Airofit is changing the game on performance in cycling with their SMART respiratory training system.
It’s no secret that majority of the riders in the professional peloton are using Airofit’s SMART respiratory training system to improve their vital lung capacity, breathing control, and overall breathing efficiency. The device first started circulating in the pro peloton sometime in 2020, as many riders started posting this new training system on their Instagram stories and social profiles. Because Airofit’s respiratory trainer is a smart device that connects to a mobile app, it provides real time feedback on both inspiratory and expiratory force, similar to how a power meter displays the watts being applied to the pedals on a bicycle.
As we started to keep track of which pro riders were posting the results of their Airofit training sessions on their stories, we noticed a pretty concrete trend. Athletes who are in top form, who take advantage of a 3-5% increase in respiratory efficiency take a huge advantage over their competitors. We first saw Michael Matthews completely transform his climbing ability, much of which he’s credited to better breathing, then Kasper Asgren’s team mates making a bit of fun of him as he was huffing and puffing on the device just minutes before he took the start line of the Tour of Flanders, where he beat MVDP in a head to head sprint to win one of the biggest one day classics in the world. This was what really caught our attention, and the list of these same stories continued to build.
Perhaps the most interesting component of this trend of riders using Airofit and transforming their performances is that this is happening at the highest level of sport. We all saw Vincenzo Nibali post the Airofit training just days before he won the Tour of Sicily, his first win in over 2 years. Quinn Simmons posted his massive 10.7 L lung capacity test results, just days before he won the Tour of Wallonie. The riders say that the device not only improves their lung capacity, but also teaches them how to control their respiratory system during hard moments of races. This control aspect alone can be the difference between winning and losing in sport, at all levels. It’s also known now that many of the team doctors in the World Tour are recommending this device to all of their athletes.
So how does the Airofit system work?
In a gym the weights dictate the level of resistance or load that your applying to each muscle throughout an activity, and in cycling athletes use a power meter to display the amount of Watts being produced to the pedals. The Airofit PRO is effectively a respiratory training device that provides resistance for it’s users like the weights in the gym, or the road on a bicycle. The mobile application displays in real time the level of force being produced both pushing the air out, and pulling it back into the lungs. This smart training system means that athletes can do the structured workouts inside the Airofit app to build towards goals like increased vo2, or control. Airofit Pro is truly the first product of it’s kind, and the type of information it can provide to an athlete is absolutely incredible, so incredible that team doctors from organizations like Trek Segafredo, Movistar, Jumbo, and many others recommend this product to all of their riders. From a coaching standpoint, a coach can monitor the efficiency of their athletes lungs on a daily basis, track trends over a period of time, and even monitor fatigue.
The new Airofit mobile app has built in progressive training programs for athletes in specific sports. For example, if you’re a cyclist then you’d want to do the cyclist training program, where as a football player would opt for the program designed to help athletes who do football. This system allows athletes to intuitively build the breathing abilities that they need to perform better in their respective sports.
One thing is for sure, breath training is the future for high performance athletes, and Airofit is clearly leading the charge with their Airofit Pro Smart Trainer, and Airofit Active device. The training system is now available in most of the world. This article is not sponsored by Airofit, but you can purchase one on their website if you are interested in doing so. www.airofit.com
Update – June 3, 2022
Airofit has been kind enough to offer Pro Tour Cycling readers and exclusive discount which can be found at the link below