Are smoking and sports compatible?

Smoking and sports - how compatible are they? This question is far from idle: according to WHO, in Russia officially registered 37% of the smoking population. At the same time, millions of people began to think about their health and decided to go in for sports.

Of course, if a person who smokes has decided to increase his physical activity, then something in his life does not suit him, and it's time to change the way of life. But even professional sportsmen smoke. American basketball player Michael Jordan, for example, or boxing world champion Canadian Arturo Gatti.

Is it possible to combine?

Can still smoking and sports activities are completely compatible? To date, there is no unequivocal opinion on this issue. Some believe that sports and cigarettes are categorically incompatible. Others believe that with moderate consumption of tobacco and regular exercise, nothing bad will happen - physical activity will support the health of the smoker and will be able to protect him from the negative consequences of using cigarettes.

Let's look at all the pros and cons and take our decision. So, are smoking and sports compatible?

Is smoking useful?

Not so long ago it was found out that smoking significantly, within 70%, reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease. Approximately the same data are obtained for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. And the cigarette protects a potential patient only when a person is a smoker. If you quit smoking, then the relatively quickly the percentage of the possibility of getting sick is approaching the non-smoking indicator.

Smokers almost never have sepsis. This is due to the fact that nicotine in the body suppresses the production of a specific protein and prevents sepsis. In addition, smokers almost never have acne (adolescent acne). The exact cause of their appearance to date, scientists have not been clarified, but the link between smoking and their absence can be traced very clearly.

Pleasure! Of course, this is the main reason why people smoke. Smoking brings undoubted pleasure from the process - the lips feel the shape and light roughness of the filter, the nose feels a delicious smell of tobacco smoke. It also fills the lungs with hot heat. Cigarettes uniquely protect against depression and stress, which is a real scourge of life in the 21st century.

The effect of smoking on exercise

Proponents of categorical rejection of nicotine give their arguments:

• 88% of patients with myocardial infarction.
• 100% of patients with laryngeal cancer.
• 95% of patients with tuberculosis.
• 80% of patients with chronic bronchitis.
• 96% of patients with lung cancer.

All these people are smokers.

In addition, tobacco tar, partially passing through the lungs of the smoker, settles there in an amount of about 1 kilogram per year. Violation of the erection and the menstrual cycle is not a complete list of what cigarette smoke carries to us.

It is also sad that such a result of the attitude to one's health can be obtained regardless of whether a person smokes a pack a day or a couple of cigarettes. Even with the use of one cigarette a day a person is considered a smoker and is at risk. Low-smoking (but still smoking!) People simply do not have time to adapt the body to the use of dangerous substances contained in a cigarette. Hence the consequences, which are no more lighter than those of heavy smokers. So smoking affects sports negatively.

Second hand smoke

Even if a person does not smoke, he can be exposed to the negative effects of tobacco smoke, just being with smokers in the same room. After the most careful ventilation in the room on the walls and ceiling, a high concentration of semi-volatile organic compounds (PLO) is preserved, the most famous of which is nicotine. A typical person in his entire life about 85-90% of the time spent in the premises. In the open air, on the street is not any better. The PLO settles on the walls of buildings, the visors of entrances, on the bark of trees, on cars and sidewalks. This causes serious damage to the environment.

Non-smoking and sports

Passive smoking brings not only displeasure from the fact that one has to breathe stagnant tobacco smoke. Studies have been conducted that have shown that never smoking people who constantly inhale someone else's tobacco smoke are at 90% risk of developing cardiovascular diseases than those who do not. According to research conducted in the United States, about 50 000 deaths occurred due to passive smoking. This is equal to the number of registered deaths from Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and much more than the number of murders recorded by the police in that country. And how does smoking affect sports?

So, probably, we can conclude: smoking still does harm, and when playing sports especially. Smoking is lost even if there is some useful component in this process. But it definitely brings pleasure, otherwise we would not smoke. So how does smoking affect athletes or just people who welcome physical activity in their lives? Let's see what brings us sport.

Physical exercise and sports are harmful?

Is smoking good after sports? We all, perhaps, still remember the history of the first marathon from the school bench: the Greek Fiddipid ran a distance of 42 kilometers from the Marathon to Athens and died on the trading floor, passing on important information. James Fix, who wrote the famous bestseller "All About Running" and had hundreds of fans and associates around the world, at the age of 52 died on a run. Every year deaths of young and promising athletes are recorded. Huge fees and popularity motivate them to work at the limit of human capabilities, to reach new heights in their profession. The average age of the Olympic champions who devoted themselves to sports all their lives, on average 70-80 years. Testicular cancer, unfortunately, is the most common disease among professional cyclists. And sports are simply contraindicated for vegetarians, as active physical loads will cause a severe shortage of vitamin B 12 in their organisms. But why? Because, probably, that everything is good in moderation. With high physical activity, you should not include a program of "self-destruction" and work in the gym or on the treadmill "for wear".

