There's a guy at the gym working out with a medical Gas Mask on??

[BBC3]

I have not seen yet. But he's apparently a common phenomenon at this gym. At first I suspected O2. Again, I have not got a chance to meet him and see what kind of tank and gas he's got hooked up. I hear he is no shrimp and there are no indications of any visible handicap.. But I'm wondering what the other possibilities are? I wonder about Nitrous Oxide? In an extremely low dose...? After all, it tends to EXCITE the function of O2 combustion with gasoline in cars. I wonder what it could do for the fire at the cellular level? Say 5-10% infusion with normal air. Anyone know what the ratio is when added to engines? Cant be very high..?

Thoughts...?

How about I sneak a pic...?! LOL... Let me check him out and meet him and I'll report back. Speak up in meanwhile if anyone can educamate me meanwhile...

 

[Seven]

You sure he has a tank attached? Or is it just one of the stupid Elevation Training Mask??

 

[stevieshredz]

Yeah the training mask. That is to stimulate training at higher altitudes.
I bet that is it.

 

[BBC3]

Well, I'm def not at high alt. I will have to ask my buddy that keeps seeing him. He's in the med field and I swear he said there was some kind of apparatus attached to it. Could be though I'll tell him to get in close before I waste my time Guesting in there.. Thx.

 

[BBC3]

Still an an interesting question presents. The relation of nitrous boosting the burn in the car engine and how a tad bit might work in the body. As far as I know, NO2 displaces O2 from the blood cell, but I still wonder how a tiny bit might perform. Still I dont even understand the reaction in gasoline combustion so let me check on that first. Could be just a boost related to petrol and not O2. Or perhaps its bonding to the CO2 or nitrogen in the air, thus raising the proportion of "active gases" from normal air intake..? Still again..!?!

No, appears to be temp related...

"
You may have read our article about how sodium chlorate acts as a way to store oxygen. You release the oxygen in sodium chlorate by heating it. It turns out that nitrous oxide (N20) works exactly the same way. When you heat nitrous oxide to about 570 degrees F (~300 C), it splits into oxygen and nitrogen. So the injection of nitrous oxide into anengine means that more oxygen is available during combustion. Because you have more oxygen, you can also inject more fuel, allowing the same engine to produce more power. Nitrous oxide is one of the simplest ways to provide a significant horsepowerboost to any gasoline engine.

Nitrous oxide has another effect that improves performance even more. When it vaporizes, nitrous oxide provides a significant cooling effect on the intake air. When you reduce the intake air temperature, you increase the air's density, and this provides even more oxygen inside the cylinder.

The only problem with nitrous oxide is that it is fairly bulky, and the engine needs a lot of it. Like any gas, it takes up a fair amount of space even when compressed into a liquid. A 5-liter engine running at 4,000 rotations per minute (rpm) consumes about 10,000 liters of air every minute (compared to about 0.2 liters ofgasoline), so it would take a tremendous amount of nitrous oxide to run a car continuously. Therefore, a carnormally carries only a few minutes of nitrous oxide, and the driver uses it very selectively by pushing a button."

Still, now gets me interested in supping O2... ?? Anyone doing this? Or heard of?

 

[jacked44]

Wasn't NO a party drug? People used to fill balloons with it and inhale it at raves. I think the law requires that all NO sold these days have a reactive agent mixed in that put a stop to that. I could be wrong though.

As for enhancing pumps while working out, I have no idea if NO would work.

 

[MindlessWork]

Yeah the training mask. That is to stimulate training at higher altitudes.
I bet that is it.

Yep I've seen someone at my gym using one of those elevation training masks. Looks like a military camo gas mask.

 

[Ozzy619]

See the problem with an elevation training mask is that you cant change the atmospheric pressure with a mere mask. All it does is strengthens your diaphram
diaphram, it makes you breath harder. Sounds like a good way to faint.

So if youre at sea level and using a gay mask, youre still at sea level buddy.

 

[MANWHORE]

I sleep with my head under a pillow and I can eat pussy for 20min without coming up for air ...

BBC your interest in the nitrous is your addict side talking ..
I am now interested in using DXM for training

 

[BBC3]

Well SHIT.. Everyone else seems to like to smoke. Can't I have my Cup-o-tea...

DAMN...!

