Can I still get good muscle tone and abs while I smoke?

[Anonymous]

OK well I'm gonna slowly kick the habit of smoking but it will take time. I am wondering if it would be possible to smoke and still gain good muscles and abs. I know I need to go to the gym workout and eat healthy. I am just wondering if smoking affects it. also does alcohol affect muscle gain if it is hard liquor?

[madmisskelly]

You can still get in shape and gain muscle while smoking, but good for you in trying to quit.

Alcohol, regardless if it is hard liquor or beer, wine, etc, can impact your weight loss/muscle gain. Gram for gram, it has the same calories as fat. This means that in a shot of liquor, you are consuming 100 calories or more. In a mixed drink, well, you are basically drinking a meal.

[Asker]

what if I'm drinking it straight?

[madmisskelly]

It still has the same amount of calories gram for gram as fat. A shot of whiskey, rum, vodka, etc, is still around 100 cals. If you are having a double shot, double the amount of calories. link

It honestly depends on how much you are drinking. However, a 200 calorie drink every night over a week is 1400 calories you could have saved. You could have saved that up for a splurge dessert (500 cals maybe) once per week

[johari]

Well moving the bud to smoke it will waste some time but its possible

[G-Daz]

It will be harder because smoking damages your testosterone production through impairing and deactivating enzymes. It will be possible to gain muscle but just not as much as you would if you didn't smoke

Alcohol like cigurettes will affect your testosterone in the same way but hopefully if you do it only on an occasional basis then the impairrements won't be dramatic

[just_tired]

Smoking won't affect at all. I smoke sometimes too. As for alcohol, it has a lot of calories and because of hangovers, you can't workout the day after drinking. It can still affect 2 days after drinking. But I do drink alcohol too and know a lot of friends who are very muscular and defined and do both of those bad habits ;)

[Xx_DRE_xX]

It can still be achieved of course. Smoking is only going to f*** you up if your trying to do any cardiovascular exercise. As far as the drinking goes, as long as your not a raging acoholic you'll be fine.

[martyfellow]

Probably not for long because your reduced lung capacity will make you too tired for long or intense workouts sooner or later.

[NewClassic]

Just eat healthy and drink water you should be fine

[Anonymous]

Drinking water does the trick