smoking?

[Thomas]

i was just wondering, will smoking have a DRAMATIC effect on weightlifting?
sometimes it feels like i cant get enough oxygen to my muscles

[cosmicdebree88]

sometimes it feels like i cant get enough oxygen to my muscles

Depending on how much you smoke your lung capacity may just suck. Do a search though, I've seen this topic over and over agian recently in regards to both weed and tobacco.

[RedSpikeyThing]

sometimes it feels like i cant get enough oxygen to my muscles

I think you just answered your own question. If it is affecting you (and clearly it is) then yes, it will make a difference. As for having a dramatic effect? Try quitting and see what happens

[Thomas]

i cant concentrate at work wen i dont smoke, and i get so grouchy, its an evil drug i hate it

[sCaRz*Of*PaiN]

If you hate it then quit. If you don't smoke for a month or so...the addiction will completely vanish.

[getfit]

you can try those patches

[Sidior]

I smoke about once a month, and there are no problems.....chaw is a much better tobacco fix though and it won't affect your lunges although you do get lip cancer lol

[Thomas]

i know people who still crave for cigs 2 years after giving up, i just dont know if i could do that

[Bohizzle]

it's because they are weak. if u want to quit, quit. it's as simple as that. it's mind over matter. as an example - my father smoked for 40yrs, and the doctor told him that he had to quit, so the next day he smoked his last cigarette. this was 3yrs ago.

Andrew

[sCaRz*Of*PaiN]

it's because they are weak. if u want to quit, quit. it's as simple as that. it's mind over matter.

:withstupi

Or...mind over BODY.

[DNL]

quitting smoking and getting a better or healthier looking body have alot in common. If you want it badly enough, you'll do what it takes to get it.

[RedSpikeyThing]

it's because they are weak. if u want to quit, quit. it's as simple as that.

I'm going to guess you are a non-smoker and were never a chain smoker in your life. I fyou had smoked you would know its not as easy as that. Just because your father did it doesn't mean everyone can!

[Jordanbcool]

I'm going to guess you are a non-smoker and were never a chain smoker in your life. I fyou had smoked you would know its not as easy as that. Just because your father did it doesn't mean everyone can!

But its still the basic principle. It wont be easy but if you want to do it bad enough it will happen simple enough. Where theres a will theres a way. That is 100% true. Once you quit you'll not only feel better but often times you'll look and perform better throughout your daily life!

Being healthy has so many advantages.

-jordan

[Bohizzle]

I'm going to guess you are a non-smoker and were never a chain smoker in your life. I fyou had smoked you would know its not as easy as that. Just because your father did it doesn't mean everyone can!

No I have never even tried a cigarette. However, if one person can do it, why can't someone else? If ur will/mind is strong enough, u can do it. If u really want to quit, u will be able to do it, u just have to want to do it.

Andrew

[method115]

I'm going to guess you are a non-smoker and were never a chain smoker in your life. I fyou had smoked you would know its not as easy as that. Just because your father did it doesn't mean everyone can!

I'm going to guess you have never been addicted to a real drug. Get hooked on heroin and then you can tell me if getting off tobacco is easy.

[RedSpikeyThing]

However, if one person can do it, why can't someone else?

I don't think I even need to argue this point. If one person can be a championship bodybuilder.....

If ur will/mind is strong enough, u can do it. If u really want to quit, u will be able to do it, u just have to want to do it.

That is the key. YOU have to want to do it. No one will *ever* quit smoking (or doing any other drug for that mater) for anyone but themselves. Tough to understand if you are a non-smoker, but its true.

I'm going to guess you have never been addicted to a real drug. Get hooked on heroin and then you can tell me if getting off tobacco is easy.

Don't know where that came from, but I guess you're right on both counts. For those who haven't used "real" drugs (tobacco is a drug in my books, but I think you were looking for the term "hard drugs") quitting smoking is still gonna be a bitch to do. Also, quitting smoking isn't as important as getting off of heroin.

[Bohizzle]

I don't think I even need to argue this point. If one person can be a championship bodybuilder.....
genetics has nothing to do with quitting smoking. neither does hard work. the only thing they have in common is will power. ur point is invalid, maybe u should've argued it.


That is the key. YOU have to want to do it. No one will *ever* quit smoking (or doing any other drug for that mater) for anyone but themselves. Tough to understand if you are a non-smoker, but its true.
are u agreeing with me or disagreeing with me? it seems as though u are telling me what i just said.

bolded is mine

[RedSpikeyThing]

Ok, I will argue it. Anecodtal (sp?) evidence does not make a good case for generalization. If this was the case, every time a scientist saw a single person do something, they would claim that everyone could do it.

I am agreeing to the first part of your statement and emphasizing that the smoker has to be the one that quits. As for the second part, I don't see what hard drugs have to do with tobacco.

[Bohizzle]

i didn't say the hard drugs point

[RedSpikeyThing]

My bad!

[sCaRz*Of*PaiN]

Ok, I will argue it. Anecodtal (sp?) evidence does not make a good case for generalization. If this was the case, every time a scientist saw a single person do something, they would claim that everyone could do it.

I am agreeing to the first part of your statement and emphasizing that the smoker has to be the one that quits. As for the second part, I don't see what hard drugs have to do with tobacco.

Nicotine has been shown to be just as addictive as hard drugs. But in the end, it is truly up to the person to quit.

[Sidior]

Ok, I will argue it. Anecodtal (sp?) evidence does not make a good case for generalization. If this was the case, every time a scientist saw a single person do something, they would claim that everyone could do it.

So are you saying for some people it is impossible to quit smoking?
pick one...
1) Either you are, in which case I would like an explanation.
2) You think it is possible to quit, just harder for some people than others....which is exactly what has already been said.

[RedSpikeyThing]

So are you saying for some people it is impossible to quit smoking?
pick one...
1) Either you are, in which case I would like an explanation.
2) You think it is possible to quit, just harder for some people than others....which is exactly what has already been said.

I guess to clear up my argument, I'm saying it is physically possible for everybody to quit smoking. However, if the motivation to quit is not coming from within the person, it won't happen.

I was also annoyed that someone tried to generalize a specific case to the entire population...I don't know why those things bother me, but they do!

[Thomas]

i didn't say the hard drugs point

your father was told by a doctor he had to quit, he had no choice, thats why he hasnt had a ciggerete in 3 years to be honest.

Never under estimate how hard it is for a smoker to quit, and how hard it is for the people who around that smoker aswell

[EmericaBadBoy]

I am a frequant smoker of both bud and tobacco and nether of them effect my performence.