Painkillers & Strength

[barbell001]

I am not encouraging this in any way as I know its definitely not the healthiest of practices, but does anyone else find that if they have taken a painkiller before training a few hours beforehand that they have a much better training session than normal and are stronger when lifting especially in 1 rep maxes etc?

I am referring to initially taking the painkiller for something such as a headache or toothache etc and not to counter any kind of muscle soreness or pain during lifting. Something such as Ibuprofen or Aspirin so basically an anti inflammatory.

Does anyone know why this is or how it works to enable you to lift bigger weights than usual and normally for more reps?

 

[Hightower]

I think this comes from the fact that you do not feel pain or discomfort, since painkillers do their job and you are not distracted by these moments and perform movements more rigidly and confidently. From this, an increase occurs, but not always.

 

[BawlsDeep]

Ali used to take pain killers before he boxed. That's why he's the greatest. Could also be why he was straight up retarded his last few years of life.

 

[Hightower]

I doubt very much that taking painkillers and Ali's Parkinson's disease is somehow connected or painkillers are the cause.

 

[barbell001]

I doubt very much that taking painkillers and Ali's Parkinson's disease is somehow connected or painkillers are the cause.

I think its probably more to do with the amount of heavy punches he took to his brain over the years, imagine all the nerve damage it must do especially when the aim is to knock the person out, basically temporary brain damage.

 

[Hightower]

That's right. I am sure that this is the main reason, as far as I remember, the boxers of that time had frequent consequences in the form of such an illness, I watched some podcast on this topic. That security is now higher than before. Fights are stopped earlier so that the health of the athlete is maximally preserved.

 

[Canknucklehead]

No... although a few of my bros swear by ephedrine and an oxy.

Not my cup of tea... I like being aggressive during my workout... my go to preworkout is ephedrine and caffeine

With that being said I really dislike NSAIDs and encourage everyone I train to supplement with fish oil and turmeric instead.

 

[Jayne Scott]

The painkillers do not actually enhance performance. What they do is douse your pain which enables you to lift heavy and/or train harder than usual. The danger here is that you could overdo it leading to injuries.

 

[Hightower]

As a rule, injuries just often occur when an athlete trains for a long time under painkillers. Pain, which is a natural protective reaction of the body, we use drugs to either dull the pain or it disappears. And as a result, we go out to heavy weights and get injured, and usually very serious.

 

[Barbarian]

I take painkillers such as diclofenac when I have inflammation of chronic injuries (there are not many of them and they are not serious, but they can interfere with doing a hard workout). In this case, of course, you can raise more than if you had not accepted these funds. But this can not be done often, otherwise you can aggravate the injury.

 

[Hightower]

Taking painkillers, the risk of more injury. In particular, diclofinac has a very negative effect on the stomach up to an ulcer.