{"id":862,"date":"2015-10-20T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogaboxe.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2015-10-20T10:51:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:51:31","slug":"training-and-smoke-risks-and-effects-on-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yogaboxe.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/training-and-smoke-risks-and-effects-on-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise and smoking: effects on sports performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that between cigarettes and bad blood not workout.<\/p>\n

I’m not talking about the harmful effects of such advertised in awareness campaigns and on the same packages, but my attention was focused on the negative changes a<\/strong>nd the effects that smoking has on sports performance.<\/p>\n

All of us know that a cigarette contains mainly: nicotine, tar and de<\/strong>velops from the combustion of carbon monoxide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nicotine, is responsible for a smoker’s dependenc<\/strong>e as a result of inhibition of the enzyme that controls levels of d<\/strong>opamine, the surplus is not destroyed, and builds a sense of greater pleasure (the person is then stimulated to smoke more and more). At the same time its action on peripheral organs increases heart rate, blood pr<\/strong>essure and heart <\/strong>excitability by increasing the incidence of ischemic heart disease.<\/p>\n

Think now who is in preparation phase where aer<\/strong>obics needs to have a low heart rate, nicotine causes exactly the opposite effect.<\/p>\n

On the tarmac as previously mentioned skipping every speech otherwise I should talk about the content of carcinogenic substances such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines and inorganic compounds, but this is not the appropriate place.<\/p>\n

Let’s move on to CARBON MON<\/strong>OXIDE, a colorless and odorless gas with a hemoglobin-bin<\/strong>ding capacity of approximately 325 times faster than oxygen, the consequence is less O2 <\/strong>uptak<\/strong>e capacity both to pulmonary all organs, including muscles.<\/p>\n

This what? When the oxygen demand is high because of training, reduced lung capacity does not allow a correct input to the muscles all causes a premature step from the mechanism of aerobic to <\/strong>anaerobic energy production, with hi<\/strong>gh accumulation of lactic acid and metabolic waste<\/strong>. (see related articl<\/a>e)<\/p>\n

Another negative effect is the greatest fatigu<\/strong>e, in fact the carbon monoxide binding to hemoglobin takes away oxygen space that can no longer be transported to your muscles begin to lose their contractile capacity and reach to get tired much quicker. The heart is a muscle and to try to compensate for the lack of oxygen increases i<\/strong>ts range, with a parallel increase in h<\/strong>eart rate (basic parameter in building training volumes).<\/p>\n

In the long ter<\/strong>m effects of smoking become even more devastating for the sport performance:<\/p>\n