CBD in Golf.

Bubba Watson: CBD in golf a 'no-brainer' - CNN

'It was a no brainer': Bubba Watson on using CBD products in golf

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson says CBD -- the chemical found in hemp and marijuana plants -- can help sustain his career at the highest level.
CBD is non-psychoactive, meaning it won't get you high, and is marketed to help relieve pain, reduce inflammation and lessen symptoms of anxiety.
Watson, who recently celebrated his 40th birthday, revealed he uses such products in order to ease the rigors of playing professional golf and credits it for keeping him free of injury.
"I see Phil Mickelson winning at 48, so I've got at least eight more years of having a shot of winning some tournaments," Watson told CNN Sport's Don Riddell.
"So for me it was about how I create longevity in the game of golf and spending time with my kids running around. CBD was easily a fit for me."


Bubba Watson reveals he uses CBD to help ease golf injuries.
'I've done my research'
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) removed the compound from its list of banned substances last year but, due to its link with cannabis, it still holds a certain stigma in sport.
The PGA Tour, on which Watson plays, issued a warning to all its players in early April, saying: "As with all supplements, the PGA Tour warns players who inquire about CBD products that there is no guarantee a supplement contains what is listed on the label, therefore there is a risk that a supplement may contain a prohibited substance."

However, Watson is confident that his use of the product is well within the legal framework of the game.
"I've had doctors involved to do my research and see what companies out there make a product that's safe for me and safe for my family. It was a no brainer," said the 12-time PGA Tour winner.
"There's no bad stuff in it, there are no chemicals in there that will mess you up or make you fail a drugs test. There are certain companies we trust."
The American has recently entered into a partnership with cbdMD, a company which produces a variety of cannabidiol goods.
In December, US President Donald Trump signed the Farm Bill into law, which among other things, legalized the production of hemp, which contains high levels of cannabidiol, or CBD.
The product is marketed for everything from helping to relieve pain and inflammation to reducing stress and anxiety.
However, the Food & Drug Administration still hasn't decided how to regulate CBD products. In a recent interview with Brookings Institution, outgoing FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said it could take several years before the agency fully legalizes CBD for use in food products and dietary supplements.
So far, little clinical research has been conducted to prove CBD's effectiveness. Last year, the FDA approved the first drug containing CBD for the treatment of certain forms of epilepsy, but no other drugs have been approved since.

Phil and Tiger were Chewing CBD gum during all 4 rounds of the Masters.

Bubba's golf cart:

I'm going to give it a go. Hoping it can help cure my yips. The Mayo Clinic has defined yips as small micro seizures. I thought I finally broke through the yips but this past weekend in a Member Guest they came roaring back. I battled the yips for 16 years, oddly they come and go. So I've put a lot of work fixing them and studying them at length. And right when I think I've gotten rid of them they always creep back in. It's a shame too because I can be absolutely deadly putting the golf ball when I'm on. CBD has been linked to reduce seizures in kids and animals so I feel like this can have the same calming affect and blocking those receptors in the brain. It's a last resort. This past weekend was traumatizing for me.

Hang_On_Sloopy08 said:

I'm going to give it a go. Hoping it can help cure my yips. The Mayo Clinic has defined yips as small micro seizures. I thought I finally broke through the yips but this past weekend in a Member Guest they came roaring back. I battled the yips for 16 years, oddly they come and go. So I've put a lot of work fixing them and studying them at length. And right when I think I've gotten rid of them they always creep back in. It's a shame too because I can be absolutely deadly putting the golf ball when I'm on. CBD has been linked to reduce seizures in kids and animals so I feel like this can have the same calming affect and blocking those receptors in the brain. It's a last resort. This past weekend was traumatizing for me.

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I am sorry to hear this.
The yips really are horrible.

You say you’ve done a lot of work.
Have you tried a good exhale before the take away? I’m guessing you have but wanted to ask.

i have no problem w/ anybody saying "FUCK YOU" to the HC establishment and their fake man-made pain pills…


onwerdz!

Zooky said:

I am sorry to hear this.
The yips really are horrible.

You say you’ve done a lot of work.
Have you tried a good exhale before the take away? I’m guessing you have but wanted to ask.

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Yeah I’ve tried breathing techniques to release tension. But the brain is just wired to be tense at contact. Years ago I went to see Tiger’s putting coach. His coach battled yips on tour in the 80’s. We worked with putting with a metronome and started counting paces in my head to that metronome. It helped distract the brain for a long time and felt I was cured. But came roaring back eventually. I use the claw grip and left hand low. Both work great but then the yips still creep back. I now look in front of the golf ball so my eyes don’t see contact which helps. I used a long putter for years with a lot of success but now with the anchoring band I can’t stand it.

Hang_On_Sloopy08 said:

Yeah I’ve tried breathing techniques to release tension. But the brain is just wired to be tense at contact. Years ago I went to see Tiger’s putting coach. His coach battled yips on tour in the 80’s. We worked with putting with a metronome and started counting paces in my head to that metronome. It helped distract the brain for a long time and felt I was cured. But came roaring back eventually. I use the claw grip and left hand low. Both work great but then the yips still creep back. I now look in front of the golf ball so my eyes don’t see contact which helps. I used a long putter for years with a lot of success but now with the anchoring band I can’t stand it.

