We already know that many professional athletes find cannabis useful for a variety of reasons. Cannabis might not have helped the success of world class competitors like Michael Phelps and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. But let’s face it. Those guys are freaks. What about the rest of us and this idea that cannabis impedes motivation? Part of the reason we publish this YourCanna-Club blog is to challenge these myths, stereotypes and misinformation. As the legendary Negro League baseball pitcher Satchel Paige once said, “It’s not what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know that’s just not so.”
In a widely discussed study, researchers from the University of Miami and the Brookings Institute looked at data from 20,745 Americans, from their teenage years through their 20s and 30s between 1994 through 2018. They compared the data from surveys on how often participants used cannabis and how often they exercised. The researchers quickly determined that not only was there no link between exercising less and using cannabis with more frequency – they found that cannabis users, consumers and enthusiasts were more likely to work out regularly.
So – see you at the gym!