But don't think that everyone who has fitness habits doesn't smoke or drink. Actually, there are not a few bodybuilders who smoke. The author is a bodybuilder who smokes. Although bodybuilders can build muscles through strength training whether they smoke or not, there is definitely a gap between them. So what are the specific differences and differences between bodybuilders who smoke and bodybuilders who never smoke?
Muscle training experience gap
Bodybuilders generally don't smoke before and after training, because smoking during these two periods will affect the training effect. Except those bodybuilders who are very addicted to smoking, sometimes they start smoking in the locker room, completely ignoring the feelings of the people next to them, which shows how addicted they are. If a smoker smokes a cigarette before fitness, his training effect on that day will be greatly reduced, because the oxygen uptake of fitness training muscles has increased. If you smoke at this time, the oxygen content in the blood will be greatly reduced, resulting in muscle hypoxia, which will affect the fitness experience. However, a non-smoker will never feel chest tightness and shortness of breath because of smoking.
Muscle appearance gap
Although both smokers and non-smokers can build muscles, there are still some subtle differences in appearance. But in the eyes of ordinary people, there is basically no difference in muscle contrast between the two sides, and it can also be said that the influence of smoking on muscle morphology can be ignored. Only bodybuilders who smoke have their own experience. Smoking will reduce muscle circumference more or less. This is the author's own feeling. I don't know if it's psychological problems or other reasons. I always think that smoking will lose muscle, but I'd like to smoke a few mouthfuls. Then bodybuilders who don't smoke will have much more stable muscle state than bodybuilders who smoke.
Muscle strength difference
Why do many bodybuilders successfully quit smoking after becoming addicted to fitness? It is precisely because smoking has a great influence on athletic ability that smokers lag far behind non-smokers in running mileage at first, and then their muscle strength and endurance are not as good as those of non-smokers. After running for a few steps, they catch their breath and shake the dumbbells a few times, and they lose their strength. People who don't exercise for a long time generally don't have such a strong feeling when smoking. Once they meet an emergency and need to run two steps, they will know the influence of smoking.
In a word, people who smoke for a long time are probably not as good as non-smokers. People who don't drink or smoke will have less fun, but they will keep healthy. In particular, people who exercise should know that smoking affects not only lung or muscle endurance, but also the relative decline of testosterone level. The decrease of testosterone in smokers will affect muscle gain, so the muscle gain effect of non-smokers is stronger than the former.