"If Feelin good is Wrong ... ... I done wanna be righghheit....!!"

I sleep with my head under a pillow and I can eat pussy for 20min without coming up for air ...

BBC your interest in the nitrous is your addict side talking ..
I am now interested in using DXM for training

 

[Ach3r0n]

Recently, a guy at my gym showed up wearing one of the Elevation masks also. It's not the first gimmicky piece of equipment I've seen people cart in and it won't be the last.

 

[stevieshredz]

Recently, a guy at my gym showed up wearing one of the Elevation masks also. It's not the first gimmicky piece of equipment I've seen people cart in and it won't be the last.

If he is a fire fighter it does have a use.
But thats about the only case.

 

[romaleos]

The wife has an elliptical at home. For shits and giggles, I conducted an experiment using the heart rate mode and my cpap machine.

Considerable cardiovascular performance gains with the forced air than without. In conclusion, when outdoors it's best to run into the wind.

 

[DestinedForGreatness]

Yeah those elevation masks are pure bullshit. I hate when people wear them because all they are doing is making it harder to breathe so they can't work out as hard. The only benefit is maybe using them to cut weight for combat sports because I have found that they make me sweat more but that's about it.

 

[freestanding]

Really? Has nobody seen ROCKY 4!!
Just my opinion but that mask shit is a joke ,just saying

 

[Seven]

How about I sneak a pic...?! LOL... Let me check him out and meet him and I'll report back. Speak up in meanwhile if anyone can educamate me meanwhile...

I'm still waiting for the pic @BBC3

 

[ergomaniac]

See the problem with an elevation training mask is that you cant change the atmospheric pressure with a mere mask. All it does is strengthens your diaphram
diaphram, it makes you breath harder. Sounds like a good way to faint.

So if youre at sea level and using a gay mask, youre still at sea level buddy.

altitude training has little to do with atmospheric pressure. it has to with lower levels of oxygen and how the body adapts to it. the practice of training or sleeping in an altitude tent was so effective it was almost banned by wada. sounds kinda interesting if you ask me.
I read an article or two that the masks in question are of little use.

 

[Ozzy619]

altitude training has little to do with atmospheric pressure. it has to with lower levels of oxygen and how the body adapts to it. the practice of training or sleeping in an altitude tent was so effective it was almost banned by wada. sounds kinda interesting if you ask me.
I read an article or two that the masks in question are of little use.

Lol you just said that altitude training has little to do with atmospheric pressure, but deals with lower levels of oxygen and how the body adapts to it.

Have you ever climbed a mountain and had a hard time breating? And those tents you speak of, guess what, a change in altitude is a change in atmoshperic pressure. So once again, those maske are gay and pointless.

"the fall in atmospheric pressure at higher altitude decreases the partial pressure of inspired oxygen and hence the driving pressure for gas exchange in the lungs. Atmospheric pressure and inspired oxygen pressure fall roughly linearly with altitude to be 50% of the sea level value at 5500 m and only 30% of the sea level value at 8900 m (the height of the summit of Everest). A fall in inspired oxygen pressure reduces the driving pressure for gas exchange in the lungs and in turn produces a cascade of effects right down to the level of the mitochondria, the final destination of the oxygen."

 

[ergomaniac]

Lol you just said that altitude training has little to do with atmospheric pressure, but deals with lower levels of oxygen and how the body adapts to it.

Have you ever climbed a mountain and had a hard time breating? And those tents you speak of, guess what, a change in altitude is a change in atmoshperic pressure. So once again, those maske are gay and pointless.

"the fall in atmospheric pressure at higher altitude decreases the partial pressure of inspired oxygen and hence the driving pressure for gas exchange in the lungs. Atmospheric pressure and inspired oxygen pressure fall roughly linearly with altitude to be 50% of the sea level value at 5500 m and only 30% of the sea level value at 8900 m (the height of the summit of Everest). A fall in inspired oxygen pressure reduces the driving pressure for gas exchange in the lungs and in turn produces a cascade of effects right down to the level of the mitochondria, the final destination of the oxygen."

I climb mountains all the time bro.
altitude tents are used at sea level, and work because there is less oxygen. so you dont actually have to climb mountains.
I dont know what training at a just a lower atmospheric pressure does. apparently you do.