Altitude training has helped a range of people- including elite athletes like Australian cricketer Shane Watson. Shane incorporated altitiude training at the Executive Excellence Altitude Plus studio in Brisbane into his rehab process in October 2007. A contributing factor to his long injury history was a lack of general fitness- but with the demands of playing and training to both bat and bowl

By: Craig Mottram In preparation for his tilt at 5000m gold in Beijing, Craig Mottram spends a third of his year at Falls Creek -- for the altitude, the weather, the solitude . . . and the coffee. Mottram unveils his inner thoughts in this exclusive column IT IS always there. Every step I have taken in training this year the Beijing Olympics have been floating around somewhere in my mind.If it's

By: Rebecca Williams SPRINTER Eamon Sullivan has been simulating high-altitude conditions during gym sessions in a bid to improve his stamina for the Beijing Games.The 50m freestyle world record-holder has been hooked up to a machine that replicates the oxygen content at high altitude while he's on the exercise bike, treadmill or doing weights and chin-ups.Sullivan's coach Grant Stoelwinder hoped