Posted on 01/10/2024 12:41:53 AM PST by Red Badger
Yikes, whoever said that it did?! I mean, I know that some of the youngsters are under the false impression that weed is some kind of miraculous wonder drug, but are there really athletes out there who think they can run faster or kick a ball straighter or bike longer by being stoned? Seriously?
Least surprising headline ever.
They need to study scotch next.
The first few times - probably felt good to be wasted while running.
After that , it’s the same.
Working out is work.
I guess I’ll stick to scotch as my pre workout.
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Seriously, who possibly thought pot could help?
It’s like, funded by the government, man.
It is not the athletes as much as the officials.
Marijuana is banned by WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) in the Olympics.
The NFL also treats it as a banned substance, grouping it with performance enhancing drugs. Many other sports organizations treat it similarly, though some are starting to come around on it.
It does for hackeysack
LOL.
I thought maybe Venus Flytrap or Dr Johnny Fever.
Johnny fever! Yes that was a funny scene!
Ya....in my own study 50 years ago, it was pretty clear that it slowed reaction times and concentration....
Whut?...........................
Second only to “for the love of G-d, I thought turkeys could fly.”
Baloney! The Legalize Marijuana advocates claim that using marijuana will raise the dead, make the blind see, cause the lame to walk, and perform all miracles and wonders. If only the possession of marijuana is legalized, we will be living once again in the Garden of Eden. It will end all wars, end poverty, end ingrowing toenails. Mankind will not have to work and toil to live. My question is:
Yikes, whoever said that it did?!
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I teach at a school with a lot of “at-risk” youth. The veneration of drug culture (especially pot) is over-the-top. I’ve heard all sorts of ridiculous claims by students in an attempt to justify marijuana use. One can tell that, in an attempt to get it legalized, weed-users resorted to all sorts of outrageous claims about the “benefits” of smoking it.
Ya....in my own study 50 years ago, it was pretty clear that it slowed reaction times and concentration..........and increased caloric intake.
Everyone alive in the 1960s knows that.
Marijuana boosts couch and TV time and Dorita consumption...but exercise? Not at all.
What does boost athletic performance is a strong cup of coffee.
I ride a road bike at the local state park (very hilly) every week and have kept records for many years on Strava.com. I can look at my records and tell by looking at my average speed and HR when I have had coffee before a ride.
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