Working out & Drinking

[Body by Grunt]

Im in the marine corp (infantry) and getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan here in a few months. So after a harsh work week M-F i like to kick back on the weekends and have a few beers some times a drink here and there. But also at the same thing love working out and when ever i drink i have a feeling im throwing everything i worked for in that week away.

Just how bad of an effect does the drinking on the weekend have on the progress i made that week of working out. Anybody got any tips or anything how it would be possible to do both with limited effects on the workingout progress??

 

[njpooldude]

cant answer your question, but i do want to thank you for everything you do. I watch the hbo special called " alive day" and all of you who defend us and our country are truley amazing.

be safe bro...

 

[Blenderate]

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[bigdaddyhd]

this is a piece of an article i found on the internet. it confirms what i've always been told, that alcohol lowers test levels.

Alcohol and the male reproductive system.

From: Alcohol Research & Health | Date: December 22, 2001| Author: Emanuele, Mary Ann; Emanuele, Nicholas | COPYRIGHT 2001 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Alcohol use affects all three parts of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, a system of endocrine glands and hormones involved in male reproduction. Alcohol use is associated with low testosterone and altered levels of additional reproductive hormones. Researchers are investigating several potential mechanisms for alcohol's damage. These mechanisms are related to alcohol metabolism, alcohol-related cell damage, and other hormonal reactions associated with alcohol consumption. Chronic alcohol use in male rats also has been shown to affect their reproductive ability and ...

 

[Blenderate]

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[karlhungus]

Here is a post from the Director of Fitness at Naval Special Warfare Center and his thoughts on drinking...
(an excerpt)

Here are some of the effects of acute alcohol consumption on physical performance and adaptations to training:

Decreased aerobic capacity (reduces the body's ability to utilize oxygen to liberate energy during muscular contraction)
Decreased lactate threshold (more lactate accumulates in the muscles for a given amount of work, a condition associated with quicker fatigue)
Increased dehydration (if normal fluid intake is not increased to compensate for the diuretic effects of alcohol)
Reduced glycogen content in muscles (glycogen is the storage form of carbohydrate and is the primary fuel used by muscles; lack of glycogen is the primary cause of fatigue during physical evolutions that require stamina or endurance)
Decreased +protein synthesis+/increased protein catabolism by muscles (resulting in failure to add muscle mass or even loss of muscle mass)
Decreased ability to regulate body heat (resulting in a greater heat load for a given amount of work performed)
Interrupted sleep patterns (less rest and recovery)
Suppressed immune system (increasing susceptibility to bacteria and infectious diseases)
Increased Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) for a given workload (meaning a pace that would ordinarily be comfortable will feel harder, and a pace that would ordinarily be difficult may become intolerable)

http://community.active.com/blogs/S.../2008/06/04/effects-of-alcohol-on-performance

 

[bigdaddyhd]

i found this article (titled in red). here is the link for the entire article.
i'm sure someone can dispute it but it's a good read.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0847/is_n2_v15/ai_12490153

Effects of alcohol on the male reproductive system
Alcohol Health & Research World, Spring, 1991 by Harlan I. Wright, Judith S. Gavaler, David Van Thiel
Researchers have studied the effects of alcohol on both testicular functions. For example, isolated Leydig cells(1) are able to synthesize and secrete testosterone in response to gonadotropin stimulation. However, when the cells are exposed to alcohol at low concentrations (5.4 millimolar, roughly equivalent to a blood level of 0.25 milligram percent, the approximate result of five drinks), testosterone production is inhibited by as much as 44 percent. Acetaldehyde (the initial product of alcohol metabolism) is even more toxic to isolated Leydig cells than is alcohol (Van Thiel et al. 1983; Santucci et al. 1983). With respect to spermatogenesis, the testes of both alcoholic men and rats fed alcohol chronically show advanced injury to the germ cells of the seminiferous tubules, the site of sperm production within the testis (Gavaler and Van Thiel 1987).


(5.4 millimolar, roughly equivalent to a blood level of 0.25 milligram percent, the approximate result of five drinks), testosterone production is inhibited by as much as 44 percent.