how big of a difference does exercise really make?

[suhl]

hello there. i am going to start looking for a new job soon and with that may come a drug test. i will try to avoid ones with tests, but if the job opportunity is right ill quit smoking. anyhow. i run probably 10-15 miles a week. i have for awhile now. i also smoke probably 5-10 times a week. so i am wondering how big a difference does the running make. i know normally with the amount i smoke it takes 30 days of sobriety avg to leave the system. so is this running really making a difference, anyone have any idea how long they may think it would take it to leave my system, preferably fakeboobsrule the resident expert.
oh yeah im a 150 pound 5'9 male.

also one other thing. the job i have now has random drug testing. there are hundreds of employees so im not that concerned at all about getting picked, but it is a slim possibilty. im not going to quit smoking for that, but they are saliva tests and people have been telling me mouthwash will make it so you read clean on a saliva test. is this true? thanks

ps i have been searching the forums on the saliva thing and have yet to find a clear response on it. so please refrain from putting search as a response. if that really happened on a regular basis there would be a total of five threads on the forum and i wouldnt need to do any searching

suhl Reviewed by suhl on 02-11-2008. how big of a difference does exercise really make? hello there. i am going to start looking for a new job soon and with that may come a drug test. i will try to avoid ones with tests, but if the job opportunity is right ill quit smoking. anyhow. i run probably 10-15 miles a week. i have for awhile now. i also smoke probably 5-10 times a week. so i am wondering how big a difference does the running make. i know normally with the amount i smoke it takes 30 days of sobriety avg to leave the system. so is this running really making a Rating: 5

[Funkthatbadunk]

I don't know so much about the saliva thing, but I remember that running increases metabolism by somewhere around 2000%; this in turn burns more fat and removes THC metabolites from lipid cells into the bloodstream. If you aren't extremely lazy like myself I highly suggest running. It can't hurt, after all.

[FakeBoobsRule]

Thanks Suhl.

Don't waste your money on the mouthwash. Some saliva tests can go back about 96 max but most go back 24-48 hours. You will have more than that clean so no worries.

Aerobic exercise helps out a lot, how much I don't know. You look like you smoke less than twice a day and you are lean and exercise a lot. I would say you probably will take less than 30 days (your smoking history is actually kind of light unless you are smoking a 1/4 each time you get high) but anything's possible. Buy a few cheap strips on line if you don't plan to sub.

[suhl]

will do. thanks a lot fbr. yeah i usually buy a qtr a week and smoke it til its gone which takes 3-5 days. then i smoke most days at work. so it is probably 1-2 times a day with a day or two of total abstaining per week. thanks for the tip on the mouthwash. even though i already use it in the morning i wont waste my time using it before work now. have a good one.