[mooch2031]

I have a friend whois reall wanting to powerlift and he dips a lot does that have any effect on trainin??????

[bigmike02]

i have been dipping for about 9 years, i dont do as much now as i use to, but it never really effected me. just stronger mood swings!

[Hitman21]

dude ive been dipping for awhile now its really not that big of a deal. Just tell him to make sure he pounds the water! We need it from all that spitting... unless you swallow it which is fuggin disgusting i met a kid from sweden who did that

[dog1dog2]

In the short term, the nicotine will have a stimulant effect, which could be interpreted as good....in the long term, it can have a carcinogenic effect, which could be interpreted as bad....

[highprotein]

Vasoconstriction is bad, as it reduces bloodflow/delivery of Oxygen/removal of CO2 and less protein/nutrients are delivered to cells. That's why we take NO-whatever products in the attempt to vasodialate and get more bloodflow into our muscles during workouts.

Nicotine causes vasoconstriction in smaller vessels (apparently, not the heart or major vessels ( circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/5/891 )).

However, it does vasoconstrict the smaller vessels (important to us, the thousands of tiny ones that wind around our muscle cells).

I smoked/dipped for 16 years, and before I quit, five years ago, I was getting "ringing" in my ears daily, likely from years of reduced bloodflow starving the nerves in my inner-ear...until I quit all tobacco...and haven't had a ringing problem since. (There was a Japanese study done on hearing loss in smokers that indicated reduced bloodflow, but I can't find the reference right now).

Is dipping "that big of a deal" to your workout? Probably not...especially to you young guys...but it does appear to have a negative effect overall.

-hp

[dog1dog2]

Originally Posted by highprotein

Is dipping "that big of a deal" to your workout? Probably not...especially to you young guys...but it does appear to have a negative effect overall.

-hp

The biggest problem is when those "young guy" become "old guys" with a cancer causing habit...for them it's a problem, anyways. Personally, I could care less...it's one's personal choice and right to dip or smoke or otherwise....but obviously, it doesn't fit into a healthy lifestyle too well....if that's what you were wondering in your initial post mooch...