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Can Weed Improve a Workout?

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13 pointsbookofjoe17 comments

I don’t know about it being performance enhancing. However, being high for strenuous workout or weightlifting is enjoyable. Yardwork as well. Zone out, put the headphones on and get some hard work done where you don’t have to think too hard.

I am not a consumer of marijuana but I was given an edible for exercising with a mate and it did help with pain and feelings of shyness. I enjoyed the workout but I just cannot use it because of my job.

Certainly. But so can other substances, like 100mg retarded/time released tramadol. Not by killing pain, but by making you extremely aware of your body, getting you in the 'zone of flow'. In which you won't even make any wrong moves which could cause you pain.

Not by making you drowsy and slow, like most people would assume.

More like absolute mastery of your body, eliminating any clumsiness.

For some people at least. Not all. And if you're a couch potato, this won't make you fly either.

What is tramadol in this form generally prescribed for? I’ve been toking weed (a personal form of microdosing and staying responsible) especially for the effects of being aware of my body being very alert and a clear in the flow mode of being. As far as I suspect only a minority of people get this exact effect as me but the opposite relaxed sleepiness state. What do you know about tramadol and in what circumstance would a doctor prescribe it?

It's prescribed for something like medium to strong pain. In Germany it was one of the highest things possible, without drowning the Doctor in endless burocracy. As to what for? Postoperative pain(shoulder surgery), pulled toenail because grown in and tissue inflamed, had to be extracted, maybe pulled tooth?

AFAIK it isn't comparable to the stuff which was/is flooding the US, like OxyContin or even Fentanyl, because MUCH more weak. Can't really tell, because I've never had those. The same goes for Captagon & Tilidin which are often compared to Tramal. Also never had those.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramadol

https://erowid.org/search.php?exclude=&q=Tramal&x=0&y=0

I'm no regular user, just had those surprising experiences with it from some left-overs. In its retarded/time released pill/capusele form. For me at 181cm@82kg 100mg 'does it' after half an hour for some hours. It's sufficient for a marathon, but also for running up to Mount Wilson Observatory from somewhere in Pasadena and back, or really crazy stuff in the Rockies around Aspen.

I've smoked weed before beach running for decades. It definitely improved the experience.

I advocate against the headphones. If you're in a place where you don't want to hear what's going on arouind you, I'd recommend working out somewhere else.

This goes hand in hand with the fact that a workout does not necessitate any kind of payment or membership.

Go outside, enjoy your surroundings, pay attention to the real world. The overwhelming amount of time spent on digital emmersion is one of the biggest things that can be countered during exercise.

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Some DNS incompatibility/tiff between Cloudflare and archive.ph. Try using another DNS like 8.8.8.8

Same story with the archive.ph links for me, but https://ghostarchive.org/ usually works.

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I am always happy to see them.

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No, everything weed does to you is weaken your mind. It may have benefits, but in general, the more weed, the less good your life will be.

Same thing happened in the 80s and 90s with alcohol - just because you see doctors saying "a glass a wine a day" doesn't mean there isn't tons of money behind it.

What an ignorant response. First of all, there are a significant amount of studies that now point to the benefits down to a cellular level, while alcohol is now considered bad for any amount. You are living on old information and if you took some time to research the topic you will realize all of the negative was based on racist policies to lock up minorities.

Maybe his only experience is that low-end street-shit which is contaminated with all sorts of other stuff, or people who carelessly consumed mostly that, and similar stuff.

All of the studies are biased.

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