Table 2 Percent of participants reporting why they used cannabis while exercisinga
From: How and why adults use cannabis during physical activity
Percentage reporting (n = 100) | Activities are in order of highest preference within each row |
|---|---|
69 to 60 | Helps me focus/concentrate; helps me enjoy the exercise experience; enhances mind/body/spirit connection; keeps me in the zone |
59 to 50 | Enhances body awareness; to relieve muscle tension |
49 to 40 | To be more observant/aware; improve flexibility; to decrease inflammation |
39 to 30 | To decrease my sense of time during exercise; as a reward for exercising; to be more conscious of my breath during exercise; helps sleep; recovery from pain; as ritualistic medicine; increase energy; to manage pain in order to tolerate exercise; enhance physical performance; to manage social anxiety |
29 to 20 | Improve patience from frustration; to improve creativity during exercise; my friends do it/we do it together; delays onset of muscle soreness; to regulate my breathing |
19 to 10 | Distraction from exercise; to decrease self-consciousness; to regulate my heart rate |
9 to 1 | To be less observant/aware; decreases body awareness; as a neuroprotectant; Other: helps me achieve that runners high sooner; relieve stomach pain; cause my life is dope and I do dope shit; helps control my blood sugar; I am diabetic; relaxes me and puts me in a calm creative headspace |