungs she ever X rayed.
I think you would get more of that if you lived at 8 or 10 thousand.
I lived at sea level, but did breathing exercises OBSESSIVELY from age 10 on.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 9:03 pm to Asgard Device
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Less oxygen to the brain,
This is not the case. Higher altitude just has less pressure so one has to actively breath a bit harder to bring that air into the lungs.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 9:10 pm to Asgard Device
Slightly greater exposure to cosmic rays. IIRC living in Denver is equal to a couple of chest x rays a year.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 9:23 pm to Bantling Boy
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The higher humidity in LA is better for our skin. We don't age as fast as people in higher altitude/dryer climates
And yet LA is third to last in life expectancy, edging out only MS and WV.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 9:25 pm to Asgard Device
Complete guess, but maybe smaller bodies? Less Oxygen in the body would mean smaller muscles. No clue.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 9:26 pm to ManBearTiger
That's because we eat and drink our way into an early grave.
Posted on 1/1/17 at 9:31 pm to DeafJam73
Probably has a lot to do with our smoking rates and poor air quality as well as shitty water outside of BR.
This post was edited on 1/1/17 at 9:33 pm
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