pig-monkey.com - ecuadorhttps://pig-monkey.com/2018-11-15T20:12:42-08:00Last month I mountain biked Cotopaxi.2018-11-15T00:00:00-08:002018-11-15T20:12:42-08:00Pig Monkeytag:pig-monkey.com,2018-11-15:/2018/11/cotopaxi/<p>I mounted the saddle at 15,000 feet. Thin air for pushing pedals – everything feels like uphill, until it is, then it feels like something worse – but I like to think it might have prepared me somewhat for the oxygen deprivation of my recent <a href="/2018/11/respirator-considerations/">respirator trials</a>. Integrating some sort of …</p><p>I mounted the saddle at 15,000 feet. Thin air for pushing pedals – everything feels like uphill, until it is, then it feels like something worse – but I like to think it might have prepared me somewhat for the oxygen deprivation of my recent <a href="/2018/11/respirator-considerations/">respirator trials</a>. Integrating some sort of hypoxic training into a PT regime may be worth considering.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmonkey/45901807761/in/dateposted/" title="Cotopaxi"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4831/45901807761_634d54b656_c.jpg" width="800" height="450" alt="Cotopaxi"></a></p>