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What are smelling salts? Ever wondered what hockey players are smelling on the bench before they hop on the ice?  That's smelling salts!   Over 97% of NHL players have either...

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Smelling salts are for athletes looking to reach absolute peak performance is the short answer, but in reality smelling salts are not ideal for every single sport out there.  Keep reading to find out if smelling salts are right for you. 

You've heard those crazy stories about radical feats of strength, such as a mother lifting a car off her pinned toddler.  How is this possible?  Due to the incredible effect that adrenaline has on human performance.  Adrenaline is released in fight or flight responses, and athletes use it to fight, to set new records, to out perform their bests, and take their training to a whole new level.  The ammonia gas causes irritation in your nasal passage which triggers the fight or flight response and subsequent adrenaline release. The extra adrenaline that smelling salts / ammonia inhalants provide allow us to unlock a physical performance we are capable of, but unable to tap into without it.