Opioids working out/lifting weights on opiates

[thebrownone]

Is it safe, or possible to workout on opiates? will muscles even regenerate? is it even safe on your heart?

 

[FlawedByDesign]

i did this all the time in highschool. i always did pills in the morning and had weightlifting for 3rd period. i dont think its dangerous at all as long as you have a spotter as you will get tired real quick. i dont why anyone would do this willingly though as it instantly kills your buzz and can make you very dizzy

 

[Captain.Heroin]

I liked working out and lifting weights immensely on both heroin and buprenorphine, though everyone's different.

 

[thebrownone]

captain heroin, did you make any gains? i used to be an avid weightlifter and biker, i injured my shoulder two months ago, and now i am addicted to oxy, so i havent been working out, and i want to get bak into it, but i wanted to know if i need to quit first, or if i could start working out and then quit later?

 

[Pusherman]

Wrestlers, get hooked on opiates (along with roids) all the time. So do MMA fighters, atleast before they tested as much. Watch the documentary of Mark Kerr a MMA fighter that was addicted to pain meds, shooting up all the time, but he was still a beast in the ring and was the size of a monster (from working out and roid, skip the roids). It's a very good documentary on addiction and MMA, even people who don't like MMA might appreciate it.

try thepiratebay.com good luck I am getting a gym membership this week, and I am on Benzo, which I find much harder to get motivation to work out then opiates.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

captain heroin, did you make any gains? i used to be an avid weightlifter and biker, i injured my shoulder two months ago, and now i am addicted to oxy, so i havent been working out, and i want to get bak into it, but i wanted to know if i need to quit first, or if i could start working out and then quit later?

Yeah I did make gains. I don't measure my weight/height, muscle mass or body fat ratio anything like that though. All I know is I used to love going to the gym doped up, and I would make it part of the post-getting high ritual (the adrenaline rush made it an even better high for me). At first I would get burned out within a few sets, after a while I could spend a good half hour to hour doing set after set. I definitely have a much more muscular body than I had before I started using heroin for sure.

I think you should work out again, but try different doses of your pain meds. Saving some pain meds for after exercise can be very rewarding.

 

[Artificial Emotion]

My only worry is that you wouldn't be able to feel an injury coming on.

 

[benway m.d.]

Would working out on bupe have a negative effect on feeling the endorphin high? Because bupe has such a high affinity for opioid receptors, is it possible that it would block endogenous endorphins?

 

[Ender-]

I've gone to the guy a few time after blasting some percs. Definitely not the best workouts, and it was more of a social thing if anything. So if you really do wanna have a good workout, I don't recommend it. But it truly doesn't effect anything except for motivation, for me at least. But if you can workout as hard as you would workout sober, then by all means, have a blast haha

 

[RedRum OG]

oxycodone is amazing for working out. more energy and dont notice the burn/pain as much. always helps me push myself harder.... but its a waste of a high

 

[phr]

I can't speak for gains or anything like that, but it is something I wouldn't recommend. Opiates are analgesics, and it would be easy to cause injury without noticing, in many different ways. In certain situations, such as this one, pain is your friend.


Why not just use the opiates after you've completed your work out?

 

[RedRum OG]

Why not just use the opiates after you've completed your work out?

synchronizing the end of the workout and your come-up on opiates is the BEST body high ever. because that feeling where your muscles are huge and loose is a good enough high alone to convince me to workout. with some good pain pills added in... omg

 

[Captain.Heroin]

My only worry is that you wouldn't be able to feel an injury coming on.

This is why you have to be pretty in touch with your body, and know when you're over-exerting yourself, or over-extending a stretch or work out. It's important to have started working out before you have started using opiates so you are familiar with your capabilities, etc.

I also found it very important that if you are going to work out on opiates, and would like to not overextend or overexert yourself, I would suggest to switch up what you're doing. Do a few different exercises which focus on different parts of the body and cycle through them. If you can, switching back and forth from cardio work out (a treadmill for instance) to weights and back can also help out a lot.

I've also woken up with extreme soreness the next day, for some reason it never bothers me (as long as it's not straight up painful which it rarely is for me).

Would working out on bupe have a negative effect on feeling the endorphin high? Because bupe has such a high affinity for opioid receptors, is it possible that it would block endogenous endorphins?

