 Alright guys. What is going on? Welcome to another video, welcome to another episode of Making Games and tonight's episode is going to be controversially titled I do believe. And it's going to be my opportunity to talk about the subject of marijuana and bodybuilding and whether they can mix. And I'm here to tell you guys that yes they can mix. I have integrated the two. I've been training consistently for probably about six years and I've been smoking weed consistently for probably about nine years. And for some of you guys that may be a surprise but it's the truth. I don't know if it's to do with the place I was brought up in in New Zealand but it's definitely abundant and it's my preferred sort of outlet to alcohol and cigarettes. I'd much rather smoke a little weed and get higher that way. But with that said, I've had no choice being a regular gym goer and a regular marijuana smoker. I had no choice but to integrate the two and that's exactly what I did. So today I'm not going to talk too much about it. In fact I am at a point now where it's probably going to be best for me to cut it, to be honest, to move on from this. It's been a period in my life, nine years like I said. And it's coming to the point where I really am wasting too much time. I'm wasting too much time thinking about it. I'm wasting too much time getting it. I'm wasting too much time smoking it. But that's not what we're here to talk about today. We're here to talk about how it has been integrated into my lifting life. So marijuana and bodybuilding, do they mix? Yes they do. The first way I use it as a positive is pre-workout. Now there's two types of guys who smoke weed. There's one who smokes it and gets spaced out, goes sit on the couch and laughs at every random thing that's on TV with their eyes half closed. Then there's the other guy who might be artistic, they might be quite creative and they'll have a smoke and then they'll want to go to and do whatever hobby they like doing but just be so much more involved in it and so much more zoned in. And that is the kind of guy I am. I like to use it as a boost to be honest. It's meant to be a downer but it gives me a buzz. It really does, it lifts me up. And if I've got something to do, if I've got like a list of things to do, man I'll just start going through them, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. It really does allow me to just zone in. Being a regular smoker it doesn't make me really high anymore, you know what I mean? It's more so a comfort zone. It's more so me entering a comfort zone that I've been in every day for the last nine years and it's fantastic. I don't mix it with work but what I do mix it with is lifting. So pre-workout I'll have it within 15-20 minutes of going to the gym. No one will know. As I said I walk in the gym just like normal but how I'm feeling personally is I've basically got everything that doesn't need to be in my head out because I've had this smoke it gives you a bit of perspective guys. So let's say I'm worrying the whole entire day about stupid little things and I struggle with getting that stuff out of my head and focusing 110% on that workout. If I've got stupid things in my head you know relationship issues, not that I have a relationship but shit like that it's really going to plumb my mind and having a wee smoke before I go to the gym really allows me to just let that stuff go and focus really focus on my workout. Not only that but it's you know it's meant to be a muscle relaxing but man what you'll find is is let's say you're doing a lap pull down and you're just pulling it down like that okay you're just going through the motion. If you've had a wee smoke before you go trust me you'll be feeling every single muscle as you pull it down you'll be feeling the stretch and feeling it down pulling it down feeling the stretch and the pain is not so bad the pain's not as bad so there's three benefits it lets me release any negative thoughts before I get in the gym it allows me to really zone in and concentrate on what I'm doing and it doesn't hurt as much so those are three benefits. Obviously you know there comes a time when use turns into abuse if you're doing it every single day it's probably not ideal you do want to be able to train without of course I just prefer to train with so as well as that the other time in the day where I like to use marijuana to assist me in making gains is when I'm gonna eat so let's say I'm struggling for calories for that particular day I wasn't really hungry in the morning I'll get home I'll have my workout and I'll come home and I'll think fuck I've only had 1500 calories today if I want to get three and a half thousand or four thousand in before the end of the day I'm probably gonna have to eat quite a bit of food right now so if I'm not feeling too hungry there's one thing I can introduce that's always gonna make me you know pretty damn hungry and that is having another smoke so yeah that would be the two you know those those the benefits of marijuana in the bodybuilding world to be honest they so like I said at the start there's two types of smokers one that is going to get fuck all done like that guy who sings like afro man when he sings because he got high you know he had all these plans to do but he never got them done because he got high and he just wanted to sit in front of the TV and then you've got the other side the guys who get motivated they inspired it gives them perspective on life they can see things for how they really are and and that's that's a real benefit that I get from it on a daily basis so with that said that's gonna wrap up today's video I hope you've enjoyed it I've actually shop this video many many times in the past and it's never made it to YouTube because it's been it's been a very taboo subject and you know with guys like Artemis Dolgen coming out you know from Golden Aesthetics he's probably one of my biggest inspirations right now and he openly smokes I mean he lives in California so it's legal that's the other thing you know it is illegal it's illegal man in Australia it's gonna be legal for medicinal purposes as of 2018 which is very very positive that's not me as of this stage so for me to continue smoking it's going to have to still be pushing the boundaries of legalities in this country but that's okay but these were my opinions and experiences with marijuana and bodybuilding and thanks for watching peace