That suspension doubles for a second offence and doubles again for a third time, making it a pretty good incentive to put down the bong for good. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. You've heard about fighters with chronic injuries, but how about just the chronic? More From MMAmania. But I saw him in Australia and he looked plenty plump to me. I was also surprised to see him smoking a cigarette. Hendricks is not particularly known for his healthy lifestyle choices. He can be heard repeatedly dealing with a heavy smokers cough in the clip below. He can also be seen chewing tobacco and consequently spitting into a water bottle at a post fight press conference.
Hendricks is not alone in chewing tobacco. For a martial artist who needs to operate at peak physical fitness, this is unacceptable. However, despite the obvious downsides, some people who practice martial arts do continue to smoke. Both said that the majority of fighters smoke marijuana outside of their fighting schedules. This is a potentially serious problem. Although marijuana smoking seems to carry slightly fewer risks in comparison to cigarette smoking, it still exposes you to carbon monoxide and has the same negative effects on your ability to exercise.
And it has nothing to do with competition. Bas Rutten has an incredible story of the highest highs and the lowest lows you can achieve in the fight game. Due to the injuries he accrued over his long fighting career, Rutten developed a crippling addiction to painkillers. After trying to kick his addiction by using drugs like Suboxone or even trying to go cold turkey, Rutten turned to CBD oil for pain relief and was able to kick his addiction.
Rutten even said the CBD use makes his training and pain management easier, his daughter use it to get rid of zits and he recommends it for anything trying to reduce muscle soreness and better control their pain. Your email address will not be published. Cannabis Aficionado spoke exclusively to Ricky Williams about his Real Wellness range, being a healer and his role as a cannabis advocate.
Williams was suspended multiple times during his NFL career for his cannabis use but has spoken repeatedly about the benefits and effects of the plant. Former running back Williams, who won a Heisman Trophy at Texas before spending more than a decade in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints, has founded Real Wellness by Ricky Williams ; a new line of cannabis-based products that also feature herbal extracts like lavender and turmeric.
We spoke to Williams about Real Wellness, his role as a cannabis advocate, and his new path as a healer. How does it feel to be in the situation you are now compared to five years? I think to put your name and your passion behind something, especially something as controversial as cannabis, is risky.
I find my purpose more in the healing work that I do. My vision for cannabis is way beyond where I am right now. As more people come out and be honest the stigma will naturally start to erode. The fact that people kept their cannabis consumption a secret, I know people that give me a hard time in the media that are consumers themselves.
I did a paper in school a couple of years ago about the effect of cannabis use on the relationship between parents and adolescents and it was mindblowing how many parents and kid relationships are torn apart because of the stigma [around cannabis]. The first time I spoke publically, I was shocked by how many people came up to me afterward and told me how touched they were not only by my words but my story, and how it gave them the courage to be honest about their journey and not be ashamed, and advocate for their rights to feel better.
It just shows you that anything is possible. If you believe in yourself and stick with it. Things are always changing. Have you always been interested in alternative therapies? I started by becoming a licensed massage therapist and other healing work I did while I was still playing football. Playing football, being in a lot of pain and having injuries… I tried pretty much everything and certain things worked and I stuck with them, became curious and it took me down a path where I started to become a practitioner.
Because I realized football is tough! So, you know for me, anything that can help me with this can have some use for a lot of other people as well.
We found medicine in nature. You could even say that nature placed medicine right in front of us. Medicine begins as a seed, so does passion. Real Wellness was sprouted when one man made his passion for natures medicine his focal point. Passion motivates us. What motivates you? What made you start your own line of cannabis products? Was it for healing and what you were doing with the herbs? I went back to the states and I started studying Ayurveda in school.
It was in California where medicinal marijuana was legal at a state level. And so I got my prescription recommendation and at the same time I was learning about Ayurvedic herbs and it just clicked.
I started playing around in my kitchen putting together herbal formulas and combining cannabis. That was almost 15 years ago. When they are combined, their synergistic effects they can be more powerful and more specific.
I think there was a big gap because of the stigma around cannabis, you know? Most people stay away from it because of the legal implications. With my background and the resources that I have access to, I was in a unique position to be able to start this conversation and start to bring products to the market that can serve as alternatives to the pharmaceuticals. I started [playing football] early, in high school taking pain pills so I would be good to play sports. And by 18 years I had my first ulcer from taking too many pain pills.
And so I started looking to find alternative ways to take care of myself that would serve me in the long run. And you know, in that same vein I found yoga, tai chi, and herbal medicine.
I found a lot of different ways to take care of myself in ways that were kinder and gentler on my body. You were able to turn your experience into a product that is able to help so many people. The Chinese have formulas for pretty much everything. And so in my mind, I have all these ideas of things I want to create.
It comes from a changing consciousness a change in the way you see things and the way you handle your life. And one of the things about THC in altered states is that consciously, it has the ability to change our lives on a deeper level.
And when you mix that with the herbs and the chemicals that work with our body, it becomes a powerful medicine that has lasting change and lasting healing.
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