How does smoking affect sports training and performance?

Answer 1

Smoking puts impurities into the lungs. This damages them and makes it difficult for the blood air exchange to take place. The lack of oxygen greatly reduces an athlete's ability to perform well.

Answer 2

It blocks your wind pipe with tar as well as the aveoulus which exchange gases for your body. If the linings are blocked with tar from a cigarette the gas exchange happens a lot slower your your stamina decreases dramatically, as oxygen can not get to the muscles to allow them to work.

Answer 3

Sports training and sports performance is greatly affected by smoking in several ways. Smoking reduces fitness. It does this in a number of ways, chiefly by reducing the amount of oxygen available in the body. Since oxygen plays a major role in energy production, even a minor depletion has an impact on physical performance.

Answer 4

Because if you smoke it damages your aveoli's which carry oxygen in and out of your body and also how much you can hold. if you damage these then you wont be able to hold as much oxygen as you use to leaving you breathing quicker trying to compensate for the loss of oxygen. Also you will get out of breathe really easily which is not good for a athlete.

Answer 5

smoking will make their lungs unhealthy and cause you to be out of breath quicker than an average person

Answer 6

it makes you unhealthy smoking.