does smoking pot hurt muscle gains?

[charley]

Pot doesn't make you do anything. That is what pussies say, and I am sick and tired of hearing people blame their laziness on external forces outside of their own mind and body.

That's the fu*king truth if I ever heard it........

 

[cube789]

Smoke every day, but only after I get home from work and workout. I really don't think it negatively affects gains at all, and I haven't got the munchies in years.

I think it helps to have something to look forward to and "escape" at night after a days work and workout and stress and everything. Also, of all the potential "drugs" you can do, I'm in much better shape than my alcoholic or pill popper friends and the hard core drug users like heroin look like garbage so weed isn't that bad. I could never live life completely sober all the time, honestly I couldn't handle it and would freak out at the seemingly endless cycle of bullshit that life is.

This.

 

[ripsid]

Lol.

 

[unclem]

smoking pot can give you gyno if enough over just a short period.

 

[TGB1987]

Smoking weed is much more beneficial in my opinion than Alcohol and cigarettes. Alcohol kills people. Cigarettes are proven cancer causing killers. Smoking pot is not good for your lungs but nothing you smoke is. I have never seen someone actually die from pot. Eating pot is safer and Vaporizing is great also. I have smoked pot for over 10 years. I had to quit for a year or two at different times in my life because of jobs (which really pisses me off because it is ok if you go out and get drunk but smoking pot is not allowed? ) but now I smoke very casually. Only a few puffs as needed. I don't smoke everday anymore. I use it like others use alcohol. Mainly to relax. As for Gyno, I have never gotten gyno problems from pot.

 

[REDDOG309]

My new thing is a couple of hits on the way to the gym and sitting in the sauna for 20 minutes defragging my brain, then hit the eliptical then wieght room. It seems to be working very well for my focus.

 

[Hypertrophy1]

Ya it helps me to hear my music and sop thinking about how bad running sucks!

 

[jimm]

smoking pot just makes me a lazy sack of shit..

im glad iv quit.

 

[nick52]

i smoke,i roll up in the morning, couple of hits with my test suspension, nano vapor off to the gym in the zone, but the rest of the day im good! then after, at nite ill finish it ,right now im smoking train wreck, my discipline, structure, commitment remain unaffected, if it was i wouldnt smoke at all

 

[dieseljimmy]

Ya it helps me to hear my music and sop thinking about how bad running sucks!

amen to that. extended cardio is practically impossible with out a couple pulls. And totally required for leg day.
I find it makes going real heavy uncomfortable, but I often times when half baked get my 10 reps weight 14 or 16 times. I get into a odd singularity focus where the only things that is happening is the music in my earphones and the weight moving.

The best workouts I can remember I was half baked.

 

[dieseljimmy]

The only negative thing IMO is the DHT that you get from THC.. it's best ingested rather than smoked. I workout well eating a THC protein brownie before I train! It beats narcotics if you use for pain- like I do

recipe por favor... I hope it is with oil and not butter. my dope butter is only ok. my brown oil is outstanding...

 

[gamma]

Not at all. If I can drive a school bus stoned, working out is easy.

sounds like years of practice.


LOL- that's funny shit.

Nobody really knows the answer to this scientifically, but from own ex I would say if used in moderation actually could help in life over all. But as op said everybody reacts differently and also depends on the type reefer you got some perk ya up and other drag ya down .

 

[jimm]

big zoots are good better then alcohol in my opinion... yeah i got me sum high grade shit!

 

[Hypertrophy1]

I think you guys will like this I was working this grow yesterday! This is just the veg room!

 

[NVRBDR]

Hinder muscle growth? possibly. Obviously, we all know smoking is bad for your lungs and all long term smokers lungs are black, smoking causes energy levels to be depleted from lack of oxygen in your bloodstream, in addition to lowering red blood cell count. Also, brain cells do not regenerate once they are dead. Therefore, one can convince himself as to how weed doesn't have any adverse affect on them, and have no issue believing it haha

 

[thebadfish]

Hmm as far as I'm aware weed is a vasodialator so it would allow more blood in your veins which means more o2. I know i can sail through cardio like a beast after i smoke. But i use a vaporizer so its not necessarily "smoke." I also get great pumps and focus while i workout high. Its great to use to break over mental barriers, i get high every leg day it helps so much. i find myself just going and going on my sets. I don't even count reps i just lift to failure. By far the best preworkout supp out there.

