Altitude Athletic is a cutting-edge altitude training facility in downtown Toronto that will soon open as Canada's first publicly accessible altitude training gym and the largest of its kind in the world. The gym is set to be a new destination for people to put their endurance to the test without having to leave the confines of the city.
Members will train within a reduced oxygen room to improve their V02 max, which is an essential part of preparing for to reach a tall mountain summit.
Some of the classes offered at Altitude Athletic include Altitude Spin for a next-level indoor cycling experience, Altitude Spin Endurance, which simulates what it feels like to be at 9,000 feet, as well as Altitude Run and Climber Conditioning.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Altitude Training
- The rise of high-altitude gyms offering altitude training classes for athletes and fitness enthusiasts provides disruptive innovation opportunities for the fitness and sports industries.
- Indoor Cycling Experience
- With the launch of Altitude Spin, high-altitude gyms are providing a unique and innovative indoor cycling experience which presents opportunities for the fitness industry to enhance its cycling classes.
- Reduced Oxygen Training
- The integration of reduced oxygen rooms in high-altitude gyms could disrupt the traditional training methods in the fitness industry and present opportunities for new training techniques and gear.
Where This Applies
- Fitness
- The opening of high-altitude gyms represents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the fitness industry to provide a new range of classes and training techniques to its customers.
- Sports
- High-altitude training is an important aspect of several sports such as mountaineering and endurance sports, and the rise of high-altitude gyms provides opportunities for the sports industry to enhance training facilities and techniques.
- Tourism and Hospitality
- High-altitude gyms could be seen as a new attraction for tourists who are interested in fitness and could become a disruptor to the traditional tourism and hospitality industry.