No, buprenorphine won't block endogenous endorphins. At least if you use it responsibly. If you saturate your receptors (for me, 8mg, for ppl with a high opiate tolerance, 16 to 32mg +) then you'll leave yourself unable to feel your own endorphins (and other neurotransmitters which effect mu-opioid receptors), however on a mild dose of buprenorphine, you should be able to fully feel your endorphins. You should also be able to take a short acting opiate (after buprenorphine - not before) and be able to feel it too. If you take a maintenance dose (more than just barely enough to get by/feel OK) then you may not be able to feel opiates (or your own endorphins) on top of buprenorphine but on a low dose it should be no problem.

I can't speak for gains or anything like that, but it is something I wouldn't recommend. Opiates are analgesics, and it would be easy to cause injury without noticing, in many different ways. In certain situations, such as this one, pain is your friend.


Why not just use the opiates after you've completed your work out?

Well, for one, when I was addicted to heroin I wouldn't have been able to do anything until I had some more heroin (unless it involved calling dude, and driving to go get more heroin, or sleeping off the shakes in bed miserably).

But, you make a good point.

It is better to take opiates after working out (as I've already said), or, to take enough to feel OK enough to get some water to drink and work out - and then after you work out and your sore, that's when you should take the opiates.

Opiates are analgesics as you have said Phrozen, but I wasn't "unable" to feel pain after using heroin. I have noticed though that I was a bit more conservative with how much I would dose (I would get fairly high but not nodding off high 99% of the time, I only got to nod-land a few times). For me, heroin (or any other opiate) is best used as a motivator, and not to put myself into a stupor. GABAergics are better for the stupor.

 

[STFD]

You want to take oxycodone before lifting weights because you're injured? Just because it doesn't hurt, it doesn't mean you're not injured. What I mean is that if you are injured and keep forcing whatever part of your body is screwed up, you could screw it up to the point where you'll never be able to do sports again.

 

[woamotive]

I work out on opiates several times a week. Not because it's fun or a good time but because I just 'have to' take them...and have to work out. In that sense, my workouts are most successful when I'm under the influence of opiates. I notice no negative effects.

 

[thebrownone]

thanks for all the useful information, Im gonna start getting on my weight lifting routine again, and I didnt mean getting high really before working out, but just u know enough so im not sick, and then get high after or something.

 

[negrogesic]

Long term use of opioids is suppressive in regards to the production of testosterone. You can still make gains, but the gains will be more difficult to obtain and will come slower. Again, it suppresses but does not eliminate testosterone.

Steroids will correct this, and it is possible to get very big while using opioids (not suggested though). If you are shooting up, the trauma from injecting will make weightlifting more difficult and painful as virtually all exercise employ the use of the arms (even leg exercises like squats).....

Bupe is less suppressive than heroin or methadone, but still reduces both serum and unbound testosterone levels. One could probably make decent gains while on bupe, but still less than would have without it....

Once you stop taking opioids, your testosterone levels rebound very quickly, and may contribute to the horniness some people have following the acute withdrawal phase....

 

[Artificial Emotion]

^ you do not need to take supraphysiological levels of testosterone to correct this deficiecy caused by opiates. Whether or not it's dangerous (and I have to say, in theory it sounds dangerous, but in practice if you're an experienced weightlifter, I doubt it's that dangerous as long as, like CH said, you're in touch with your body) the only time I would have the energy to work out is if I were opiated.

 

[707crazed]

Yeah I did make gains. I don't measure my weight/height, muscle mass or body fat ratio anything like that though. All I know is I used to love going to the gym doped up, and I would make it part of the post-getting high ritual (the adrenaline rush made it an even better high for me). At first I would get burned out within a few sets, after a while I could spend a good half hour to hour doing set after set. I definitely have a much more muscular body than I had before I started using heroin for sure.

I think you should work out again, but try different doses of your pain meds. Saving some pain meds for after exercise can be very rewarding.

i couldnt put it any better than captain heroin...its a great feeling working out while being messed up...i do it all the time and ive personally went from a 250lb bench max to a 300 lb bench max. Im not dick sizing...im just making a point that for some people it doesnt make a difference. If u have heart problems or something like that i wouldnt even suggest working out.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Would working out on bupe have a negative effect on feeling the endorphin high? Because bupe has such a high affinity for opioid receptors, is it possible that it would block endogenous endorphins?

If you take enough, yes.

However, since I am taking <1mg/day, there's enough room for my endogenous endorphins and buprenorphine.

Even if you were maxing out your opiate receptors with buprenorphine, working out wouldn't have an adverse reaction (other than more sweating, if you already have that problem).