Purpose: This literature review investigates the effects of altitude on sea level performance. Methods: Studies that were investigated looked at changes in physiological values that can improve performance at sea level after an altitude camp. The camp needed to be >3 weeks and at an altitude of >2100 meters. Eight original studies were included. Results: Totally five studies found an improvement in sea level performance, where the improvements varied from 1.1-4.7%. Four out of six studies had Vo2max values included and found an increase of 1.1-7.3%. Seven out of eight studies found an increase in haemoglobin mass. Conclusion: Based on the main findings from the articles, altitude training possibly increases sea-level performance to a certain extent.
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