Training or competing at altitude poses unique challenges beyond those at sea level. With less oxygen available, your body works harder to deliver oxygen to muscles, maintain output, and recover. Previously, preparation required living at an elevation or using costly tools. Targeted supplementation like Altitude Performance Research offers a practical solution. Altitude PR addresses core altitude limitations: oxygen efficiency, delivery, fatigue resistance, and recovery, focusing on systems most affected by low oxygen.
Here’s how each ingredient supports performance where it matters most
Cordyceps Mushroom Extract
What it does: Supports cellular energy production and oxygen utilization
Impact on performance: Improves aerobic efficiency and endurance
Why it matters at altitude: Helps the body function with less available oxygen
Cordyceps has been studied for its ability to improve the body's oxygen use efficiency during exercise. It supports ATP production, which fuels muscular output, and has been linked to improvements in VO2 max. At altitude, where oxygen is limited, efficiency is everything. Cordyceps helps your body extract more usable energy from every breath, making it a foundational ingredient in the formula.
L-Glutamine
What it does: Supports recovery and immune function
Impact on performance: Aids in muscle repair and reduces recovery time
Why it matters at altitude: Helps offset increased physical stress and fatigue
L-glutamine plays a key role in recovery and immune support, both of which can be taxed at altitude. As physical stress increases and recovery becomes more demanding, glutamine helps support the body’s ability to repair and adapt between efforts. This is especially relevant during multi-day exposure to elevation, where recovery becomes a limiting factor.
Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract
What it does: Supports circulation and cognitive function
Impact on performance: May improve blood flow and mental clarity
Why it matters at altitude: Helps maintain focus and circulation under reduced oxygen conditions
Ginkgo biloba has been studied for its effects on circulation and cognitive performance. At altitude, where both oxygen delivery and mental clarity can decline, this becomes more relevant. Supporting blood flow and cognitive function can help maintain performance, especially during prolonged efforts or in technical environments.
Rhodiola Rosea
What it does: Acts as an adaptogen to reduce physical and mental fatigue
Impact on performance: Improves endurance and lowers perceived exertion
Why it matters at altitude: Helps the body adapt to environmental stress
Altitude places a unique stress on the body, both physically and neurologically. Rhodiola helps regulate that stress response. Research shows it can reduce fatigue and improve endurance capacity, especially under demanding conditions. It also supports mental clarity, which often declines at elevation and can affect critical decision-making in the mountains or on race day.
Creatine Monohydrate
What it does: Supports cellular energy production
Impact on performance: Improves strength, power, and recovery
Why it matters at altitude: Helps maintain output when energy availability is limited
Creatine supports ATP production, which fuels muscular output. While it’s often associated with strength and power, it also plays a role in overall energy availability. At altitude, where energy production is less efficient, creatine helps maintain performance during higher-output efforts and supports recovery between them.
Ashwagandha Root Extract
What it does: Helps regulate stress and support recovery
Impact on performance: Improves recovery, sleep quality, and resilience
Why it matters at altitude: Supports adaptation to sustained physical and environmental stress
Ashwagandha is an adaptogen known for its role in regulating stress and supporting recovery. Altitude places continuous strain on the body, and sleep is often disrupted. Supporting recovery and stress response helps maintain performance over multiple days at elevation.
How the Formula Works Together
Altitude PR isn’t built around a single mechanism—it’s built around a system meant to work together. Each ingredient supports a different piece of performance at elevation:
Oxygen efficiency: Cordyceps
Circulation and cognitive support: Ginkgo biloba
Stress and fatigue response: Rhodiola, Ashwagandha
Energy production: Creatine
Recovery and resilience: L-glutamine
Altitude PR is a two-part AM/PM supplement system designed to support how the body performs, adapts, and recovers in low-oxygen environments. Individually, each ingredient plays a role. Together, they create a more complete response to the demands of altitude, supporting oxygen use, stress response, and recovery between efforts.
