what percentage of athletes do you think smoke marijuana? what percentage of basketball players do u think smoke marijuana? will marijuana hurt you physically as in sports performance and strenght and size and mass gains? give me your take on all this. like i read that jj reddick of duke has been busted plenty of times smoking marijuana. nba players such as damon stoudamire and rasheed have had plenty of run ins also. gimme ur insight and take on this subject.
I’m no expert, but I figure its bad for your athletic career.
I dont think it really matters what sport your in, dont smoke pot. If you really have to, then do it very rarely.
Arnie did, he’s super massive.
Then again, he was a genetic freak (lucky bastard) and took enough juice to make a juice stall sell out within minutes!
It’s a bit like smoking i guess, it won’t do you any good. The occasional one won’t do you too much harm though.
My two cents, nothing scientific there.
matt,
Don’t be swayed by these athletes smoking weed. For one they are professional athletes, and that means they are naturally faster, stronger, and better skilled than your average ball player. But the weed dosen’t make them great, its Reddicks and rasheeds work ethic-- and coaches-- who make them great.
It can’t help you athletically, but it might hurt you.
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[quote]mattydimes wrote:
what percentage of athletes do you think smoke marijuana? what percentage of basketball players do u think smoke marijuana? will marijuana hurt you physically as in sports performance and strenght and size and mass gains? give me your take on all this. like i read that jj reddick of duke has been busted plenty of times smoking marijuana. nba players such as damon stoudamire and rasheed have had plenty of run ins also. gimme ur insight and take on this subject.[/quote]
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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
It can’t help you athletically, but it might hurt you.[/quote]
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I say go for it. evenifit doesnt improve yur performanceat least yougeta good buz,right?and thechicksthat smokeup r unbelievablyhot, suckingonabong has good caryoverinto other areas.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
It can’t help you athletically, but it might hurt you.[/quote]
Yeah. There’s no way that it would be helpful. It’s probably not particularly harmful if it’s not frequent. I beleive that it’s common among professional athletes in different sports to varying degrees. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s not some relatively heavy users in pro sports that could be better than they are if they smoked less or not at all.
It probably could help with CNS recovery and relax you, which could be a good thing if you are up tight. I know many good athletes who smoke marijuana with very little negative side effect.
[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
It probably could help with CNS recovery and relax you, which could be a good thing if you are up tight. I know many good athletes who smoke marijuana with very little negative side effect.[/quote]
Me too. Not sure how it would help with CNS recovery though.
There’s already a very good threat on this subject.
Marijuana isn’t the devil people.
As long as you don’t show up fucked up on a training or game, not much is gonna happen.
There are a lot more professional athletes who love to drink more than once a week, and even though alcohol is much more damaging to the body, no one seems to bother.
if you use a vaporizer it almost elminates all tar by 99.9 % i think. its easyer on you kidneys than pain killers…
Baseball players drink like fish. I don’t think it helps them hit a curveball.
As I have said before I am pro-legalization, however to use the reasoning that NBA players smoke so I should too to become a better player is just self-deception.
Smoking pot is stupid. I think the pro athletes that get caught should loose their jobs never to return. Also any college players caught should be banned from the pro level. Smoking will hinder your performance and it has even worse consequences later in life. No good can come from smoking anything it just ruins ones health. It pisses me of to see someone work their ass off in the gym and then walk outside and lite-up. It makes no sense. Only weak willed, and weak minded people smoke pot. By the way Arnold got away with it because he was on enough roids to kill a horse.
Just my opinion.
Pot is used more than most people think so I would guess 20%. Marijuana for some chronic users seems to totally kill willpower. Without willpower they may never realize their full potential. Of course it has zero calories, but then you have to eat the whole house to kill your hunger. I suppose everything has a downside.
Arnold took a hit off a joint in Pumping Iron after he won the Mr. Olympia. You can’t compare him to Willie Nelson and he probably deserved a hit after all that. If you haven’t started using, it probably is best not to start but it won’t send you to hell if you have used it occaisionally.
If a pro athlete smokes pot and it is revealed to the public. He should be layed off for a while. I think this because well kids who look up to these pro athletes will be like “hey so and so does it and look how good he is, I guess it won’t hurt me”. I speak for myself also. I’d be pretty disappointed if I knew some of my favourite athletes smoked pot. Since I don’t smoke, that makes it even worse lol. Anyways, stay away from them drugs, they do you no good. And what’s this about Arnold taking a hit of a joint in Pumping Iron???
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[quote]rich44 wrote:
Smoking pot is stupid. I think the pro athletes that get caught should loose their jobs never to return. Also any college players caught should be banned from the pro level. Smoking will hinder your performance and it has even worse consequences later in life. No good can come from smoking anything it just ruins ones health. It pisses me of to see someone work their ass off in the gym and then walk outside and lite-up. It makes no sense. Only weak willed, and weak minded people smoke pot. By the way Arnold got away with it because he was on enough roids to kill a horse.
Just my opinion.[/quote]
Just say no to drugs. Listen to Nancy Reagan. This is your brain on drugs. Fried eggs in a pan will kill you. Stay away from pot, your spleen will explode and you will be a loser. Now let’s go have a beer, because that’s much more socially acceptable and there are no negative commercials to brain wash me to the contrary. Just my opinion.
[quote]rich44 wrote:
Smoking pot is stupid. I think the pro athletes that get caught should loose their jobs never to return. Also any college players caught should be banned from the pro level. Smoking will hinder your performance and it has even worse consequences later in life. No good can come from smoking anything it just ruins ones health. It pisses me of to see someone work their ass off in the gym and then walk outside and lite-up. It makes no sense. Only weak willed, and weak minded people smoke pot. By the way Arnold got away with it because he was on enough roids to kill a horse.
Just my opinion.[/quote]
you want a pro-athlete to resign because of a drug that you think hinders his performance? I?d be interested in the logic behind that statement.
Don’t smoke it, you morons…eat it. The buzz is better, at least I remember it that way…!!!