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The original was posted on /r/athleticents by /u/they-call-me-cummins on 2022-07-24 16:42:52+00:00.

Thought I might share this story in case anyone finds it entertaining below. Also quick question, is cardio really necessary for losing weight? Or could I just lift weights? Anyways fun story below.

So I have started to work out with friends and lift weights since I lead an otherwise pretty inactive lifestyle of getting high and playing video games. I usually get high after working out as a treat for myself. But I was talking to this one lifter guy at a dispensary who says he takes edibles and then lifts because it hits him right as he’s finishing. I thought that it was a genius idea and wanted to try it myself.

So I get a 25mg gummy, definitely enough to feel it I think. I pop it in my mouth and go to the gym. Everything starts out fine. But I notice that I’m downing water more so than usual. We finish doing the bench press, and then I’m out of water. I go to refill, and the fountain is out of order.

No worries I think. I’ll just finish hard and go home. I should have had worries. I was sweating my ass off, feeling my mouth quickly drying. And the edible was definitely hitting. And I desperately needed water. But we got like, 2 more machines to hit. I couldn’t do it. I tried to explain to them the situation, but in my exhausted state all I could manage to get out was “fountain’s broke. I need water or I’m gonna vomit” and then I very promptly set down the dumbbells and slimmed my way out of the planet fitness.

Moral of the story: water is important.