Review: Altitude Gym

I haven't been visiting new studios.

In the past, I'd have a new post for my post tag every other day. Now, it's almost one per two weeks. It is mainly because I have a setlist of favourite go-to studios now. Which reminds me, I probably should do a re-review of all my studios.

But to come back to topic, here's my newest find; Altitude Gym. I was highly piqued by this because a chance search at work led me to the mountaineering profiles of Bear Grylls and Edmund Hillary.

And so, as if my faraway dream of booking my AFF course wasn't unattainable enough, I decided to add mountain summiting into my bucket list. It makes sense right. If I can get through my AFF, I can do about 100 more skydives (fingers crossed) and eventually go into my BASE.

Then I can BASE off every other thing I climb WOOHOO.

So anyway, to make my impossible improbable, I decided to try this studio because they supposedly stimulate the oxygen levels at mountain peaks. Altitude training isn't a new concept for me, but I've never tried it. And since a slot for altitude yoga opened up, I decided to take it.



It is safe to say that I've never been more bored in my life.

The yoga teacher wasn't a qualified. I base that on a guess, but I'm pretty sure I can stand by it. She didn't have the easy distinction of all the other yoga instructors I had. Her instructions were unclear and her choreography ungraceful.

In fact, it felt as if she was a personal trainer there as opposed to a yoga instructor. Most of her moves were endurance based and twisty in a cardioesque fashion. I did not enjoy it. It is not yoga. Save the sun salutation, everything else was just messy.

But I kept my mouth shut and did everything as best as I could to her instructions. So since I couldn't change my routine, I decided to train my breathing.

The air felt slightly thin, but I know I'm easily influenced by pre-reading lol so it could be because I imagined it to be thin. Breathing was still easy, but that's because the class wasn't fast paced. If I took TRX, I'm sure I'll feel the deprivation at full blast.

After I left the class, I was told by the receptionist that the room was at 14% oxygen, 1/3 of the usual Singapore oxygen percent. It certainly didn't feel that way, but it could be because I took the least intensive class they had. I'll come back to try the TRX/ running and update my verdict then.

But in the meantime, steer clear of this place's yoga.