Smart Ride O₂ is one of the premier innovations in the cardiovascular training space. Professional athletes regularly train at altitude for enhanced fitness benefits, but thanks to Live O₂ technology, we’re eliminating the long trip to the mountains so you can train at altitude without leaving your neighborhood.
But that’s not all Smart Ride O₂ does. In addition to simulating altitude, Smart Ride O₂ can also produce an enhanced oxygen state which has a range of benefits for our clients.
Let’s break down the mechanics and discuss how Live O₂ works plus the benefits of Smart Ride O₂ oxygen therapy training for your body - and your mind.
What is Smart Ride O₂?
The first question we need to address is how the protocol works. Understanding how Smart Ride O₂ is unique is the key to unlocking the benefits of oxygen-enhanced cardio training.
Smart Ride O₂ is an oxygen training protocol that combines 90% concentration with 14% O₂ deprivation sets. Utilizing these two states strategically to target and improve your cardiovascular capabilities has a range of benefits including greater energy output, higher fat burn rates, and improved cognition.
When used regularly, Smart Ride O₂ training protocols can greatly boost metrics like VO₂ max, metabolism, and average watts/kg on the bike. We measure all that and more with our in-studio LongevityCheck and track it on our next gen Smart Fit Method app. Not a member yet? Sign up for your free consultation to check out all the things our tech can do to enhance your training - and your life.
How Smart Ride O₂ works
Here’s how we use Smart Ride O₂ in our studios to enhance cardio sessions.
Smart Ride O₂ comes equipped in every Smart Fit Method studio. Riders put on their personal oxygen masks before the endurance ride and toggle between the oxygen-rich state and the oxygen-deprived state at set intervals, producing an effect that enhances the body’s ability to uptake oxygen into the cells.
We’ll discuss the benefits of this incredible protocol after we spend time defining an additional term - EWOT.
What is EWOT?
You may hear this term used in fitness and longevity spaces, but it isn’t difficult to understand.
EWOT or exercise with oxygen therapy is a training protocol that enhances the effect of cardiovascular exercise. The protocol combines an oxygen-rich state with an oxygen-deprivation state to create an exercise stimulus that greatly boosts the body's capability of taking in and processing oxygen.
Altitude training has long been accepted in the world of endurance sports as a way to boost natural athletic abilities. It’s the legal version of “doping” in the cycling world, where athletes inject EPO to boost their red blood cell count. Altitude training naturally stimulates production of EPO in the body.
And while injecting EPO is banned by UCI, making your own hormones with Smart Ride O₂ is legal, natural, and totally non-invasive!
Benefits of EWOT
The benefits of EWOT on Smart Ride O₂ cannot be overstated. They are critical to improving our health and fitness as we age and will help ensure we stay healthier for longer.
Here is a list of some of the widely recognized benefits of EWOT training.
Increased brain function
lower heart rate
greater energy
higher fat burn rate
Improved immune response
Improving memory with oxygen training
One of the most important benefits of training with oxygen is being able to improve the function of your brain. The single most powerful item in our preventive tool kit is exercise, which has a two-pronged impact on Alzheimer’s disease risk: it helps maintain glucose homeostasis, and it improves the health of our vasculature.”
The effect of improving memory with oxygen training was reported and studied by Live O₂, and their findings suggest that Smart Ride O₂ could be critical to maintaining cognitive abilities as we age.
The primary mechanism of this effect is the increased red blood cell count in your body as well as the greater amount of oxygen carried by those cells. Having an oxygen-enriched red blood cell population has enormous benefits for your cognitive abilities. Clients self-report a decrease in brain fog and an improvement in their memories.
Benefits of using oxygen during training
Training with oxygen therapy will improve energy levels on and off the bike.
On Smart Ride O₂, clients can work harder for longer and keep their heart rates lower. Clients essentially “over-perform” for their skill level with the boost O₂ therapy gives them. This enhances their base level fat burn and their calorie burn during exercise. Riders who regularly complete Smart Ride O₂ also have an easier time keeping unwanted fat off.
Training with oxygen therapy for recovery
Since recovery from exercise is one of the primary health markers measured in our Smart LongevityCheck, you can understand why we put so much emphasis on recovery in our studios. Having a greater ability to work harder for longer and recover heart rate more quickly gives you an edge in improving your cardiovascular health.
Interested in trying Smart Ride O₂ training for yourself? Book a free consult and discuss with our trainers how you can get started riding daily for just $99 per month.