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Not a fan of the metronome, but everyone is different.
One thing I will say that has helped me thru some similar issues, is focusing on something TO DO. Not trying to stop something else. Whether that thing was actually helpful or just a distraction, it got me past it. I don't like when someone says you are doing something wrong, but can't tell you how to stop it. The exhale is huge for me on putting, and dicey shots(tight lies, short sided, etc.)
Once I found it in practice, then it was reps. Then it was in front of people.
If the shit creeps back, then it is back to work. Find something TO DO that produces good results.
Chase it.

Pro golfer says you can’t spell PGA without CBD these days

Pro golfer says you can’t spell PGA without CBD these days
Scott McCarron says 'nearly 50 guys' on PGA's senior tour are using CBD in some form

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  Scott McCarron has discovered a fountain of youth that has him rocketing up the record book of the PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour) — tying the likes of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer with 10 career wins on the tour for golfers older than 50.
  
  The secret to success for the only Gen X golfer on the senior circuit with double-digit wins, including a senior major in 2017? Cannabidiol, or CBD, and specifically the products of Colorado-based Functional Remedies.
  
  “There’s no question,” McCarron said when asked if hemp oil has sparked his senior surge. “There’s kind of a of correlation for me starting the CBD a year and a half ago and just the way I feel now. I don’t feel as run down and as sore when I’m playing.”
  
  A former regular PGA Tour pro, McCarron, 53, won three times on that circuit and recorded top-10 finishes in three of the four majors, including the Masters. He once ranked as high as 20th in the world. But injuries cost him playing time, and McCarron tried a wide variety of anti-inflammatories to recover and various sleep aids to combat sore, restless nights.
  
  Nothing really seemed to work. Now he credits hemp-oil products — in the form of an eyedropper on his tongue or a 20-milligram capsule before bed and a topical roll-on for a sore wrist or elbow — with transforming his game late in life.
  
  “I feel like I can play longer, I can practice longer, play week in and week out and not have that soreness that you might have to take a week off because your body needs recovery,” McCarron said. “Because (the CBD is) helping my sleep, it’s helping my body recover faster and better every night so that I feel good and then I can go ahead and play and perform at a high level.”
  
  CBD catching on
  Seemingly everyone is getting in on McCarron’s secret on the PGA Tour Champions.
  
  “I think we’ve got nearly 50 guys on the Champions Tour using CBD oil and using Functional Remedies,” McCarron said. “And you’re starting to see a lot of guys on the regular tour. I just heard that Phil Mickelson is chewing a CBD gum all the time while he’s playing for his aches and pains. He’s got that rheumatoid arthritis and obviously (CBD is) helping him.”
  
  Bubba Watson recently announced he uses CBD products, which have been removed from the list of banned substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency. CBD oil has very low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
  
  “Interesting thing about PGA, is that PGA Tour Champions doesn’t drug test, so most players don’t need to worry about it,” said Leland Radovanovic of Powerplant Global Strategies, a national consulting firm focused on the legal cannabis industry. “The PGA Tour does, but recently raised their nanogram limit for THC to 150 nanogram. I believe it was around 15 nanograms before. They follow (World Anti-Doping Agency’s) rules.”
  
  Relief worth the gamble
  McCarron says he’s heard more players on the regular tour are willing to roll the dice — not just on CBD but also on THC.
  
  “THC is banned, but the levels are so high you would literally have to smoke pot going into drug testing to have a positive test,” McCarron said. “(The PGA) obviously has drug testing as stringent as the Olympics, so guys were hesitant at first (on CBD oil), but they’ve got 10 or 12 guys that are taking it. The tour just wants to make sure that whatever is in it will not give any positive drug tests. So as of right now, everything seems to be going fantastic with that.”
  
  Leland points out that Superior, Colorado-based Functional Remedies for the first time sponsored the Rapiscan Systems Classic, a PGA Tour Champions event in southern Mississippi in late March.
  
  Functional Remedies Chief Science Office Tim Gordon, who grew up in rural Ohio and moved to Colorado in 1996, has been studying and cultivating hemp for more than 30 years. He says he became more than just passionate about cannabis — making it his entire career focus — when he witnessed its transformative healing powers with a friend suffering the effects of chemotherapy.
  
  Since then, Gordon has seen how regular consumption of CBD oil can help everyone from weekend warriors to professional golfers to ultramarathoners.
  
  “I want to [change] mindsets here to understand cannabis just needs to be used almost like a vitamin — kind of preventative medicine in a way,” Gordon said. “Not just at the point of injury or treatment, but leading up to your everyday activity … supplying your body the cannabinoids that you need to be able to recover faster.”
  
  Beyond golf, Gordon says CDB products are gaining acceptance across the spectrum of sports.
  
  “Scott’s one of nearly 50 folks on the [senior] pro tour who are enjoying the benefits of Functional Remedies products,” Gordon said. “Besides all of those, we’re reaching folks in various pro sports -— anything from cycling to pro weightlifting. Everyone’s seeing the benefits, and it’s driving the demand for education and the demand for change.”
  
  Colorado Gov. Jared Polis late last month signed a suite of new Colorado cannabis laws, including two bills (SB220 and SB240) aimed at aligning the state with the 2018 Federal Farm Bill and allowing for better state regulation of Colorado’s booming hemp industry.
  

Definitely tely going to check into CBD. Is it the new fad though or really work?


Can I take my wife off Lexipro??

SJ76 said:

Definitely tely going to check into CBD. Is it the new fad though or really work?


Can I take my wife off Lexipro??

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It really works. There’s amazing studies coming out on it.