Exercise and cannabis

SoufLondon said:

I find the two go together very well. I love riding my mountain bike after a few hits of a nice haze. I often go out riding, overtaking people younger than me, and almost certainly not high. Im fairly sure cannabis has some major performance enhancing effects- certain strains/cultivars anyway.

It's a strange thing that people using cannabis are viewed as lazy. I think half the people i know that i do sports with would have a heart attack if they realised I'm high

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snuggles said:

biking and cannabis are made for each other.

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MJPassion said:

Start slowly,
Don't overdo it...

If your body is unfit for the activities you want to try, get into them with moderation.

Cannabis is good for helping to focus on activities... Sometimes too good.
Moderation is the key to life.

That said...
I need to get back on my bike.
It's been some time and I can most certainly feel it.

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ganjygav said:

I'm too unfit for exercise full stop. I had ptsd after being attacked and left with a brain injury. I was in an induced coma for 3 weeks while my brains swelling went down. When I come round I had to learn to walk again and couldn't talk very well. After a while the ptsd started to kick in unknown to me. I acted with aggression to any form of threat I felt and in public this didn't end well. I lost my job as I decided to take issue with my manager, I nearly lost my family. Eventually I was talked into getting help,after brain scans and psychiatric reviews I was diagnosed with ptsd. After this I just didn't want or trust myself outside my home for about 5 years. This lead to me getting extremely unfit. I'm now back on form mentally and hate what a state I've let myself get into. I recently tried taking up running but I swear I felt I could die after just a few minutes but I would plug through for half an hour but then the issue was it took me 3 days for my body to work again without several aches and pains. I went for 3 runs and give up. I get out of breath just walking places now and I find it embarrassing, I'm 33 not too overweight, not a fat 64 year old like I feel. Anyone got any tips for me?

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Madlabscientist said:

hey ganjygav some of the things you have wrote in your post.is 100% like myself
my fitness over 5 years is bad..i havent left the house in 3 years..i myself have anger
issues and have lost my job..doctor told me 2 months ago if i dont get my diabetes in order
i will have heart attack within next 5 years i just cant find motavation to do anything anymore..hope you get things sorted...peace madlab

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Somebody_Else said:

I have pretty intense attention problems, and cannabis can help[ that a lot when it comes to exercise. I powerlift and am working my way into light strongman-style training, so the strong connection to my body some varieties provide can be wonderful. I'm suddenly aware of every muscle in my body, and can use that awareness to relax more, work on form, work harder, and focus more. Plus high-repetition work becomes a breeze (mentally, at least). Stretching out before and after the hard work becomes better for all the same reasons. I'm far too uncoordinated and clumsy for things like mountain biking, but hiking or doing endurance work becomes even more pleasurable with the right variety.

I don't really care to be high when I'm doing explosive lifting, but that's mostly because they're very intricate and require tremendous attention to do well and avoid injury and attention isn't a strength of mine. I know plenty of Oly lifters that smoke so this is definitely just a personal choice (and that clumsiness again).



Sorry to hear all that, I hope things are getting better for you. MJPassion gave some great advice, just start out light and work up moderately. Life (and physical fitness) is more like a marathon than a sprint, so go at whatever pace works for you. Maybe you could try going for short walks a couple times a week, then slowly make the walks longer, then more frequent, then even longer, etc. You didn't get out of shape and unhealthy overnight, you have to understand that you can't correct it overnight, either.

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