The legalization of cannabis in the United States opens a lot of doors to new possibilities, new businesses and many new things that were thought to be impossible. In the state of San Francisco a cannabis gym has been opened in which trainers observe gym-goers progress with and without cannabis effects.
This business came about because of a professional snowboarder and an ex professional American rugby player, both of whom are totally in favor of using cannabis. They state that by using cannabis you can have more productive training sessions, and they recommend consuming it before and after every training session. If you consume marijuana while training, your brain relaxes and doesn’t get as distracted as easily, so it’s said that when under the effects of cannabis you’re more concentrated while training.
The Famous North American McAlpine dreamt about opening a cannabis gym for over 30 years, and he took advantage of the legalization of marijuana in the state of California to make his dream come true. McAlpine began lifting weights with his friends in a garage when he was just 18 years old, and he’s been smoking cannabis since them; he guarantees that his training sessions are much more intense under the effects of cannabis. He says that marijuana, snowboarding and skiing have always gone hand in hand as a lot of skiers also use marijuana to either get rid of muscle pain or to get better faster.
Before opening his own Gym he was already a pioneer in mixing cannabis and fitness, having created various events especially dedicated to this topic. He is the creator of the 420 Games, an event that is done in some states where using cannabis is totally legal. In these games people compete in a series of sports or athletic activities with an obvious cannabis theme.
Ricky Williams, ex American rugby player, has been sanctioned a few times for consuming cannabis, and he met McAlpine at a 420 Games event. They became colleagues and opened this revolutionary cannabis gym. McAlpine says that he admires Williams for his strength in sports as well as his ability to use cannabis alongside his career.
Neither McAlpine nor Williams have any intention of selling marijuana at their gym, but they do want to sell dietary products made from marijuana extractions. McAlpine has confessed that he stopped smoking due to the state of his lungs, but he still consumes cannabis through edibles.
McAlpine has also said that he’s already talked with new colleagues to expand his business, and although he hasn’t said who yet, one of them is supposed to be an ex NBA star.
They realize that their system won’t work for everyone because some people slow down a lot under the effects of cannabis. To check your system on the first day you have to without consuming anything to measure your results correctly. This is a kind of exam known as a cannabis performance evaluation and you absolutely have to do it to join the gym; without permission from the trainers you can’t train in this gym.
McAlpine admits that he is quite impressed; 10 years ago he wouldn’t have been able to make his dream come true and now his gym is doing better than he ever could have hoped for. He’s planning on opening new gyms in Los Angeles and Denver where he’s already well known thanks to the 420 Games.
This initiative has caused quite an impact in the media, causing a whole lot of US newspapers and magazines to talk about it, as well as some international ones. McAlpine states that people associate smoking cannabis with lying on the couch or eating crappy food, but they’re completely wrong. He also says that cannabis, in correct dosages, can be extremely beneficial helping with concentration and pain relief.
