Group: Injuries & Rehabilitation

Injuries & Rehabilitation
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Aspirin before Weights?

manshack_one
manshack_one
Posts: 10
Joined: 2004/07/23
United States
2004/08/30, 04:19 PM
Has anybody ever heard of taking some aspirin before lifting weights to help minimize the muscle aches and pains you get after a hard workout?
Pritchard
Pritchard
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United Kingdom
2004/09/02, 08:06 AM
aspirin thins the blood, so i cant see what positive effects it would have in particular, even though im pretty sure ive heard of the method before, sorry i cant help more.

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princesslodgey
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2004/09/09, 07:45 AM
I read recently that taking analgesia AFTER lifting may lead to slower gains - presumably there is less stimulus to repair muscle.
I don't know if taking aspirin before working out would have the same effect or not, and I don't know how reliable the study was, but without more info, I'm just going to grit my teeth and bear it :)