CBD: Can It Benefit Your Exercise Recovery?

Cannabidiol or CBD as you may have heard it called to it is a hot trending supplement used by many of the World’s most elite athletes. CBA comes in many forms such as; gummies, oils, balms and it can even be put into food. CBD oil is the new hottest topic and has some very big claims to its names already, but what is the fact and what is the fiction? Read more to find out about the claimed benefits, what the research suggests and what I have found from my personal experience when supplementing with CBD for my training.

What can CBD do for your health?

CBD boasts many health benefits backed by science some of these include:

Helping with epilepsy
Chronic pain
Cancer
Alzheimer’s
Sleep disorder
Depression
Anxiety
PTSD

The claimed exercise benefits of CBD

With CBD being supplemented with by a lot of the worlds best and being strongly backed by research, these are the claimed benefit for your sporting performance:

Improved performance
Increased recovery
Decrease inflammation
Decrease muscle soreness
Enhanced mobility
Improved sleep
Reduction in stress and anxiety

The scientific proof

There is a lot of current research on CBD for athletes and with the potential of this supplement that research is not going to slow down. Here are a few example of studies about CBD supplementation.

1 study showed that CBD improved Vo2 max response to aerobic training (1)
Another study showed that CBD decreased inflammation after exercise (2)
More research showed that CBD helps improve sleep for athletes (3)

My personal experience with supplementing with CBD

I have currently being supplementing with CBD for 6 weeks (I will tag the one I have been using below). I am currently in marathon training and going to the gym 5 times a week and this is the best my recovery has every been. My muscle recovery from the gym and my overall energy levels from doing so much training is amazing, I am seeing great improvements in my performance and my long runs are no longer leaving me exhausted for the whole day.

Should I start using CBD oil for my exercise recovery

CBD is currently being studied a lot but due to it being a reasonably new supplement it does not have as much research on it as many other performance supplements. However, the research so far is really positive and from the fact it is being utilised by the worlds bests then this indicates it could be a very powerful tool for your recovery and performance.

I would personally recommend this supplement to anyone who struggles at all with their mental health or would like a boost in their recovery to feel better or increase their performance.