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I'm a serious athlete in hard-training, but because it is off-season, there are no drug tests and so I have been smoking a lot of weed. A lot. Anyone know how that could be affecting my performance? And what about long term effects? Or effects of smoking often? I heard somewhere that it is worse for your lungs than cigarettes and I would never touch a cigarette, so now I'm a little worried.
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Smoking weed/cigs restricts the blood flow around ur body, meaning ur heart will have to pump harder to move the blood around, resulting in u requiring more oxygen resulting in ur gasping for air much quicker than usually
Weed (well resin) has more tar in than cigarettes, so this is why its worse for u. Smoke skunk where possible as this contains less tar, and is stronger to
Stop smoking weed about 2 months before the start of ur training season, as this will leave it a good amount of time for it to clear ur system.