Essendon Football Club will embark on its high altitude training camp powered by Antler to Boulder, Colorado on Saturday morning.

A select group of players and officials will head to Boulder to under take the high intensity 15-day training camp.

Led by captain Jobe Watson the players will work closely with assistant coaches and high performance staff at the grueling camp in altered conditions.

The group will participate in a hike up the Green Mountain and through the Rockies as well as running and skills training.

Captain Jobe Watson said the player group was excited to be heading back to Boulder.

“The club has invested in the playing group again which I think is really important and we are excited to get back there,” Watson said.

“With the lack of oxygen in the air your body acclimatizes to being able to train at a higher altitude.”

“It was only a group of ten last year but we formed a really close bond and we were able to push each other through that and it is great we are taking a larger group this year.”

High Performance Manager Justin Crow said the camp was an important part of the club’s pre-season training campaign.

“The group that went last year saw really good results so we are excited to be taking a bigger group away on this occasion,” Crow said.

“By going to altitude our players get more air in their lungs for the same amount of running effort so we get more endurance style training to build a base for the rest of the year.”

“The other thing we get by being over there is the players get to really concentrate on their training in that elite training setting.”

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Players attending the camp

Mark Baguley

Tom Bellchambers

Alex Browne

Jake Carlisle

Travis Colyer

Cory Dell’Olio

Courtenay Dempsey

Brendon Goddard

Kyle Hardingham

Dyson Heppell

Michael Hibberd

Heath Hocking

Cale Hooker

Ben Howlett

Michael Hurley

Leroy Jetta

Nick Kommer

Jake Melksham

David Myers

Tayte Pears

Patrick Ryder

Ariel Steinberg

Dylan Van Unen

Jobe Watson

David Zaharakis