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Marijuana was pivotal to me being able to live a life of daily exercise. I dropped 140lbs and run a daily 8k on trails from being extremely obese in the span of

Marijuana was pivotal to me being able to live a life of daily exercise. I dropped 140lbs and run a daily 8k on trails from being extremely obese in the span of 2 years. If it is legal for you to try it I highly recommend it for its ability to help you push through mental blocks and it's appreciable aid in recovery.

bonestamp2 6y ago
What was your cannabis regimen? Smoke, edibles, what strain, how much, how often?
- mckirk 6y ago
  Honestly, I love the fact that we live in an age where this is simultaneously a very good question and also quite hilarious.
JPKab 6y ago
How do you consume the weed for your runs and exercise in general? Edibles, smoke, or vaping? Just wondering.
- itsagavin 6y ago
  To clarify preworkout I use .15-.2 of a gram of extract smoked out of a quartz nail and water pipe. I use a similar amount in the evening. I no longer combust any flower and breath much easier because of it. I did use RSO an edible concentrate on the begining to get through the pain in the evening I was eating 150mg-200mg thc in a gelcap in the evening. Vape cartridges are an option but I've never found one I liked. It's fair to not I have a very high tolerance and most people would not know I was under the influence, most people could use far less.
  - rriepe 6y ago
    For the uninitiated: .2g of extract has as much THC as a typical full-sized 1g joint.
    - JPKab 6y ago
      Yeah dude knows how to party.
      - pbrb 6y ago
        150mg-200mg thc would put me in the hospital. 20mg is my max, don't get off the couch and play video games for 4hrs dose. Dude has insane tolerance.
  - JPKab 6y ago
    Okay that's actually a pretty large quantity compared to what I consume and I don't want to imply any form of judgment. I found that a vape pen with oil is okay but my favorite form is 10 mg edible before a workout. I particularly love it for trail runs and for weight lifting. When I try the concentrate I found that it tended to irritate my lungs. Plus the additional potency of the edibles due to how THC breaks down in the digestive system is nice.
rangibaby 6y ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger smoked weed for recovery in “Pumping Iron”
disposekinetics 6y ago
Could you elaborate on how it helps? This is so far outside what I know I don't even know what to ask more specifically.
- itsagavin 6y ago
  By far the biggest help is how much easier it is to reach the zone. It is crazy how easy exercise is when you are lost in deep thought.
- dilyevsky 6y ago
  Don’t do this - it will trash your sleep and consequently recovery as well motivation to get out of bed the next morning.
majkinetor 6y ago
This is hardly something you recommend to anybody. If it works for you great, but for most people it could even be dangerous: 1. Marijuana promotes appetite (munchees is the name). Canabinoid receptor antagonist promotes anorexy. This might depend greatly on the marijuana strain (CBD vs THC vs ...) 2. Your state of the mind is different, you might even got hit by the car. If you talk about doing it after exercise, then its a different thing.
- 3131s 6y ago
  You have no clue how many professional athletes use marijuana! It is not dangerous in the slightest. I would go as far as saying it is performance enhancing even. I am injured at the moment, but I can go run a sub 11s 100m for you right now, right after smoking.
  - majkinetor 6y ago
    Interestimg. Thx for sharing. Dangerous not for health but due to less noticing environment, probably something irrelevant for pro atlets which have dedicated working spaces
- zaptheimpaler 6y ago
  He didn’t recommend it, just talked about his own experience. i’d rather hear openly from personal experiences and make up my own mind rather than policing speech because it could be “dangerous”
  - GreenWatermelon 6y ago
    GP explicitly recommended it. I quote: "If it's legal for you to try it I highly recommended it..."
adwi 6y ago
Very interesting. I’ve dabbled pre-workout, and while it does help empty out my brain while I’m there, it also zaps my motivation and I end up quitting early or missing a few of the harder reps. And if I wasn’t already laced up and out the door for the gym, no way I’d still follow through after I vaped. Recovery makes a lot of sense and that was part of the routine for later workouts, but didn’t exactly do wonders for my nutritional choices ;) Btw, anyone who is considering dabbling, I’d, uh, highly recommend looking into the Pax Era cartridge system. No mess, gross paraphernalia, smell, safe high quality product, etc.
pengaru 6y ago
Hilarious, marijuana is the one thing that reliably disrupts my otherwise quite consistent and healthy daily routine. It is my motivation's kryptonite, and has basically zero place in my life as a result.
- BobbyJo 6y ago
  Alcohol is my kryptonite. Even as little as one or two beers the night before and I find my performance suffers horribly. Marijuana not so much. A few puffs before dinner and I wake up feeling great.
klyrs 6y ago
This is a fairly unpopular opinion but I've experienced some benefit from smoking weed before a run, too. I find running to be extremely tedious, but if I'm stoned, it's fine. Kinda helped that my running partner had a low alcohol tolerance and would slug a beer before our runs. A couple of points to consider. First, CBD and alcohol are painkillers -- I don't like using anti-inflammatories during exercise for fear of overdoing it -- that's an issue here. Second, drugs make you stupid -- don't be a stupid in traffic, y'all.

bonestamp2 6y ago

What was your cannabis regimen? Smoke, edibles, what strain, how much, how often?

mckirk 6y ago
Honestly, I love the fact that we live in an age where this is simultaneously a very good question and also quite hilarious.

