Hey guys. So over the last couple of months I have started smoking before working out. I have found a huge increase in cardio since starting. Anyome else have any luck with this? Any stories to share? Sent from my SM-N960U using Grasscity Forum mobile app
While Im old now, I still workout at a high level. Though I have my limits. When I used to run races in the 80s, I would quit weed for months at a time, and my times would always get better, when I didn't smoke. Smoking also made me less tolerant to pain, and made me give up easier. 1 time my mile time went down almost 1 minute in a month of not smoking. 5:30 mile, to a 4:40. I was training for the Dayton Daily News River Run II 8.6 miler in 1980. Ran a 46:33. Derrek Rose won in 41:09. He was also world record holder in the half marathon. 1:02:36 Did I ever smoke before lifting, and running?? Yep, all the time, but I also know that when I would quit for an extended period, my times got faster. I would also work the high off after a while, if I exercised long enough. Lifts also got better. Recuperation was better. Always kept my heart rate elevated at rest. Probably 10 beats. When I didint smoke my heart rate would go down to 39bpm. High 40s, low 50s when I smoked.
See, i can lift more and run longer when high. I take more pain if i smoke first. I dont even like to workout without smoking at this point. Its interesting how everyone differs thanks for sharing. Sent from my SM-N960U using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I’m high 24/7 walk/jog 3-6 miles a day, 100 pushups a day, and have a physical job. 41 years old and I run circles around co workers even multitasking.
I don't really do it. Largely because if I get stoned...I don't want to go in the first place. I've done it before. Edibles end it before it's even begun. Cant concentrate or keep any kind of pace. Joint/vape before...if I can just rock a moderate high, yes I do see that cardio rates tend to go up...though the weights seem like heavier/harder to use. Probably psychological.
Yeah I feel it's easier to ignore the pain when doing cardio when high. Weed gives me more willpower. It also helps me with isolation exercises as it gives me a stronger mind-muscle connection.
As a decades old occasional smoker, in winter I consume before skiing recreational moguls and am exceptionally smooth and efficient when high although that does not relate to strength and endurance.