Hansi Flick has implemented the use of Hypoxia at Barça. Hypoxia is a formula that helps the muscle recovers faster and improves the circulation of blood. The German coach also used Hypoxia during his period in Bayern. — @mundodeportivo

by jlarz56

11 comments
  1. Isn’t Hypoxia the name of a condition? They probably just mean that he’s doing more preventative measures for it than most managers? Unless they named the formula the same as the condition.

  2. Please don’t tell me the club has never used this before. I seriously wonder wtf they were doing for recovery sessions before Hansi Flick became a coach—jogging, stretching, massage? There’s a lot of technology available in today’s world that can help players recover faster. I’m very very disappointing that the club or the previous coach didn’t capitalize on it.

  3. You mean oxygen therapy, hypoxia is the condition that is the opposite of muscle/cell growth.

  4. I don’t know if what they’re doing is hypoxia treatment, but it is a thing. You’re not adding oxygen, you’re inhaling air with a lower oxygen saturation, effectively starving your cells of oxygen. The body’s response is to release molecules that can help rebuild tissue, effectively recovering faster.

    A Nobel prize was awarded a few years ago for the technique on cells, but not a lot of studies have been done yet on actual humans. Theoretically it could work though.

  5. This was already in use by the club. The mundo deportivo article even mentions it was already in use with Xavi

  6. The future of football training is here! Hypoxia, Al-powered analysis… what’s next?

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