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See also =Tapering and Altitude Training for Sea Level Competition=When using [[Practical TaperingAltitude Training]] and such as [[Tapering TipsIntermittent Hypoxic Exposure]] Tapering to improve sea level performance, the general advice is the reduction in to terminate training a 4-7 days before a competition. Tapering can produce significant gains in performanceHowever, and this is part of most training plans. However, there are various approaches that can be taken based on the variables on intensity, volume and frequencyanecdotal evidence rather than scientific study. == The Experiment of One =Tapering and High Altitude Competition=The studies of tapering indicate a high level of individual variability [Altitude acclimatization generally takes 1]. This variation is as wide as 8.9% improvement to -2.3% reduction in measured performance. This may be variation from individual to individualweeks, but it seems to me that it may also depend on the specifics of the overall training plan. Consider two marathon runners; one is building up their weekly long run with 4 weeks as 14, 16, 18, 20, while the other has been doing 20 miles runs for several monthsrecommended minimum to achieve benefits. It seems reasonable is commonly advised that the two runners would require different tapers. The runner who has been quickly building up their long run distance is likely to have more muscle damage as the body will have had little if you can't arrive in time to adjust acclimate to the distance. What does this mean altitude, it's best to you? It means you may have to experiment with differing tapers, or arrive at least consider different approaches. == General Observations on Tapering ==There is some debate over how much of the benefit of tapering is a short term boost due altitude as close to the extra rest, and how much is a result time of a better approach to trainingcompetition as possible. It has been suggested that the ideal taper might also be an ideal training plan.Tapering This is a balance between recovery and detraining. Too much stress based on the body will reduce race performance, but too little stress will result in detraining. Detraining can occur in the time period of many tapers, therefore it is critical mistaken belief that training stress there is correctly applied. == Psychological effects a period of tapering ==Tapering has some strange and unexpected effects. You would think that lowering your training would leave you feeling great, with boundless energy and enthusiasm. For most peoplenegative impact from a short period at altitude, but the opposite is true. We feel sluggish, lethargic evidence contradicts this and slow. New aches and pains suddenly appear and we can feel like a simple walk is hard work. This can lead it's best to fear that our fitness has disappearedarrive as early as possible, or even if that we have 's only a strange new illnessday or two before the competition. In realityHowever, I suspect this competing at altitude without doing some type of [[Altitude Training]] is just the fact that our bodies foolish, as [[Intermittent Hypoxic Exposure]] systems such as [[AltoLab]] are used cheap and easy to a higher level of training stress and the lower levels feel strangeuse. It may =See also be higher levels =* [[Golden Rule of glycogen in the muscles which make our legs feel heavy. Whatever the explanation, for most of us tapering is not the nirvana we would like. Tapering]]* [[Practical Tapering]]* [[Tapering Tips]]* [[Three Phase Taper]] * [[Carbohydrate Loading]]* [1[Taper Psychosis]] = References =<references><ref name="Effects of Tapering on Performance: A Meta-Analysis">Effects of Tapering on Performance: A Meta-Analysis : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise [http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2007&issue=08000&article=00019&type=abstract </ref http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2007&issue=08000&article=00019&type=abstract]</ref></references>