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Do you think smoking can limit your abilities , especially when it comes to stamina and conditioning ..

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Yes it definatly can. I smoked for years and while training, after giving up i felt much fitter and healthy. When i was smoking and training all the way through the lesson i would cough and splutter and afterwards my chest would be sore and i often got breathless. I don't feel anything like that now and i feel much happier and my training has improved loads.

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I also feel that smoking is detrimental to almost any other physical activity that you can do.

One of my former instructors was a chain smoker. After being away for a while, he returned for a visit, and came back to our school to spar, for old-time's sake. He was superbly talented, but after about two minutes of sparring, he was sucking wind real bad. I am not in great shape, but I was better off than he was. Smoking was definitely a detriment to him, and he was in fairly good physical condition. He wasn't overweight or anything like that. It was just the smoking slowing him down.

Yes it definatly can. I smoked for years and while training, after giving up i felt much fitter and healthy. When i was smoking and training all the way through the lesson i would cough and splutter and afterwards my chest would be sore and i often got breathless. I don't feel anything like that now and i feel much happier and my training has improved loads.

I knew you would have good information here, Kerry, speaking from experience. I'm glad to see that you have stuck with it! :)

That is a good article, ps1. That pretty much sums it up, I think.

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Not only can smoking inhibit your abilities to train and have endurance, smoking and training can be life threatening. When one smokes, it constricts the blood vessels, sending less blood and oxygen throughout the body. While training, your heart speeds up. Constricted blood vessels due to smoking and an already overworked heart can lead to elevated blood pressure, angina (chest pain), and even heart attack.

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