With the invention of the HYPOXI Method, sports scientist Dr. Norbert Egger established a completely new category of body shaping. After earning his doctorate at the University of Salzburg, he furthered his expertise with extensive additional training in rehabilitation and health training. In 1983, he founded the first fitness and health studio for women in Austria, located in Salzburg.

Over the years, however, he observed that many women were unable to get rid of their problem areas, neither through intensive training nor through any kind of dietary change. As a sports scientist, he knew that fat is primarily broken down where the tissue is well supplied with blood and is burned primarily through exercise.

He already used targeted blood circulation-enhancing measures, such as cupping therapy and compression massages, in his studio for skin tightening. Based on these insights, he now focused his efforts entirely on developing training equipment that combines blood circulation-enhancing measures with exercise. He deployed the first prototype of a HYPOXI device in 1997 with results that were extremely surprising – even to him. For the first time in history, pressure therapy was combined with simultaneous fat-burning training: the birth of the HYPOXI Method and a completely new impetus for the body shaping industry!

Initially, he and a small but dedicated team developed a pressure-resistant device that sealed tightly around the body while still allowing enough freedom of movement for a real workout. The now mass-produced HYPOXI Training device was THE innovation at international fitness and beauty trade shows.

The egg-shaped pressure chamber, in which problem areas are "put under pressure" during ergometer training, captivated the entire industry.

In 1998, Dr. Egger founded Hypoxi Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH, the first company in the fitness industry to focus on targeted body shaping. Through consistent development and the now globally unique HYPOXI Method, Norbert Egger achieved international success. Today, HYPOXI operates in over 50 countries worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of people have benefited from Egger's vision, and he personally guided the company until 2006. He passed away in April 2008 at the age of only 50.

Subsequently, his long-time friend, fellow student and co-developer Bernd Eckerstorfer, together with an international team of competent and passionate employees, managed the company entirely in the spirit of the founder.

Uwe Hintringer has been managing the company as managing partner since 2021.