smoking after working out

[Poobah]

Last smoke Feb 9 2004...

~YEAH BABY, yea~

p.s. how is this a serious discussion?

[LeRoY56]

Originally Posted by t_dot_porkchop

bro.....if he is that "big and cut" then he juices. you can be big n' fat or small n' cut.....but if your both big n' cut.....juice baby.

thats not always true bro.

[aikurushii]

Originally Posted by Hannainnc

When my husband was in the army, before big runs everyone would take a few aspirin and even nonsmokers would smoke a cigarette. For some reason they all thought the smoking helped them with endurance....I can see why the aspirin, but the cigarette thing is odd. He told me that the best runners in his unit were serious smokers. Weird.

nicotine is a stimulant(for the first few hours) and a depressant(when the effects wear off) at the same time..

i dont give a damn what you tell me. cigarettes do NOT help your "endurance". thats the most ridiculous thing i've heard. i dont care if its the president of the u.s.a. or my mother telling me that, i would laugh in BOTH of their faces.people that smoke, have a problem. do you think theyre going to tell you how bad it is to smoke? noo, of course not. no one wants to admit that what they like doing is wrong. lol of course theyre gonna come up with some load of crap like "it help your endurance". i've never heard anything dumber in my life.

honestly, you think someone that is a smoker is going to have more endurance than someone who's never smoked in their life? give me a break...

[STRATEGY]

probly couldnt run a mile

[t_dot_porkchop]

Originally Posted by LeRoY56

thats not always true bro.

prove me wrong

[Curlingcadys]

Originally Posted by Hannainnc

When my husband was in the army, before big runs everyone would take a few aspirin and even nonsmokers would smoke a cigarette. For some reason they all thought the smoking helped them with endurance....I can see why the aspirin, but the cigarette thing is odd. He told me that the best runners in his unit were serious smokers. Weird.

I think you can train for it I smoked while I was in the Marines, 1.5 packs a day and I could still run our 3 mile pt test in the low 19's, do i think smoking has any bennefit?? Hell no.

[Sean]

I have smoke for 20 years and I am pretty big.
Still quitting though, tired of sucking air.
You can get big but you won't have any endurance.

[Taekwondo Guy]

i smoked when i was a mini man mountain (230lbs+) but now i'm smaller and do martial arts/boxing, i cant afford to lose endurance

[Blusnayl]

I used to smoke back in the day (15 now) I gotta say, after a smoke you feel like you can't breathe as deeply and you just plain cannot run that long. It's crazy stuff. It's pretty addictive too, but not as bad as meth, the majority of people who take meth die within a few years of first taking it, and 97% become addicted to it as though it were food and water after only one smoke/injection/snort/etc.

In short, good stuff.

[LeRoY56]

Originally Posted by t_dot_porkchop

prove me wrong

my brother. Whos only 16...... he weighs 240 and has low bodyfat.

[luke5513]

Originally Posted by Jared

I've heard that smoking helps people stay thin. Is this true? I don't understand how it would have that effect.

nicotine is a stimulant

[harry_potter]

Originally Posted by irishmuscle26

Ok check this out, last night I was leaving the gym and there was a new member outside smoking a cigarette!!! I asked him "what are you doing"? He replied " smoking" Now let me tell you this guy was so big and defined..He could be in a bodybuilding contest...I **** you not!! So I asked him if he just started..He said no, that hed been smoking for 15 years...I asked him how long hes been training...He said 10 years...I told him I cant understand how he got that big while smoking..he told me dedication....LOL yeh sure...he even said hes never taken any supplements or steroids!!!
So, can you smoke and achieve your goals too? Ive Never smoked but Id like to know! Any Ideas?

i use to smoke and smoked before and after workouts.. and after i quit.. my workouts would be longer and more intense than when i use to smoke.. which means i had more stamina.. but that's me.. i guess that guy was a one of a kind haha.. but a fact to know is that cigs may help reduce a lot of total body fat.. but wont help your belly fat.. in some cases it will make it even more of a pot belly.. but skinny all around.. i read that in one of my fitness magazine.. so something to think about.. plus it's a killer to your lungs and heart.. and that's something that is very important for ppl who exercise and for ppl in general.

[John H.]

Originally Posted by irishmuscle26

Ok check this out, last night I was leaving the gym and there was a new member outside smoking a cigarette!!! I asked him "what are you doing"? He replied " smoking" Now let me tell you this guy was so big and defined..He could be in a bodybuilding contest...I **** you not!! So I asked him if he just started..He said no, that hed been smoking for 15 years...I asked him how long hes been training...He said 10 years...I told him I cant understand how he got that big while smoking..he told me dedication....LOL yeh sure...he even said hes never taken any supplements or steroids!!!
So, can you smoke and achieve your goals too? Ive Never smoked but Id like to know! Any Ideas?

Do NOT smoke. It is NOT good for anyone. Why workout hard Bodybuilding to achieve total good health and then smoke and harm and/or ruin any chances of being your very best? Smoking harms you all along the way and in the end as well. Do not let anyone kid you about that. Anyone that smokes PAYS!

[Awais_uk]

Smoking increases your heart does it not, common knowledge.
When you do cardio, you have to get your heart rate to a certain level before you start burning fat. So in theory, if you had a cigarette or a few for that matter before you start your cardio, your heart rate should be kinda high so would it not burn fat quicker and more efficiently?

[BUFFLURP]

Originally Posted by Awais_uk

Smoking increases your heart does it not, common knowledge.
When you do cardio, you have to get your heart rate to a certain level before you start burning fat. So in theory, if you had a cigarette or a few for that matter before you start your cardio, your heart rate should be kinda high so would it not burn fat quicker and more efficiently?

It'll starve your blood stream of oxygen (tar/smoke). There is not one physical benefit from smoking.

[TRAZ]

Originally Posted by BUFFLURP

It'll starve your blood stream of oxygen (tar/smoke). There is not one physical benefit from smoking.

Unless you count shiny black lungs as a benefit....

[BUFFLURP]

Originally Posted by TRAZ

Unless you count shiny black lungs as a benefit....

Maybe if someone stomps on your chest hard enough, you'll start coughing out diamonds.

[naturally323]

Maybe those guys in the army were smoking crack before they ran... never thought about that huh??

[krenalor]

Originally Posted by Poobah

Last smoke Feb 9 2004...

~YEAH BABY, yea~

p.s. how is this a serious discussion?

Grats on quitting.