When I think back over the years in sports I've engaged in how
many people used to smoke. Martial Arts has long been a passion and in
my early days rugby league and running.
I can clearly see people smoking after a fun run, or after a hard martial arts training session and sometimes even during a break. I could never work out how it worked. Some of us would be bent over trying to suck air into our lungs and a few would go outside for a smoke.
I guess they were drawing hard as well just with a cigarette in the middle. I those days I never rated people's performance down because of smoking, some were just fitter than others, but it must have made a huge difference.
Athletes of all kinds are seen smoking in the old movies, as was the habit of the day, maybe the four minute mile would have been broken sooner if some early champions hadn't smoked. We just don't know. But it's safe to say that many people never reached their athletic potential as smokers.
The old Ninja's smoked heavily as was the social norm, but there is no way they were jumping backwards in trees or running fast for long distances or able to hold their breath under water like the movies as smokers.
I suspect cigarettes would have robbed them of their super powers.
So what superpower have you lost? Maybe you're not a Ninja, although there are plenty of people still train in Ninjitsu and statistically 10-20% would smoke.
At an elite level smoking would barely exist, although other drugs have made their way into the lives of the fit and famous.
But at a weekend warrior level there are still plenty of people not getting the best from their training because of cigarettes.
This also makes me think of how we prioritise things in our lives. Have you every stopped to think about how much importance you give cigarettes.
Smokers come in second in many areas of life. They miss important moments being out of the room smoking. They are negatively judged fairly or unfairly. Is second good enough? In some areas of life, like relationships being second is another name for losing, and what a shame to lose just to keep smoking.
Just to keep harming yourself. Hypnosis has proven to be the most successful way to quit so if you are sick of second best you know what to do next.
I can clearly see people smoking after a fun run, or after a hard martial arts training session and sometimes even during a break. I could never work out how it worked. Some of us would be bent over trying to suck air into our lungs and a few would go outside for a smoke.
I guess they were drawing hard as well just with a cigarette in the middle. I those days I never rated people's performance down because of smoking, some were just fitter than others, but it must have made a huge difference.
Athletes of all kinds are seen smoking in the old movies, as was the habit of the day, maybe the four minute mile would have been broken sooner if some early champions hadn't smoked. We just don't know. But it's safe to say that many people never reached their athletic potential as smokers.
The old Ninja's smoked heavily as was the social norm, but there is no way they were jumping backwards in trees or running fast for long distances or able to hold their breath under water like the movies as smokers.
I suspect cigarettes would have robbed them of their super powers.
So what superpower have you lost? Maybe you're not a Ninja, although there are plenty of people still train in Ninjitsu and statistically 10-20% would smoke.
At an elite level smoking would barely exist, although other drugs have made their way into the lives of the fit and famous.
But at a weekend warrior level there are still plenty of people not getting the best from their training because of cigarettes.
This also makes me think of how we prioritise things in our lives. Have you every stopped to think about how much importance you give cigarettes.
Smokers come in second in many areas of life. They miss important moments being out of the room smoking. They are negatively judged fairly or unfairly. Is second good enough? In some areas of life, like relationships being second is another name for losing, and what a shame to lose just to keep smoking.
Just to keep harming yourself. Hypnosis has proven to be the most successful way to quit so if you are sick of second best you know what to do next.
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Wishing you the best of health
Ian Newton
Wishing you the best of health
Ian Newton
