Thread: Marijuana and Bodybuilding: The Truth

Originally Posted by PanterA

Well have you heard the phrase zone out? Sometimes smokers do this... They just zone out, lol. Well for me and a lot of guys I like to reffer to it as zone in. Doesn't matter what you're doing, all your focus and concentration will pour into it. There's honestly some truth to it. But affects people differently blah blah blah...

My stepdad who has never smoked actually defended me on this one time. He's a musician and he told my Mom when I was about 15, who hates pot with a passion, "no he's right. I have seen this with guys I have played with before."

i used to smoke weed on daily basis i would wake up and smoke b4 i pissed as soon as i started to lose my high i would smoke again, I know all the affects of smoking, and yes their is plenty truth to this Zone that you get But these guys spend hours at the gym daily and have bairly put on mucle and shredded a little bf. For someone who eats right drinks the protien shakes and shit its disaapointing i told them to cut back but they dont listen lol. I think the low test thing is correct on weed i wouldnt be suprised at all

I've been drug free for a little while now, but i can definitely say that smoking before my workout (usually also having some caffeine or pre-workout which i do whether i smoke or not) really helps to clear my mind and focus only on the task at hand and the muscles i'm working. I truly feel like i get a better mind-muscle connection if i blaze a little before i hit the gym. I'd explain it as such - being a little high simplifies the way i'm thinking, i.e. if i'm watching tv im focused only watching tv, if i'm drawing i'm focused only on my drawing, if i'm lifting i'm able to focus only on lifting and can more clearly feel the muscles working.

Much more-so than the effect pre-workout however is the obvious effect of increased appetite from smoking weed. during a bulk i often find it difficult to force a meal down every 3 hours, especially if my appetite is a little decreased from running orals or something which happens to me a bit. smoking a little bowl instantly cures any nausea or lack of appetite and I'm able to eat what i need to when i need to.

As i said when I started my post, I'm currently drug free and doing really well with it and with my training. I'm in better shape than just about any before and i'm currently off cycle (about to start up). In no way do i feel like I need weed to train, eat, or succeed in my goals in bodybuilding, but it's far from the negative effects that plenty of legal alternatives have on training.

Originally Posted by sofargone561

i used to smoke weed on daily basis i would wake up and smoke b4 i pissed as soon as i started to lose my high i would smoke again, I know all the affects of smoking, and yes their is plenty truth to this Zone that you get But these guys spend hours at the gym daily and have bairly put on mucle and shredded a little bf. For someone who eats right drinks the protien shakes and shit its disaapointing i told them to cut back but they dont listen lol. I think the low test thing is correct on weed i wouldnt be suprised at all

I was never able to find anything to fully support the test/estrogen levels with weed. I read an intersteing report showing exactly why that theory started and made perfect sense on paper, but there was no proof according to this study. IDK but I inject my test and use e control so I couldn't care less, lol.

Very old post, but when i saw the thread i read the first page and this cracked me up...

Originally Posted by QuestionGuy

ok, so go "experiment" with some heroin and come back and tell us how it is than ok ??? and whike you are at it go try some Acid Proven to be one of the safest recreational drugs in existence, psp a hand-held video game system, lsd (acid, as you mentioned two words ago) etc... and come back and report, " there is nothing dumb" with that (probably shouldn't challenge intelligence with a post displaying lack of any knowledge on the subject at hand)

Originally Posted by PanterA

I was never able to find anything to fully support the test/estrogen levels with weed. I read an intersteing report showing exactly why that theory started and made perfect sense on paper, but there was no proof according to this study. IDK but I inject my test and use e control so I couldn't care less, lol.

^this^ .. and the common myth about the phyto-estrogens in cannabis has been shown to be untrue because they aren't biologically active in humans. in a way it may actually block some real estrogen from receptors but this is complete bro-science on my part

Sorry guys, but this thread is lame as fuck. Smoking and working out just don't mix for me. Some guys love it, not me. Maybe I need to give it a chance, but I smoke to relax and enjoy my time at home AFTER a work out.

Smoke and get icey's and bj's!

Originally Posted by 240PLUS

Sorry guys, but this thread is lame as fuck. Smoking and working out just don't mix for me. Some guys love it, not me. Maybe I need to give it a chance, but I smoke to relax and enjoy my time at home AFTER a work out.

That's what I do too. I used to smoke all day for yrs. But just smoking at the end of the day when everything in life has been taken care of, is much more relaxing and enjoyable.

Originally Posted by PanterA

That's what I do too. I used to smoke all day for yrs. But just smoking at the end of the day when everything in life has been taken care of, is much more relaxing and enjoyable.

I've found that weed gets better and better with age. Being 33 now, there is a time and place for my herb and it isn't when I smash weights.

smoke on the night before your off day