I was looking for facts on aerobic capacity improvements after quitting smoking, bit of a minefield to find simple facts that relate to excerise and performance improvements over time…
Anyone know any simple facts or experiences? (the first few months bit is obvious). I’m really just talking generally, as in, would it be safe to say that if youd had a packet a day for 15 years then had quit for a whole year and were exercising loads that you’d be about back to the peak aerobic capacity you could expect (or would the smoking effects still be hindering you and the improvements still happening) OR would you improve even more say 2 years after, 3 years after etc… ??
I used to smoke but I was talking about this with a smoker cyclist today and didn’t really know how long the aerobic benefits can keep improving.
I wonder what people’s experience of this is first hand?