Weed and Sprinting/Jumping

There's a lot of pseudo-science here.

But, even as a cannabis advocate who disagrees with the reasoning above, I do agree that the legal age for cannabis use should be 25 (not 21). Most people's brains are not even fully formed until their mid-20s (the pre-frontal cortex to be the last, and extremely important, part that is fully formed). Any use of recreational drugs (cannabis, shrooms, alcohol, etc.) before that point will have serious and long term consequences.

Does smoking weed affect longer running, or just sprinting?

"The common functional effect of endocannabinoid action at most synapses is inhibi-tion of release of neurotransmitter from the presynaptic terminal. This has been found in a variety of neurons that release different transmitters, some excitatory and others inhibi-tory. Among the transmitters found to be affected in the same manner are glutamate, gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA), glycine, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin"

These are all neurotransmitters responsible for neural communication, learning, memory formation.

Without looking up any research articles, I would say that smoking weed has a STRONGER negative effect towards max-speed sprinting and less of a negative effect towards distance-based running in terms of running performance. I would say that the speed of neural connection is less important in distance running since the muscles are not compelled to run at their max velocity.

I actually have a funny story about that. Back in undergrad XC, my teammates and I were running a 10 miler. We were pretty spent from the workout the day before so we were just trying to grind it out and no one really felt like talking. At around 7 miles, our best runner turns around and says, "Guys. I smoked right before I got here. I am so high right now" and we burst out laughing cause he was the one keeping the pace strong the entire time! Good times. While he went on to run great times, I believe he would have done so much better if he took it abit more seriously. You could see the talent, but the hard work was not there consistently.

Lot of explosive guys in nfl and nba that smoke weed

Understandably so - NFL players undergo so much physical and mental stress that cannabis is almost a bare necessity to deal with the pain. As well as NBA players who train extensively. However you are talking about the TOP of the TOP. The elite OF the elite! What works for Bolt or Coleman will not work for you! What works in Coach Hart's tempo-based training program for his speed-oriented 400m runners won't necessarily work for every 400m runner!

I am the OP, just posting from my phone!

I have read more articles about marijuana benefits against cancer and other diseases and some doctors told that it is very beneficial. I think that weed has a lot of positive effects on human body and it is better to smoke weed than to eat fast food or to drink alcohol. I really cannot understand people who are saying that weed is a hard drug which should not be legalized. Guys, if you are looking for a good store where to buy weed then I can suggest to check https://www.karunahealthfoundation.com/

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Didn't seem to harm Sha' Carri Richardson, (at least not at the trials.) Also, I have a friend who was a world class long jumper during the Mike Powell/Carl Lewis era, who admits he competed "lit" throughout his amateur career. He is opposed to marijuana now, too, but he never could bring himself to say he would have jumped farther if he had not done it.

Even of you only smoke one joint once? How would you smoke it twice? Are you high?

So you’re telling me the reason i haven’t felt like i can truly run since freshman year is because i started smoking?😭😒