Possible minor health benefit?

[ricklinc]

I do kickboxing and taekwondo. Seven months ago I started a series of injuries and other health issues that kept me off training until last Saturday. The hard trainers among you will know what that means. Lots of aching in the muscles during the first few weeks. I've spent 20 years trying to find something that reduces all that aching after a training layoff and restart but found nothing that works. Except that this time I'm hardly aching at all and Monday evening was pretty brutal. Apart from the split lip I'm fine when I expected to be hobbling around in the mornings.

Seven weeks ago I got my first e-cig and haven't touched a regular one since. And now I'm wondering about the propylene glycol. The body converts this into lactic acid which is also the main cause of muscle aches after a training session. Has my body relearned how to cope with lactic acid because I've been making the stuff from vaped PG?

I might be completely wrong but the e-cig is the only thing I've done different this time. Anbody else had a similar experience?

 

[Duckies]

I would think that is is also the 4,000 chemicals (and ~60 carcinogens) that you aren't lighting on fire and inhaling into your system for 7 weeks.

You will notice that your mucles ache less when you stop, but are also correct about the additional lactic acid that needs an outlet. It is very possible that because you are in good shape and exercise on a regular basis that your body is capable of adjusting to LA faster than the rest of we couch potatos.

May not be a bad idea to check in with your doc and get some baseline bloodwork done so that he/she can monitor your progress on this journey.

Congrats on quitting!

 

[ainako]

Come to think of it, I haven't been sore from a workout in a long time since vaping. My sport is olympic weightlifting and sometimes I do high volume work. Oh and if you would like some extra omph in your kicks and improve lift and explosiveness on your aerial techniques, power cleans are great for that!

 

[Alanae]

I have a daughter with a metabolic disorder who deals with lactic acid issues as part of her medical issues. I think I'm kind of an expert in this area so here are my two cents:

Your body makes lactic acid naturally. Just run a 100 yard sprint and your lactic acid levels will go up to around 4 or 5 which is why you feel spent once you end the race. The thing is that after your body starts to calm down and relax the lactic acid levels go down and and head back towards normal status around 1.7.

So even if PG makes your body produce lactic acid, and until about 2 seconds ago I didn't realize it did, than it shouldn't really go "that" high up the lactic acid scale. Plus, as with the race scenario above, your body will start to go back to normal pretty quickly.

In the end I can't see lactic acid being a real issue with vaping. Unless you can get your lactic acid levels up around 6 or 7 for extended periods of time, you don't do any real damage and it doesn't become fatal