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[rs7k]

Is it possible to be a smoker and still continue to do well in sports (like not run out of breath so quickly)? I don't have a desire to quit, so let's leave quitting out of the option for now. My question is this, with a regular working out schedule, including cardio training, is it possible to get to an acceptable level of fitness, comparable or better than when I was a non-smoker? I've never been that fit, I'm just your average joe when it comes to sports.

Btw, no haters please.

 

[Badabing]

Well I'm just going to state the obvious

If it is possible, the smoking certainly isn't going to help.

How much do you smoke, I guess is the big question?

 

[miyuru]

Yeah, it's possible. I'm not a smoker, but I know people who do and are still fit.

 

[rs7k]

Anywhere from 4-7 a day.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

The answer is clearly "Yes but you will be an amount less fit than if you didn't smoke"

 

[yoshifumi]

it's perfectly possible to be at an acceptable level of fitness

 

[Badabing]

Anywhere from 4-7 a day.

Well it's certainly better than a pack a day.

God, way too many people I know smoke a pack a day. They look and smell disgusting because of it.

 

[miyuru]

Well it's certainly better than a pack a day.

God, way too many people I know smoke a pack a day. They look and smell disgusting because of it.

Haha that's no excuse, I'm not hating on you, I'm being serious

 

[way more]

I think it's possible but much more difficult, and it may be unhealthy. The day after I smoke, (I usually smoke at night) I notice a difference in preformance. One of my army buddies gave up smoking because he said it was a drag on his running.

 

[miyuru]

The longer you've been smoking, it's effects will show more. So don't think you're invincible if you've recently begun smoking and are working out, etc..

 

[MrAngryFace]

You cant condition your lungs to run as good as they used to while fundamentally 'broken'.

Its like trying to condition a man with two festering gunshot wounds to run as fast as he used to. Its always going to hurt and will possibly make things worse if you press the issue.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

hey i have an idea..lets ask Mr. Black Lung

honestly though if you really want to know if you can be active and smoke, by those little coffee straws and run a mile only breathing through it.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

Vlade Divac can be your hero!

 

[White Man]

Yeah, it's possible. I've ramped down since moving, but I used to run on average 6 miles a day, in addition to stuff like biking and rock climbing. Just don't smoke directly before you exercise, because that really flattens my capacity.

 

[cvxfreak]

As said earlier, smoking will only make thing worse than they should be.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

Look how many people in the army smoke, and they'll out physique any of you schmoe's.