Physical exercise and sports are useful?

If the sport is against smoking, and you smoke, then in order to determine for yourself the opportunity to play sports, you must, first of all, see a doctor. The doctor will tell you if your workouts are allowed and how much they can be intense. And only after making sure that it is safe for you, you must begin to train.

Yes, physical activity is beauty, a tightened body, a wonderful state of health. With constant training in sports, the muscular corset improves, the immune system stabilizes and the musculoskeletal system normalizes. Lungs develop, the work of the cardiovascular system improves, the bones become stronger.

For a modern person, physical activity and sport are a wonderful hobby.

How does smoking affect the body during exercise?

Are smoking and sports compatible? The consequences of this can be very serious. Most often, sportsmen are smoking, whose athletic load is not tied to the need for intensive breathing. For example, bodybuilders. We all remember the famous unmatched "iron Arnie", not parting with a cigar. Besides, while the body is young and strong, special consequences from smoking may not be felt. But!

Respiratory system

At employment by any kind of sports works, first of all, respiratory and cardiovascular systems. And the smoker's lungs are clogged with resins. Yes, the same ones that settle in the lungs of a person who smokes at a rate of about 1 kilogram per year. Therefore, from the very first minutes of doing sports exercises, you may experience shortness of breath and cough. Small (in view of the fact that the volume of lungs in smokers is reduced), the amount of oxygen entering the blood does not make it possible to perform exercises with full impact. During warm-up or jogging, pain in the right side may appear, and this indicates that the liver involved in metabolic processes can not cope with such stresses. Violated natural gas exchange and removal of waste materials, reduced endurance. In addition, when smoking decreases the elasticity of the lung tissue, healthy tissues are replaced with scarring.

The cardiovascular system

The cardiovascular system suffers most. In a person who smokes, the heart muscle works almost always in a rapid rhythm, the arterial pressure is increased in comparison with the norm, and the walls of the vessels are narrowed. With the addition of physical stress to these negative factors, the heart begins to work at the limit of possibilities. And this does not help to strengthen the heart muscle, rather leads to its rapid and meaningless wear. In the most extreme case, such an attitude towards one's heart can lead to myocardial infarction. Smoking also narrows the blood vessels of the brain, as well as the rest.

And with sports loads, narrowed vessels and high blood pressure can lead to a stroke. During smoking, the vessels shrink and remain in this state for some time. When sports loads, on the contrary, blood vessels require a sharp expansion to increase blood flow. What happens? Unfortunate vessels experience an unprecedented load. Such constant chronic shakes lead to rapid wear of the body. And it turns out that the smoking sportsman gets the result opposite to why he went to the gym or on the treadmill. Is it worth combining smoking and sports?

CNS

Nicotine has the property of depleting the central nervous system. And a person who is engaged in sports, it is important to have a margin of safety, will, a mood for a persistent transfer of pain and discomfort. When combined with a cigarette and physical activity, coordination of movements is reduced, which often leads to serious injuries.

Muscles and bones

The fact is well-known: because of chronic spasm of blood vessels in the smokers and blood supply to organs and tissues. In this regard, the delivery and absorption of nutrients are also slowed down. This can lead to the fact that even the lightest sports injury, common, for example, stretching, can take much more time to restore than a non-smoking person. Muscles that receive less nutrition, grow worse and develop worse. In addition, in smokers, an enzyme is found in the blood that cleaves the protein. Therefore smoking is absolutely contraindicated to people whose main goal is the formation of a beautiful athletic figure, for example, bodybuilders.

Smoking and sports are incompatible. Even simple smoking without physical exertion is much less dangerous than a combination of physical exertion and nicotine. But what to do to those who are still under the power of addiction?

Some tips for those who have not yet parted with a cigarette, but are actively training

We must convince ourselves to stay away from smoking for at least a couple of hours before training. It is necessary that the spasm of blood vessels, so characteristic for smokers, should end. This will lead to the fact that the heart and blood vessels during exercise will no longer work in "overload" mode. It does not work for several hours? At least an hour. You can not, then it's better not to go to training at all than to wear out the heart and blood vessels.

You need to train yourself to the best of your ability, gradually increasing your workload. This simple advice is actually very important: the lungs will gradually be cleared of smoking products. This process will help to avoid "overload", absolutely negatively affecting your health.

Refrain from smoking immediately after training. Better a few hours. Why? The answer is the same: the vessels are dilated, the heart beats strongly and quickly, bringing oxygen to the muscles. The lungs work at full strength, oxygen pumping into the blood. If you smoke at this moment, the result will be very negative, much more sad than simple smoking in a calm state. How long will it take? This is individual. But three hours minimum it is better not to smoke.

Do sports two or three times a week. Not less often, but not more often. Gradually, when the habit of smoking begins to recede, you can increase the load.

Well, now you will know that even a smoker's physical activity is important and important. Responsibility for our health is primarily ours! Simultaneous smoking and sports will have a negative effect on him.