JPKab 6y ago

How do you consume the weed for your runs and exercise in general? Edibles, smoke, or vaping? Just wondering.

itsagavin 6y ago
To clarify preworkout I use .15-.2 of a gram of extract smoked out of a quartz nail and water pipe. I use a similar amount in the evening. I no longer combust any flower and breath much easier because of it. I did use RSO an edible concentrate on the begining to get through the pain in the evening I was eating 150mg-200mg thc in a gelcap in the evening. Vape cartridges are an option but I've never found one I liked. It's fair to not I have a very high tolerance and most people would not know I was under the influence, most people could use far less.
- rriepe 6y ago
  For the uninitiated: .2g of extract has as much THC as a typical full-sized 1g joint.
  - JPKab 6y ago
    Yeah dude knows how to party.
    - pbrb 6y ago
      150mg-200mg thc would put me in the hospital. 20mg is my max, don't get off the couch and play video games for 4hrs dose. Dude has insane tolerance.
- JPKab 6y ago
  Okay that's actually a pretty large quantity compared to what I consume and I don't want to imply any form of judgment. I found that a vape pen with oil is okay but my favorite form is 10 mg edible before a workout. I particularly love it for trail runs and for weight lifting. When I try the concentrate I found that it tended to irritate my lungs. Plus the additional potency of the edibles due to how THC breaks down in the digestive system is nice.

rangibaby 6y ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger smoked weed for recovery in “Pumping Iron”

disposekinetics 6y ago

Could you elaborate on how it helps? This is so far outside what I know I don't even know what to ask more specifically.

itsagavin 6y ago
By far the biggest help is how much easier it is to reach the zone. It is crazy how easy exercise is when you are lost in deep thought.
dilyevsky 6y ago
Don’t do this - it will trash your sleep and consequently recovery as well motivation to get out of bed the next morning.

majkinetor 6y ago

This is hardly something you recommend to anybody. If it works for you great, but for most people it could even be dangerous: 1. Marijuana promotes appetite (munchees is the name). Canabinoid receptor antagonist promotes anorexy. This might depend greatly on the marijuana strain (CBD vs THC vs ...) 2. Your state of the mind is different, you might even got hit by the car. If you talk about doing it after exercise, then its a different thing.

3131s 6y ago
You have no clue how many professional athletes use marijuana! It is not dangerous in the slightest. I would go as far as saying it is performance enhancing even. I am injured at the moment, but I can go run a sub 11s 100m for you right now, right after smoking.
- majkinetor 6y ago
  Interestimg. Thx for sharing. Dangerous not for health but due to less noticing environment, probably something irrelevant for pro atlets which have dedicated working spaces
zaptheimpaler 6y ago
He didn’t recommend it, just talked about his own experience. i’d rather hear openly from personal experiences and make up my own mind rather than policing speech because it could be “dangerous”
- GreenWatermelon 6y ago
  GP explicitly recommended it. I quote: "If it's legal for you to try it I highly recommended it..."

adwi 6y ago

Very interesting. I’ve dabbled pre-workout, and while it does help empty out my brain while I’m there, it also zaps my motivation and I end up quitting early or missing a few of the harder reps. And if I wasn’t already laced up and out the door for the gym, no way I’d still follow through after I vaped. Recovery makes a lot of sense and that was part of the routine for later workouts, but didn’t exactly do wonders for my nutritional choices ;) Btw, anyone who is considering dabbling, I’d, uh, highly recommend looking into the Pax Era cartridge system. No mess, gross paraphernalia, smell, safe high quality product, etc.

pengaru 6y ago

Hilarious, marijuana is the one thing that reliably disrupts my otherwise quite consistent and healthy daily routine. It is my motivation's kryptonite, and has basically zero place in my life as a result.

BobbyJo 6y ago
Alcohol is my kryptonite. Even as little as one or two beers the night before and I find my performance suffers horribly. Marijuana not so much. A few puffs before dinner and I wake up feeling great.

klyrs 6y ago

This is a fairly unpopular opinion but I've experienced some benefit from smoking weed before a run, too. I find running to be extremely tedious, but if I'm stoned, it's fine. Kinda helped that my running partner had a low alcohol tolerance and would slug a beer before our runs. A couple of points to consider. First, CBD and alcohol are painkillers -- I don't like using anti-inflammatories during exercise for fear of overdoing it -- that's an issue here. Second, drugs make you stupid -- don't be a stupid in traffic, y'all.