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Originally Posted by GAsux
I would think atheletes as finely trained as fencers would be more conscious about what they put in their bodies. Given the tremmendous amount of strength and stamina needed to fence, I would have thought they would refrain from such sissified activities. This forever changes my opinion of fencers.
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It's mostly just a club thing - fencers as a whole don't smoke a lot.
Fencing is also predominantly anaerobic, so the cardiovascular system is secondary. Smoking, to my knowledge, does not decrease strength - I'm one of the strongest fencers around anyway (except for Big Rob, who is going to be making a pro-boxing debut sometime soon).
In any case, my coach actually advised me against smoking once a week b/c our personalities are somewhat similar and he thinks he knows how it would end up. Odds are cigs are just gonna be a rare occasion for me.