Good Day World!
Imagine the following training session using marijuana for athletes:
“Okay class, are you ready to get high?
Toke up! That’s it! Big deep breaths. Exhale. Inhale.”
Sound too crazy to be true?
Robin Williams once joked, "the only way it's (marijuana) a performance-enhancing drug is if there's a big f---ing Hershey bar at the end of the run," right?
Believe it or not, marijuana is actually helping some people perform better at certain sports. There are people that say training while high has helped them unlock new performance gains.
In November, Men's Journal interviewed elite triathlete Clifford Drusinsky, a Colorado gym owner who also leads training sessions fueled by marijuana edibles.
"Marijuana relaxes me and allows me to go into a controlled, meditational place," Drusinsky told Men's Journal. "When I get high, I train smarter and focus on form."
Outside Magazine correspondent Gordy Megroz wrote in the February issue of that magazine that while he has never been much of a pot smoker, he heard enough close friends — especially skiers — say that getting high helped their performance that he decided to give it a shot.
In the World Anti-Doping Association's current ban on competing while stoned, the organization cites studies that show marijuana can decrease anxiety and increase airflow to the lungs by acting as a bronchodilator, something that decreases resistance in the airways. (source)
There isn't much research available yet on how pot affects performance. As long as marijuana is considered a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Agency, it's incredibly difficult for researchers to study its effects.
Meanwhile it should be interesting hearing some more stories about athletes training with pot. Who would have thought?
Time for me to walk on down the road…
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