The Army's Special Forces units still use the area for high-altitude training.

If you are heading off trekking, consider breakfast on the 8th floor a form of high-altitude training.

This hilly terrain and the high altitude makes the area great for high-altitude athletic training.

The high-altitude training represents some risk - will it help or hinder?

Every year, many Chinese and international athletes come to Kunming for high-altitude training.

The area is used by local and foreign athletes for high-altitude training.

"We're going to do some high-altitude training, and she's going to build into this gradually," he said.

Early studies showing the benefits of high-altitude training are now considered suspect by some sports physiologists.

But the Chinese swimmers and runners share a common philosophy in stressing the importance of high-altitude training.

Part of the training program was high-altitude training.