In order to improve their athletic performance, they used smelling salts to increase their strength, and they could refresh themselves by just smelling them
2025-01-8 20:39:02 Source: Pulse Pride
The Tokyo Olympics are in full swing. In last night's men's weightlifting competition, a competitor from Uzbekistan picked up a glass bottle and sniffed it a few centimeters in front of his nose.
Some netizens asked: What is he smelling? Can it refresh you?
If you usually pay attention to powerlifting competitions, you must have seen this thing, it is "smelling salts".
Don't think that people don't feel anything when they smell it. In fact, smelling salts are really bad. After opening it for the first time, there is a smell from a long distance, and it will choke your nose if you get closer, and it is very strong.
Once you are familiar with this smell, you will gradually get used to it, just like this young lady.
She sniffed the smelling salts in her hand close to her nose for a few times, and threw away the bottle immediately after the feeling came.
After a roar, he immediately leaned over and grabbed the barbell, and finally successfully lifted a weight of 225KG (including the 5KG clamps on both sides).
In addition to powerlifting competitions, athletes in ice hockey competitions also use smelling salts. The difference is that they use small strips of products, which can be thrown away after use, making them more convenient to carry.
In addition, some confrontational sports such as basketball, rugby, and football all use smelling salts.
Some people will ask: Is smelling salt really so useful? Will it have any effect on the human body?
1. About smelling salts
Smelling salts are a product made from a combination of ammonium carbonate and spices. They were first used to wake up people who fainted, and later used for medical emergency. Now it is favored by more athletes, especially in power-type competitions, the most common of which are deadlifts and weightlifting competitions.
When you open the bottle, a pungent ammonia gas will be inhaled into the body, which can instantly enhance the brain and increase excitement, making your mind clearer.
For example, when doing strength training, you want to challenge heavy weights, because the previous training is already very tiring. Smelling smelling salts can stimulate the brain and react quickly, and the probability of success in challenging heavy weights can be increased.
2. Does smelling salts have any effect on the human body?
At present, many athletes, including many people in the gym, use smelling salts, which can be bought for more than 20 US dollars. At present, there is no negative effect.
Because the time of smelling smelling salts is very short, generally no more than 10 seconds, and the effect of smelling salts is only 1 minute, you need to complete the action faster, otherwise the effect will be weakened.
And it is generally only used under the premise of challenging heavy weights, physical decline or poor condition. It can only play an auxiliary refreshing effect and cannot directly determine your competition results.
For example, if you can deadlift 100KG at most, even if you smell more smelling salts, you can only complete 150KG at most, and it is impossible to do 180KG, because your sports level is in front of you, which cannot be changed.
There is another situation: when you are familiar with smelling salts, the effect is like eating mints, which can only wake up your brain. Whether it can improve your performance in the competition depends on your usual training.
It is okay to smell the smelling salts a few times, unless you stick it on your nose and keep smelling it, which will definitely cause harm and may even make you faint. Therefore, ordinary trainers do not have to worry about the harm of smelling salts at all. Most people don’t need to use it at all because your level is still very limited.
Ordinary fitness enthusiasts should not imitate professional powerlifters and weightlifters. You still have to strengthen your basic strength in normal times. Hard power is the key, otherwise it is useless to give you smelling salts.
