Cigarette Smoking And Bodybuilding
Cigarette smoking is one of the biggest cause of different types of diseases, specially cancer and other degenerative diseases in human beings. The worst part about cigarette smoking is that, it not only affects the person who is involved in smoking but also influences and negatively affects the health of non smoker i.e. the person who is not smoking himself but is present in the environment containing cigarette smoke. In the context of body and muscle building process the one thing that could be considered as most detrimental is smoking.
Effects of cigarette smoking on muscle gain
Cigarette smoke contains a large number of compounds which are considered as toxic and are also responsible for cellular degeneration. This results in break down of healthy cellular functioning and cuts down any possibility of gaining fat free muscular mass. Tobacco smoke is very rich in nicotine, an addictive substance that on one hand makes the acquittal from smoking difficult, and on the other hand disturbs the whole anabolic processes of the body making it impossible to re-gain from the body building exercises.
Performance failure with cigarette smoking
Smoking reduces the ability to perform physically. The main cause of this reduction in physical performance is reduced respiratory performance. Smoking is responsible for irreversible respiratory system damage, mainly to the alveolar cells. A reduced respiratory system performance restricts the ability to train harder or harsher and spells doomsday for any muscle building efforts. Smoking also leads to high blood pressure and increased heart rate by up to 20-30% in smokers, the increased heart rate leads to greater energy demand reducing the chances for the body to utilize energy in constructive fronts such as lean mass or muscle strength gain etc.
It is therefore advisable to quit smoking of any kind i.e. active or passive if you have any desire of having a fit and envious body shape and structure.
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