Smelling salts

[Xpliot]

What’s your guys opinions on using smelling salts on heavy lift days? Is it bad to be using it a few times a week like that??

 

[Poppy]

Not bad if you actually need them. The average meathead probably don’t need them.

They won’t hurt you.

 

[John]

What do they do,stimulate?

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah I was just curious. If it’s safe to use often :man_shrugging:t3:

 

[JB_rD81]

They’re like a swift punch in the face… you take one hit, all you see is red and you want to kill

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah i was on 10 after that but. I didn’t know if it was safe to use often since we run other stuff. I don’t want to be messing up my body some how and not know it lol

 

[JB_rD81]

I’m a big fan of non inspired training. I only used them for the last 4 weeks of my peaking program and the day of the meet…

 

[John]

I know they “woke you up” but I don’t want to see red,and kill,that type of feeling,seeing red,I don’t need.

 

[Poppy]

I ised them pretty much the same way. Never in my day in day out training.

Still got some somewhere.

 

[johnjuanb1]

Sounds like my farts!

 

[John]

Surprised you used them at all @Poppy

 

[Poppy]

Looked cool walking around with it behind my ear waiting to use it…

 

[Cluster]

Doesn’t amonia do something like that

 

[Dirtnasty]

Basically it. Bever used it. But like poppers they are basically harmless

 

[Stretch22]

Never thought of using them. I know lots of professional athletes use them during games. Huge in NHL

 

[Dirtnasty]

I don’t like to to get to amped when lifting u less dead’s. Anything I got to balance the bar I feel
If I’m too hyped it throws me off

 

[JB_rD81]

I probably didn’t need to see red either, knowing now where my mental state has been for the last couple decades… for me it was a doorway to 100% anamalistic instincts, fight or flight. Some of my older training partners used to get physical
with each other, if one of them would’ve ever hit me, it would’ve ended bad… so I stuck to salts and nose torque

 

[TG1]

Thats the main ingredient in them. We used to tip a bottle over onto our lifting straps and inhale before a lift. From outside looks like your just wiping your nose before a lift but just getting a decent inhale.

 

[Cluster]

Thats slick

 

[Poppy]

Went rummaging in gym and found these. Probably 15 years old.