{"id":13369,"date":"2020-06-19T06:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T06:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/?p=13369"},"modified":"2023-05-11T18:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:18:46","slug":"la-microdosificacion-puede-mejorar-el-rendimiento-atletico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/blog\/microdosing-can-enhance-atheletic-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"La microdosificaci\u00f3n puede mejorar el rendimiento deportivo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

However, with the trend for microdosing psychedelics continuing to dominate the \u2018Wellness\u2019 market, (not to mention all the current therapeutic research<\/a>)<\/em> it was only a matter of time before the athletic industry fancied a slice of the psychedelic pie.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Increase in Cognitive Rather Than Physical Ability<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the sports world is constantly rocked by \u2018doping\u2019 scandals. This happens when athletes are discovered to have unfairly improved their skills through performance enhancing drugs. From Lance Armstrong\u2019s<\/a> fall from grace, to Russia\u2019s 2020 Olympic ban, there is something uniquely \u2018dishonourable\u2019 associated with the practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychedelics are not currently included on the list of banned substances according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This is because they do not bequeath physical advantages on the player that traditional \u2018doping\u2019 drugs like steroids do. Rather, in microdose amounts (1\/10- 1\/20 of a tripping dose)<\/em> they increase cognitive ability. This has been reported to improve creativity and productivity\u2014 the biohackers of Silicon Valley swear by it. But how can this benefit athletes\u2014 from the professional basketball player to the weekend footballer, to the morning jogger?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tales of Psychedelic Enhancement<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At present, there have been no official studies or research into whether microdosing psychedelics, such as psilocybin<\/a>, can benefit athletic performance. However, there is a wealth of anecdotal evidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of these tales of psychedelic enhancement comes from baseball pitcher Doc Ellis. A major league baseball player, on June 12th 1970 he was called in to play a match. Unfortunately, he had been under the impression it was his day off, and had taken LSD with friends. Ellis played the game under the influence and proceeded to throw a no-hitter. The only one of his career. In fact, in over 175,000 professional baseball games played, only 269 no-hitters have been thrown in history. Ellis recounted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201c…I was psyched.<\/em>.. a feeling of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the [catcher\u2019s] glove.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Into the ‘Zone’<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many athletes self-report that their stamina and ability are improved at micro or \u2018psycholytic\u2019 doses (much less than Doc Ellis had taken!)<\/em> They are able to focus more upon the task at hand, and find it easier to \u2018get into the zone\u2019. The \u2018flow states\u2019 that those who microdose for creativity or productivity report, apply here too. All concentration can be put into your sport when the mind is quietened and anxieties reduced. Additionally, this focus has been reported to improve endurance, as you are more likely to continue for longer, thus building your stamina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Point of Perfection’<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

James Oroc, an extreme sports athlete, recently wrote an article<\/a> for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies <\/em>(MAPS) in which he gushed about the power of the microdose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c According to the combined reports of 40 years of use by the extreme sports underground, LSD can increase your reflex time to lightning speed, improve your balance to the point of perfection, increase your concentration until you experience \u201ctunnel vision,\u201d and make you impervious to weakness or pain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Release Your Inner Athlete<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With such bold claims as these, seemingly backed up by anecdotal evidence, it is likely only a matter of time until scientific institutions start research into the subject. In the meantime, whether you\u2019re a professional sportsperson or simply someone who wants to feel more \u2018at one\u2019 with the water while doing lengths at the local swimming pool, maybe microdosing is for you!  It could be just the thing to release your inner athlete! Check out our microdosing guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El deporte y los psicod\u00e9licos no suelen ir de la mano. De hecho, la idea de que alguien tropiece mientras intenta regatear un bal\u00f3n o levantar pesas es bastante divertida. La idea es que, cuando uno se droga con psicod\u00e9licos, su mundo interior est\u00e1 tan ocupado que el exterior (que puede incluir una pelota volando hacia su cabeza) se queda por el camino, por as\u00ed decirlo.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,68],"tags":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-13369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychedelic-culture","category-science-and-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123890,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13369\/revisions\/123890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13369"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholecelium.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=13369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}