Smoking!!?

[SubZ]

um just a question. When trying to gain mass and pack on muscle dose smoking effect this in anyway??

[Big_J]

Smoking, Drinking, Roids = 17 year old trying to gain muscle (and a healthy body)?? Joke

[Mike Zero]

Yes, it does.

It suppresses your appetite and that's the last thing you need when you're trying to cram down a lot of food.

[Flex]

Smoking, Drinking, Roids = 17 year old trying to gain muscle (and a healthy body)?? Joke

Sounds like a teenager trying to get back at their personal training father.

[Paul]

Smoking rules dude gets you in the fat burning zone a lot easier f***s with your carddiovascular system real good great idea. :roll:

[MasterTel]

Don't they reckon that smoking stunts your growth?

Assuming that applies to affecting your height and not your ability to grow muscle, surely a 100kg bodybuilder would look much "bigger" when they are 5'8" tall instead of being 6'2"? :pfft:

[SubZ]

Smoking, Drinking, Roids = 17 year old trying to gain muscle (and a healthy body)?? Joke

um i dont drink, only on the odd special ocasion. and i dont take roids was just thinking about it and now i have a better understanding of them.

well i think that now i no this it might give me the will power to quit

[Pseudonym]

Good idea, man. Believe me, when you're doing a set of heavy squats, you want your lungs to hold as much oxygen as they possibly can.

Besides, food tastes better once you've quit, I'm told. That in itself would be enough reason for me! =P~

[ohjoshua]

what about the good stuff???

A friend of mine smokes 5-10 joints a week... would this affect his training?

[Mike Zero]

Yeah, 'a friend' :pfft:

I read somewhere it does, I think it's something about affecting the CNS.

[Marcus]

Apparently the good stuff also raises estrogen levels.

[NZPT]

smoking in general lowers the level at which oxygen can be transported and diffused to the muscle, this for you that dont no is required to make ATP which is the power behind muscle contraction. so less ability to do this =less potental power=less strength gains.

weed has the same effects on the respitory system as above but also can lower your sperm count and a regular user will have suppressed testosterone product, this is bad news when it comes to training as test is your primary building hormone so in short YES it will affect his training in more then one way.

they are illegal drugs for a reason as they have adverse effects that come with there use

NZPT

[Cammo]

Here's a good article on pot & bodybuilding.

http://www.illpumpyouup.com/articles/ma ... ilding.htm

[ohjoshua]

Here's a good article on pot & bodybuilding.

http://www.illpumpyouup.com/articles/ma ... ilding.htm

cheers for the link Cammo....

what are you doing reading that any way??? :pfft:

[2guns]

A friend of mine smokes 5-10 joints a week... would this affect his training?

well what does he look and train like??

[Cammo]

Here's a good article on pot & bodybuilding.

http://www.illpumpyouup.com/articles/ma ... ilding.htm

cheers for the link Cammo....

what are you doing reading that any way??? :pfft:

I just did what any intellegent person would've done - did a google for "marijuana and bodybuilding" :pfft:

I haven't had a smoke (legal or illegal) for many, many years.