Smoking Hinders Results

Smoking has a negative impact on your training. It will hinder results because of the influence it has on the respiratory system. If you are a smoker you should really consider quiting.

Tips on stopping.

1. Find a reason to quit. It can be your health or for a loved one. It will be easier to go to battle on a crusade.

2. Postpone the next cigarette forever. Tell yourself you will have one later. When later comes, put it off again. Hopefully you wake up one morning and a week will have went by without a cigarette.

3. Get a money jar. Everyday you don't buy a pack put $5 in the jar. At the end of the month see how much money you saved.

Remember you are training to be fit and in better health. That includes pushing oxygen throughout your body for recovery and repair after a hard workout.

An aspect is the effect nicotine has on blood pressure. This drug actually increases the blood pressure by increasing heart beats by 20 - 30% and it also hinders any result in working cardio. So if you are working cardio you can not work as long as a non-smoker because of the energy you spend with the extra 20 - 30% heart beats.

Lung capacity is vital for any training I perform whether it is in running sprints or swimming. Expanding my ability to breath better and pushing even more oxygen throughout my body enhances my performance.

This should be your goal also because the ability to use plenty of oxygen through strenuous exercise enables you to work longer also.

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