\u201cHow marijuana affects your workout or performance depends largely on the type of exercise and goal at hand,\u201d says Jordan Tishler, M.D., a Harvard-trained internist and leading cannabis therapeutics specialist.<\/p>\n
And to be clear: There isn\u2019t much hard scientific research on\u00a0marijuana and exercise. One of the few studies we have, published recently in the\u00a0Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport<\/em>, reports that weed degrades peak performance. Researchers only looked at it qualitatively, so we don\u2019t know how much of an effect smoking weed would have on your workout, Tishler points out. But for a race, competition, or even deadlift PR, you want to be at your best\u2014so as best we know, skip the spliff.<\/p>\n That said, while smoking weed before your workout may diminish your peak performance, anecdotal evidence suggests\u00a0smoking weed can heighten the enjoyment of certain activities, namely ones with repetitive motions, Tishler explains. \u201cIf you\u2019re\u00a0running on a treadmill, cannabis can make it more enjoyable\u2014which can actually make you more motivated to\u00a0run for longer,\u00a0and to run more in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Read More: Optimal Strain: Can Smoking Weed Improve Your Workout? | Men’s Fitness<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Get your Grow Lights here<\/a> THERE ARE ROAD\u00a0races where you\u2019re encouraged to run high, and gyms dedicated to working out stoned. But what actually happens if you\u00a0smoke weed and then run\u2014or jump, or lift? \u201cHow marijuana affects your workout or performance depends largely on the type of exercise and goal at hand,\u201d says Jordan Tishler, M.D., a Harvard-trained internist and … Continue reading “Optimal Strain: Can Smoking Weed Improve Your Workout?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/distractableme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"