For the past seven years, Rosie Mattio has dedicated her free time to fitness. Six days a week, she wakes up at 4:30 to lift weights and go for a run, all while balancing time with her four daughters and work at her marketing company.
In January, she decided to experiment with cannabis while training for a bodybuilding competition, and the results paid off. 40-year-old Mattio won her competition in Florida and told Insider she credits swapping out alcohol for cannabis for helping her get there.
Anecdotal reports from athletes and exercise lovers suggest cannabis can boost workout performance because it helps the brain hyper-focus and make mundane tasks more fun, Dr. Jordan Tishler, an internal medicine physician and the president of the Association of Cannabis Specialists, previously told Insider.
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