Would it be easier to run long distances if having taken a couple of asprin or a shot of tequilla before running? Would it help the heart not have to work as hard?
2007-01-06 14:40:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Running
No. Aspirin will ease achy joints, but Motrin will probably work better. Thinning the blood will only make you more susceptible to bleeding if you injure yourself. Alcohol before serious exercise is a really, really bad idea. When you exercise, you lose body water, thus concentrating the blood alcohol level and making you very drunk, very fast, disrupting your coordination and making you more likely to pass out. Alcohol inhibits anti-diuretic hormone, making you pee more, and thus increasing the chances of dehydration while exercising. Alcohol dilates surface blood vessels, making you more susceptible to cold injury in cold weather and/or heat stroke in hot weather.
Do not drink alcohol before running.
2007-01-06 14:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by Lhordaxes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just tje opposite. The issue here is not how hard the heart works, but how much oxygen your cardio-vascular system can deliver to your muscles.
Blood passes into one side of your heart and is pumped into the lungs where there is an exchange of gases - your blood dumps CO2 and picks up oxygen. Then, the blood flows into the other side of your heart from which it is pumped throughout the rest of your body to deliver oxygen.
The red blood cells are the oxygen carriers - the more of them you have (to a point) the more oxygen your system can receive. So - some athletes break the rules and do what is called "blood doping" They add some of their own previously stored red blood cells into their blood stream before an endurance event - effectiuvely thickening their blood. It makes them more oxygen efficient.
Now - your blood can become too thick and that will cause your heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver to be overworked. But that is not really germaine to your question.
Thinning your blood will NOT help in any cardiovascular endurance event.
2007-01-06 15:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by Quantum Aurelius 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've actually heard that the opposite is true.
One of the "illegal" practices that gets athletes banned is to take some of their own blood, freeze it, then right before a race, thaw it and reinject the blood into the bloodstream. It concentrates the oxygen-carrying red cells therefore helping to increase metabolism and therefore increase performance.
It seems to me thinning the blood would reduce the oxygen it can carry, and reduce one's endurance and stamina.
2007-01-06 14:55:46 · answer #3 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldent advise doing this it can be very harmful to you during a race since you wouldent know how hard you could be pushing yourself.
2007-01-07 02:01:02 · answer #4 · answered by java 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no yes it will decrase breathing problems and no it will shorten running by atleast 2 miles
2007-01-06 17:39:53 · answer #5 · answered by liltrackstar94 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they were not close & probably had animosity toward each other.
2016-05-23 01:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