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Prolly 15/16 tbh maybe younger
They can't, even when they're grown they still can't.
There's a difference between being risk averse and being scared.
But anyway, nice strawman argument.. U can name all the examples u want, at the end of the day smoking is detrimental, not advantageous to performance. Phelps excelling was despite it, not because of it. and I'd wager most athletes in Olympic sports don't smoke. non chronic smoking (like once per week) might not be harmful, but "might" still represents an uncertainty. I don't deal in uncertainties so I eliminated risks.
It's the same concept as athletes avoiding junk food. The rationale is not putting poison in our bodies. It's healthy living. Why engulf my lungs with chemicals and carcinogens when I need lung capacity for workouts? It's not worth it. This might be hard to understand if you weren't an athlete. Weekend warrior b ball at the local gym doesn't count.
There’s plenty of kids for whom part of the reason they don’t smoke is because they don’t want it to affect their athletic performance.tf sports gotta do w/ it?
I mean we was smokin blunts before the game & still ballin lol
Look
you said you didn't partake cuz you needed supreme physical conditioning to preform at the highest level
cool
yet & still, there's more professional athletes who've reached the pinnacle in their respective sports who indulged than you would like to believe
them boys in the NBA run up & down the court for bout an hr, which would take sum conditioning right?
& it's estimated over 80% of the league uses
now the jury is still out as the pros & cons are being researched but despite that sum of the best athletes were/are stoners too
https://greatist.com/play/marijuana-effects-on-runners
Look
you said you didn't partake cuz you needed supreme physical conditioning to preform at the highest level
cool
yet & still, there's more professional athletes who've reached the pinnacle in their respective sports who indulged than you would like to believe
them boys in the NBA run up & down the court for bout an hr, which would take sum conditioning right?
& it's estimated over 80% of the league uses
now the jury is still out as the pros & cons are being researched but despite that sum of the best athletes were/are stoners too
https://greatist.com/play/marijuana-effects-on-runners
I think the gist is that top athletes like Phelps can smoke and still play because they are really really really good. If you’re average and want to be good maybe weed won’t help that
I think the gist is that top athletes like Phelps can smoke and still play because they are really really really good. If you’re average and want to be good maybe weed won’t help that
Definitely. When you're that good, particularly once in a blue moon good, you've got more freedom to indulge in things that are or might be harmful to performance.
Usain Bolt wouldn't look as ridiculous toking up every now and then compared to a sub-elite sprinter who's only on the verge of breaking the 10 second barrier in the 100m. The latter should be doing everything in their interest to get to the big leagues. He doesn't have as much leeway to make missteps.
if the difference between you being Michael Phelps great & jus avg. is weed, then you wasn't gon get there anyways
so fie that dope up & play ya lil heart out