Drinking/Smoking Anyone?

But how do you know? If a guy doesn't come in drunk, how can you tell? Especially with young guys, they shake that off in hours, much less between friday at the gym and monday back again. Mando ramos was champion and an alcoholic and maybe a heroin addict.
And how do you tell a young guy to not drink and not chase girls, etc...and seriously expect that he'll listen? That is just going 100% against nature. And if he shows up drunk or you see him about town drunk, you cut him loose? According to the stories that are told, many top fighters drank a bunch.
In my experience, there have been about 12 people, in history, that have successfully avoided all the pitfalls of youth. None of them were fighters. those that claim to have been were probably liars. Being a fighter and being cautious and sedate don't ever seem to go hand in hand.

 

When your've been training fighters for a few years it doesn't take rocket science to figure out whether Alcohol or smoking affects a fighters performance, attitude and people around them including myself. One bad habit leads to others...

I've seen enough bull**** over the years to justify my decisions. If your a fighter and you think its fine, you are naive! Especially when I give 110% of my time trying to get the best out of a potential fighter

Do a google search on boxers affected by alcohol. The great Joe Frazier never drank when training but as soon as he retired from boxing and started drinking, he eventually died due to liver cancer. Alcohol being a contributing factor.

If you want to smoke, drink and party, thats your choice, but as far as I'm concerned I don't waste my time. Shows no respect for yourself and trainer, commitment and willingness to change an be the best.

 

amen!

 

I stopped smoking back in July last year, waaayyyyy before I started training. It's funny because I would do Insanity during those times and run 2 miles in 20min without a problem. I felt like I was cheating. Was also in the worst mental state of my life, I stopped.

Haven't had a drink in a few weeks. I believe it's okay to have a few here and there.

 

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I say no to the tobacco, and when training I severely limit my alcohol intake (one day a week at most, often a month or more with nothing) and have no social life. Other guys in my gym can work hardcore alcoholism/college life into their training schedules but after trying it, it's not for me. Nothing better than a 40 right after training while still dehydrated, but fitness suffers and due to hangovers, not sleeping, etc I wasn't able to spar as much as I should have.

I'm gonna smoke a de ganja until I go blind, though. :cannabis...it's a borderline PED. The right stuff after training makes healthy food taste unhealthy, contrast showers fun, and sleeping easy. It also makes me shadowbox and just sit down and reflect on the day's sparring lol. And if you get the right stuff before training, it can put you in the zone and make you creative. Makes training more enjoyable and less of a grind so motivation isn't a problem. Nice incentive system too--go to the gym, get to smoke before and/or after.
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I used to drink and smoke so much when I was in my early twenties. I sometimes wonder if I would have been better off starting out young, compared to now (in my thirties) but living a clean healthy lifestyle. I honestly think I would have gotten my ass kicked badly and never to return to the sport again.

 

Quitting the beers is very hard, especially with everyone I know (outside of the gym) being heavy drinkers. Every sunday we head down the pub to watch the footy and I'm stuck with lemon lime bitters or a red bull. The benefits are far worth it for me atleast, the body performs like **** if you've had alchohol in the system. On the the flipside once the fight is over and you want beers to celebrate, the body performs like **** because you're the cheapest drunk around