From a muscle building standpoint i know excessive alchol consumption is a no-no. However, can it also be harder to “find” a muscle when training for a habitual drinking considering alcohols effects on the CNS? For instance, contracting the rear delt to intiate a flye or keeping tension on the quads during a squat.
Also, would this be considered motor control or something different? I did some research and could not find anything too specific so i was hoping somone could chime in. Thanks
I’m not sure why you’re asking this, but attempting to drink and train hard contemporaneously and especially simultaneously (I really hope you didn’t mean that) is a recipe for the emergency room or worse on a whole bunch of levels.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
I’m not sure why you’re asking this, but attempting to drink and train hard contemporaneously and especially simultaneously (I really hope you didn’t mean that) is a recipe for the emergency room or worse on a whole bunch of levels.[/quote]
No i did not mean that, sorry. I meant it more in regards to the “after effects”. Like someone who smokes cigs may have a hrader time from an aerobic exercise standpoint i was wondering if a drug that effects the CNS could, over time and if used habitually, impair ones abilty to recruit appropiate muscles when needed.
I definetly went through a stage where i drank often during the nights. I remember riding my mountain bike on a day following heavy drinking and it always felt like my muscles were not “firing” like they are supposed.
Once i cut back for a few days the difference was dramtic. All my moves seemed so much more fluid and controlled. I guess my question, in short is, over time will alchohol act to “break down”" the CNS and does it then need time to “rebuild”?
Why would you ask this question if you didn’t think it were a possibility?
[quote]cskolnick wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
I’m not sure why you’re asking this, but attempting to drink and train hard contemporaneously and especially simultaneously (I really hope you didn’t mean that) is a recipe for the emergency room or worse on a whole bunch of levels.
No i did not mean that, sorry. I meant it more in regards to the “after effects”. Like someone who smokes cigs may have a hrader time from an aerobic exercise standpoint i was wondering if a drug that effects the CNS could, over time and if used habitually, impair ones abilty to recruit appropiate muscles when needed.
I definetly went through a stage where i drank often during the nights. I remember riding my mountain bike on a day following heavy drinking and it always felt like my muscles were not “firing” like they are supposed.
Once i cut back for a few days the difference was dramtic. All my moves seemed so much more fluid and controlled. I guess my question, in short is, over time will alchohol act to “break down”" the CNS and does it then need time to “rebuild”? [/quote]
I don’t know about you, but my movements aren’t exactly “controlled” when i have been drinking. Thinks like walking (sometimes even standing) aren’t exactly as easy as when sober. It just means the alcohol has stunted your senses i don’t know if it can actually “break down” your PHYSICAL CNS as in like how your muscles are broken down through working out. Performance is probably stunted. Just my opinion though, it is not like I’m a doctor or anything so who knows?
The old news on this front is that small amounts of alcohol prudently consumed have well documented health benefits and anything over that becomes bad pretty quick with the deleterious effects escalating directly in proportion to how far over you go how often.
There may be those who will flame me mercilessly for this, but I don’t see how anything like serious physique goals can coexist with excess alcohol use.
I don’t mean sensible consumption or even getting wrecked on rare occasions, but consistent overuse of alcohol will harm your progress and there is just no way to escape that.