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Just wondering if anyone has tried this (pre, post, or during). If so, how did it work for you?Google shows a fair amount of promotion (aka "EWOT"), but it's mostly cardio (and not much on personal results).I'm curious as to whether it actually helps muscle growth, or (by making the workout easier?) hinders it._
A friend of mine has an O2 tank with a mask in his home gym. They swear by it. Me personally I don't feel it doing a thing.
Huh. Can you elaborate on their claims? More weight? More endurance? Quicker recovery?Thanks for the reply.
They are powerlifters so they don't do any cardio work at all. I guess they feel it helps them recover better between sets. I nor they have added any significant amount of weight to the bar by using O2. Personally, I think it's just placebo effect…
There was a good article about it in train magazine last month, but it didn't show benefits for weight loss, hypertrophy, or strength gain, however there were marked benefits for VO2 max, which is great if you plan to train for endurance sports/mma/competitive xfit. Not really useful for much else. edit: oops, my misread, I was thinking oxygen restriction, not having 02 at the stand by.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I know some pure oxygen is great when your hungover and hating life. I won't say it works but I'd think it would help during cardio or between sets.
I think I'll give it a try and see if it makes a difference. I'm only doing short HIT workouts, and probably can't expect too much with a weak ticker anyway. But every little bit helps.Thanks guys.
This is the product I saw the video on. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005SUEVHU/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?pc_redir=T1
I think I'll give it a try and see if it makes a difference. I'm only doing short HIT workouts, and probably can't expect too much with a weak ticker anyway. But every little bit helps.Thanks guys.
Again, I'm a trainer at a HIT facility. I had a client use oxygen post workout and she said it was not more then neat waste of money.
I have an O2 generator (two actually), so there's no extra expense, just the annoyance of moving one back and forth.
I had a client use oxygen post workout and she said it was not more then neat waste of money.
Hmmm... so PWO doesn't help. I may try it for 1/2 hr or so pre-workout and see if that makes any difference. If not, I can move one to the bench and give it a shot during a workout.It will be next week, but I'll try to post how it goes. Thanks again guys. 🙂
Well, I gave it a couple of shots. O2 generator was set at 4L per minute.The first time, I only managed about 10 mins pre-WO and 35 mins PWO. The second time, about 20 minutes pre-WO, and then 15 minutes inter-WO, none PWO.It might have helped some (given my heart condition), but certainly not as much as expected. I see no reason to recommend it for healthy folks at all.
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