By Samantha Wahl Two booming subcategories of self-care are cannabis and fitness. A women-made combination of the two reigns supreme. Nothing revives a fatigued body post-workout quite like CBD, the infamous discomfort cure-all. Like guardian angels, the team at CBD For Life was kind enough to hook the Emerald up with its signature pain-relief Rub, thus … [Read more...] about CBD For Life Rub is a Lifter’s Elixir
Fitness
I Dabbed Before Going to the Gym and This is What Happened
Dabs are great, don’t get me wrong. But there’s lots of reasons to keep it to a minimum, like the prospect of a too-high-tolerance, or even weed’s Voldemort—Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. Either way, it never really occurred to me to replace a typical flower combustion sesh with a conservative dab because the hardware is so daunting. Workouts are not my fav—even though they … [Read more...] about I Dabbed Before Going to the Gym and This is What Happened
Can Olympic Athletes Use Cannabis?
Professional athletes are driven to become the best versions of themselves, but who draws the line between what is a supplement and what is “doping” for an unfair advantage? That would be the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and they made a historic change to their standards regarding cannabidiol (CBD) this year. As of January 1, 2018, athletes now have the OK from WADA to use … [Read more...] about Can Olympic Athletes Use Cannabis?
Sharing the Jogger’s High
Written by Sharon Letts Trainer Brian Kaho shares that if you smoke cannabis, you are already familiar with a few of the ten breathing techniques he teaches his clients, many of whom use the herb for increased stamina, and to fight off inflammation and subsequent pain. Kaho was late to the table where cannabis was concerned, and didn’t partake until after high school, at … [Read more...] about Sharing the Jogger’s High