 

[Curt James]

does smoking pot hurt muscle gains?

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[Diesel618]

I'm judging the fuck out of you guys right now.

Just thought I'd let you all know that.

Pinche' potheads...they will not only disregard the overwhelming evidence suggesting it is not good for you, but they will go as far as justifying why and how it actually HELPS them and is GOOD for them...sad shit really.

 

[Hypertrophy1]

I just like smoking it and yes it makes working out not suck so bad! I don't have to justify shit! I like drugs. I have an addictive personality. Right now I'm personally addicted to getting big. I need to get big like an anorexic bitch needs to get skinny. I like change and drugs help me achieve that, be It an attitude adjustment, too fat, too tiered, too small, or even too board! Ya I have a drug problem only drugs can fix! I'm glad that you only have a "problem" (or use) only some drug I guess your reason is better than everyone else's.

 

[unclem]

i quit when my 45 yr old friend got gyno but he dont lift but i seen how bad it was and the dr told him it was from weed so i said fuck that and i quit. lol. but it dont hurt lifting in anyway, u might make more gains but i never did. i just dont want gyno bad. never got it from gear i wont get it from pot. cigs stop your growth in bbing. imo though but i never smoked but i know alot of guys tell me it flatens them out.

 

[hagan]

Id say no

 

[Hypertrophy1]

^CLAPPING^ now that is the funniest shit I have seen in a while!

 

[Hypertrophy1]

Thanks Hagan and Uncle M what's up! Heard nothing but good things about you!

 

[Diesel618]

Does Victor smoke weed? I know he got popped some years back for selling ex to an undercover. Never heard of him smoking, but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[dirtwarrior]

Arnold smoked pot

 

[PurePersian]

smoking pot can give you gyno if enough over just a short period.

Im like the persian snoop bro and I never got any gyno. I blaze up 10 or more a day brother. I got many bros who do the same. Where did you hear this my brother? (NVM BRO SAW YOUR POST IGNORE THIS UNC) Imo you wont get any gyno bro your friend who you said didnt workout, prob got gyno from eating alot and his Bf count. Muchies may have had a part in this lol.
A few jeezies before my workout. a few after never felt better pumps lmao.

 

[PurePersian]

I'm judging the fuck out of you guys right now.

Just thought I'd let you all know that.

Pinche' potheads...they will not only disregard the overwhelming evidence suggesting it is not good for you, but they will go as far as justifying why and how it actually HELPS them and is GOOD for them...sad shit really.

Bring your overwhelming evidence bro... Show me how zero people have ever died from it. How cancer and aids patients are given it because it doesn't lower immune response and caused them to eat more and lose their puking feeling from all the other drugs they have to take. tell me why bro? all you have is that smoke is bad Yeah we all know that and multiple posts say that. Eating and vaping weed is healthier then taking vitamin d pill daily. Yeah.. sorry bro read up then come hunting. didnt mean to call you out. But Im a bio chem major and have review hundreds if not thousands of medical weed finding. stuff your average googler can't read. Nothing against you brother But I dont agree. We all have our opinions.

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Hello Hightimes I saw something similar in my mag. I had to double take the pics you posted

Arnold smoked pot

Yeah He burned the house down. Said it helps muscle recovery post workout as it put your muscle in a hyper sense of relaxation. He also burned with Cheech and Chong.

 

[Curt James]

Does Victor smoke weed?

I will guess yes.

Chris Cormier would be another yes guess.

And Arnold (mentioned earlier) was quoted saying something like, "It's not a drug, it's a leaf."

 

[Curt James]

He also burned with Cheech and Chong.

Both comedians were jacked enough, too. Believe Tommy Chong took the weights pretty seriously.

 

[MaxEarn]

Varies individually. I have found Pot does affect testosterone (as well as a multitude of other biological functions) initially by lowering as much as 10-20%, but the body adapts and compensates. SO ultimately the recreational smoker suffers more from the test drop. But another factor is the immune system (the CIA of our bodies) has issues with THC and although adapts so the disadvantages are minimum; times of immune distress (sickness, increased stress, anxiety, overtraining, extreme low calorie diets, other physical issues, etc) DOES affect gains and loses much more significantly.
So I suggest, smoke if u want, and no matter what anyone says there are disadvantages, but If u keep other key factors (diet, exercise, minimum fair conditioning, etc) these will be minimum.

Other factors to consider: Genetic and environmental.