Smelling salts while lifting

I feel like I would look like a big douche walking around Anytime Fitness with smelling salts.

I have wanted to give it a try. I saw Theo Von doing some with Joe Rohan last week and he was into it.

Are you supposed to just do it once or multiple times during a workout? I’m somewhat fascinated by the different ways adrenaline can improve performance.

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Are you supposed to just do it once or multiple times during a workout? I’m somewhat fascinated by the different ways adrenaline can improve performance.

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Save it for when you really need it. Max effort, new PRs, competitions, situations that demand you be at your highest level of intensity. You can build a tolerance to it, so if you use it all the time, it won’t be as potent. They also gradually fade, so if you’re opening the bottle all the time, you’re going to have to replace it sooner. I use it very, very rarely. It has a way of fricking with my focus, so I only use it during competition when I’m feeling anxious or nervous.

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Thor did it right before his deadlift record.

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Which I find kind of funny, because that bar moved pretty quickly.

Used to use it a lot when I was powerlifting. My impression of it was that it kind of cleared your sinuses and let you get a big gulp of air just before the lift. The pain/sharpness from it also got your mind in the right spot.

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I do feel that a lot of modernity is designed to negatively effect people for whatever eason.

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I can't disagree with that. One of the reasons I loved powerlifting was that when I about to pull a PR the rest of the world ceased to exist. It was me and the weight. The building could have been on fire and I wouldn't have noticed. I'm pretty ADD and have serious attention span issues and it was always nice to have a singular focus for a bit.

Use to be pretty common in boxer's corners to be used during fights to help clear the head if they got their bell rung during a round.