Marijuana-truth or fiction?

Im lazy but i never have a  lack of motivation to lift the weights or go to the gym just cause i love the feeling of working out.

It's good no question. But everyday? damn.
I know someone that smokes pretty much everyday too, it would be really hard to imagine him acctually getting in the gym.
But those antidrug campaigns are a bunch of bs and there's definitely no connection to smoking impairin muscle growth or anything like that. Alcohol is a LOT more detrimental to working out.
 
 

What people dont understand is that once u do it enough you learn to actually be aware of the fact that your high and not let it control you i guess, if you get what i mean i dunno. Plus i come up with awesome ideas when im high

Doing any mind altering drug every day is a clear sign that you are addicted and looking for an escape from life. I do not use any drugs at all but if you want to smoke weed once a month or so then fine, if you do it more than that you probably have a problem.

ORIGINAL: JeffKing

Doing any mind altering drug every day is a clear sign that you are addicted and looking for an escape from life. I do not use any drugs at all but if you want to smoke weed once a month or so then fine, if you do it more than that you probably have a problem.

I don't exactly agree..........my mom who is 72 has been on prescribed drugs, by her doctor, legal stuff, since my dad died 20 years ago.......drugs which are known to be narcotic and addictive, those are much scarier and worse, ritlin, bromazepines and alcohol are much worse and scarier and usually done daily.....many who use bromos also drink as it makes you crave alcohol.......this is a huge issue with elderly causing them falls in numbers which have risen exponentially in the past 10 years.........smoking a joint is much safer, of course I won't suggest she start smoking but just in comparison in the effect that it is much more of a stigma due to propaganda.......like the pitbull issue and other issues used to sway votes and peoples thinking.  I much rather see people smoke pot daily rather than drink alcohol - which by the way most of Italians and Portuguese do drink wine daily, even the children, with most meals................not addictive, just traditional and normally not overdone or taken out of hand and also shown that these children don't crave the excitement of drinking because it was never made to be a big deal.  Alcohol in North America is a much bigger negative as is smoking cigarettes and done much more than pot smoking.  Now ex and coc and those chemically man made are bad and proven so scientifically and non biasedly.
Not too many people who are high go around starting fights and causing **** like when people drink or do chemical drugs such as coc and such.
I think weed can be considered a herbal medicine and know many people who use it daily for cancer, parkinsons, MS and asthma with proven results to the better.  Asthmatics use inhalers (I know, been on them since I was six) and have been on drugs that in the past 30 years are far more detrimental to their health than smoking a joint which essential for many asthmatics has the same effect as ventolin which leaves you with much worse immediate and long term side effects than pot.
Prednisone is commonly used once an asthmatic gets sick since they have poor ability to fight lung bugs and head bugs, smoking pot has been known to reduce the need as it helps keep the brochials dilated and helps act as an expectorant which I personally take inhalers for such as advair, tilade and singular.........and even with those drugs some asmatics find they can decrease the use of these drugs through use of smoking pot.
Now if it makes you lazy, do nothing, call in sick and not study THEN you should not smoke it, but for some it actually motivates them and helps them remain productive.....
Linda

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WOW!  Man, I smoked every single day for about 7 years.  Look at my sig.  I quit about six months before I started training and eating for a goal instead of for pleasure, which was at the beginning of 2005.  Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against weed, in fact, I love it...I LOVE IT!  But when I used it, I was fat and lazy, but very happy.  Those things could be construed as symptoms of increased estrogen in a male, or they could be because I was always either stoned, curing my munchies or taking a weed nap.  The point is, do whatever works for you.  If it helps with whatever and doesn't affect your eating habits or your desire to train, then go for it if you want.  For me, I realized that I could not achieve my goals with a bong in my face all day, so I quit.  We are all different and will react differently to different stimuli.

12/31/04: 270Lbs. 52% BF, Bench: 205 1RM
1/1/07: 198Lbs. 12.1% BF, Bench: 305 1RM

ok and i smoke everyday and look at MY sig :s its just dependant on the person i guess. I have no trouble eating well or training if i blaze earlier that day or later. the only days i dont train are days which i have hockey on.

I have actually smoked and then worked out after smoking.  I feel that it greatly increases your willingness to lift.  Although smoking marijuana is viewed as a lethargic, lazy hobby, I have found that it almost gives me a shot of adrenaline because when I lift "high" I can do many more reps than I can when I am not.  Give it a try and let me know the results.  The key to lifting after smoking marijuana is to set a goal for yourself in your head for instance: when I do curls of lets say 20 lbs I would tell myself in my head that I MUST get to 30 curls on each arm and it is usually good to listen to music durring this.  I have found that I get my goal almost every time.

