Study claims regular cannabis use impairs performance in female athletes

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Study claims regular cannabis use impairs performance in female athletes
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The small study comparing healthy, regular cannabis users with non-users found that consumers “produced significantly less power” during early stages of anaerobic exercise. — via TheGrowthOp cannabisnews cannabisculture exercise study

The small study compared the performance of 12 healthy, regular cannabis users — who had used the plant an average of six years and consumed an average of 15 days monthly — to that of 12 non-users, participants who had not consumed any cannabis products for at least 12 months.Article content

The findings indicate cannabis users “produced significantly less power” during the first two states of the Wingate assessment, aThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Indeed, compared with non-users, cannabis consumers showed 18 per cent less power output during the first five seconds of pedalling and 20 per cent less during the second five-second period.

Despite less power, though, regular weed users also “experienced significantly less anaerobic fatigue,” notes the study abstract.More long term, investigators found that female athletes who regularly use cannabis also showed a higher risk for cardiovascular disease .Article content It further notes that the younger the participant began using cannabis, “the higher the CRP concentration.”

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