i have recently cut right down though, i just want that final bit of motivation to finally stop.
“its bad for your health” and “you will die of cancer” wont work, as i know these things and still i smoke.
i also have no desire or interest to do any cardio work, so that doesnt bother me either.
what i really want to know is, will it have a massive effect on the speed i gain good quality muscle and improve on my lifts?
if the answer to THAT question is a resounding yes, preferably backed up by some kind of proof (medical reports/own personal experience etc) then i will stop for good.
You should also know that testosterone levels, nutrient absorption, and all sorts of side-effects related to smoking will have an overall effect on your gains or goals. This should be obvious.
I’m from New York, where people smoke while they jog. But I know a few guys who lift at the gym who stopped smoking specifically because they wanted to lift. So there is something to it.
Here’s something that might help. 20-rep squats are a great tool for gaining mass. 20-rep squats are also known as breathing squats. Smoking doesn’t allow you to breathe as much. Smoking ruins 20-rep squats. Smoking prevents you from gaining mass. Actually, any mass-intensive regime will cause you to lose breath at one point so smoking is bad.
If you can’t find the motivation within yourself AND you need such specific reasons from someone else in order to quit, then you don’t really want to quit.
You’re just looking for another excuse to keep smoking (i.e., if someone can’t give you a good enough reason, one that satisfies your rationale, then, yay, you don’t have to quit).
not really, i dont mind smoking, i generally only smoke after a meal plus 1 or 2 others if i fancy one, so i dont really care about quitting either way.
the reason for the questions i asked was simply that if it can be proved that quitting smoking will help me significantly in my goals, then i WILL quit.
[quote]harper2704 wrote:
not really, i dont mind smoking, i generally only smoke after a meal plus 1 or 2 others if i fancy one, so i dont really care about quitting either way.
the reason for the questions i asked was simply that if it can be proved that quitting smoking will help me significantly in my goals, then i WILL quit.
untill then im not really bothered either way.[/quote]
Yah it is bad for your health. Ceasing to do something tha tis bad for your health will increase your progress.
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
I think it is funny how you ask for peoples advice but then specify what kind of answers you want and dont want.
I think it’s funny he assumes anyone gives a shit if he smokes. [/quote]
[quote]ericbyrnesjr wrote:
beebuddy wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
I think it is funny how you ask for peoples advice but then specify what kind of answers you want and dont want.
I think it’s funny he assumes anyone gives a shit if he smokes.
my mom smoked for years . never bothered her at all . she didnt die of cancer . smoking had no effect on her at all .her doctors were full of shit too…with all that crap about COPD .
it also will have no negative effect on your kids when they remove the oxygen mask from your non-responsive face .I know it didnt bother me any . the gurgling noise a body makes as it passes to the other side will be quite easy for your kids , or your wife to forget ; hell , they’ll forget about that in 10 years…tops !
[quote]harper2704 wrote:
god you guys take things so seriously.[/quote]
You asked a health-related question on a site where people take their health pretty seriously.
What the fuck did you expect?
I stopped eight years ago, and I noticed a massive difference.
There. I said it.
The ability to breathe tends to be rather noticeable, right off the top of my head. Oh, and energy levels went through the roof. Lo and behold, this affected my workouts. Lots.
I think I could actually taste food a good bit better after a couple of weeks, as well (I’ve heard the chemicals in smoke tend to deaden the tastebuds… I think that might be true, based on my own experience).
Do you have any clue about what you take into your body when you take a drag? Carbon monoxide, tar… shit like that.
All of that crap interferes with oxygen (and nutrient) uptake by your cells, just to name a couple of effects (out of many).
If you can’t reason-out, on your own, that quitting will have a positive impact on your progress, then there’s nothing we can do to help you.
Like I said before… if you need someone to convince you to quit, then you aren’t serious about it. But then, you’ve already said you don’t care either way, so why should anyone else?
THANKYOU!! finally someone has answered my question.
i only asked about the gains weightifting wise because my boss quit a few months ago and he doesnt lift or owt and he just said food tastes better and he can breath a bit easier.
the “energy levels went through the roof” bit is the bit i wanted to hear, i quit for 6 months a couple of years back but wasnt lifting at the time so i didnt notice a massive difference from quitting that i thought maybe i would if i WERE lifting. Thats why i asked, i probably should have mentioned that bit int he initial post.
anyhoo, now thats cleared up, from 8am tomorrow morning, i am officially a non-smoker.