ORIGINAL: Cawz

Just to let out a little truth for you unexperienced people.
I blaze ( smoke weed ) Everyday. Im high for atleast 5 hours of the day usually these times will be in the morning, when i wake up. at lunch, so i dont have to go to class sober, cause it sucks (im getting 80s in both classes i smoke weed before). and at night, usually so i can get REALLY hungry and eat a TON of good food and a protein. and then play video games. Im getting good grades in the classes i go to at school.  I have smoked weed both before and after hard and not so hard workouts and it doesn't really effect me at all, im the same while sober that i am when im high. 
And just so theres no confusion i've gotten lots of gains and the only thing thats different after i smoke weed in the long or short term is that i had more fun than i would have been sober.  I probably spend like...40 bucks a week on it, so i still have money for all the supps i need, plus my parents give me money if im in dire need.
Smoke weed... get high, its fun and theres no downside

lol u missed this thread by 8 months.

Age: 18
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Weight: ~230

ORIGINAL: JeffKing

Doing any mind altering drug every day is a clear sign that you are addicted and looking for an escape from life. I do not use any drugs at all but if you want to smoke weed once a month or so then fine, if you do it more than that you probably have a problem.

My grandmother has a legal drug pusher called her doctor. Ask her about the time she was alone and the men were in her house and her lights were on and off and about how she talked to my dead grandfather for 30 minutes while he ws sitting in the corner. I'm not saying that I think weed is good but linda is right prescription stuff is way worse than pot. and whos to say their looking for an escape from life? And so what if they are if smoking a pound a day makes them happy and not somking makes them want to die lettem smoke all day. I've known quite a few people who've gotten "professional" help and they still have the same problems they had before now some rich stranger knows their crap and their not anybetter for it. So if somebody self medicates with weed rather than Zoloft, more power to em.

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I smoke in moderation... I do not usually talk about it... Just because everyone thinks its soo bad...


Anyway.. I take 2 - 3 hits after working out at the gym, If i do it before I lack the energy to even work out.. I do it after and my muscles relax then I eat tones of food, I also get much better sleep. On the down side it really screws with my lungs. I get a sharp pain toward the center of my chest I cough alot and have problems breathing, I have bronchial problems though.. So i really really limit the smoking factor. I also do not see anything wrong with smoking weed.

Unfortunately, police officers do care and you can get a pretty hefty fine and even some jail time if you're caught.  Plus, due to its illegal status, you could be smoking weed with all kinds of other drugs to enhance it's addictive qualities.

23 yrs. old
5'11"
215 lbs. down to 198 lbs.

I was caught with 2 OZ.. The police officers just took it and nothing was done. I live in california its practically legal here, If i was a real pot head I would go to the doctor and get a lame perscription.. Like say I have problems sleeping and with stress, they can perscribe me a canibus card and i can smoke legally. I have been with some friends and they were smoking in front of the police station, the officers checked the card and said to smoke at home instead..

hehe God I love california, **** ask mark david he doesn't live too far from me.. actually he is the next city over from me.

I assure you there is no jail time in california and the fee's are not very expensive a measly 100 - 300$ but it all depends on how much you have. More people are getting in trouble for growing it in their house here then smoking it.

I forgot to add this BTW.. I said i smoke after the gym.. thats usually in my car and i blow it out the window. I couldn't live anywhere else where you have to hide it.

Fortunatly the law is that cocain meth etc.. are felonys... weed is just a slap on the hand

I actually would prefer they legalize the damn drug but the government can't tax it.. So since there can be no tax its banned.. In my opinion its better to smoke weed then damager your liver with alcohol. They have very simular affects on the brain at least it looked that way in my pharmacology class. They taught us in class the government wont tax something that they cant measure the amount of THC in.. All weed is different and some stronger then others. Also some is very easy to grow so there would not be very much profit in it. Its much easier to ban it and give people fines.. Shoot the government is making a killing It does not have anything to do with the harmful affects of the drug its our corrupt government.. No one cares if they are going to get in trouble for smoking look what happend when they banned alcohol, they had a pro hibition im sure there were people back then that were making a huge deal about drinking too.

well CRAP, asside from Cali, weed is very illegal.  I live in Texas, and if you're caught with TRACE amounts (i.e.- resin), you are taken to jail for a minimum of 24 hours and automatically fined.  Your community service is then determined a few months later at a court date.  And 2 0z. is considered Intent to Distibute and a FELONY. 
 
My other point remains though, since the government can't tax it, they've deemed it illegal which makes it exponentially more dangerous.

23 yrs. old
5'11"
215 lbs. down to 198 lbs.