Sex before competing: Does it boost athletes' performance?

I've always heard the opposite.

Yeah, I dunno, man. It was a major superstition amongst the competitive martial artists with which I used to train. None of the men would have sex before a big match. As long as I'm not expected to do something especially strenuous or physically technical within 30 minutes of blowing a load, I fail to see how it diminishes ability. I'd like to think the minute amount of reproductive fluid in my scrotum and my prostate's last function check has little to do with the rest of my body as far as performance. That said, most high end athletes' pregame routines are pure religion. Mind over matter stuff.

 

If you aren't exhausted after sex, you aren't doing it right.

Then again, if you are training at those levels and are in excellent shape... as long as you can't have multiple orgasms and aren't going at it for an hour or two it probably isn't a big deal. Doesn't sex release testosterone too?

 

My old lady strongly believes sex reduces performance in all aspects of life, so she avoids it as much as possible.

I could not disagree more radically.

Welcome to marriage.

 

^ yeah, I should be able to set a world's record in something

 

Wasn't the belief based on something to do with Chi ... Chi energy gets lost?

Like... if you've had sex, then there's nothing stored at the ... er ... base of the spine to raise and spread throughout the system?

 

I had a girlfriend in college who would sometimes blow me before one of my ice hockey games.
I'm not sure she was doing it to prevent me becoming the next Wayne Gretzky.
Nor am I sure how I performed in those games.
I just know that I was smiling when I got there.

 

I cant comment from the perspective of an elite athlete.

But my ideal if sex 3 times a day, once before breakfast, once after tea, and once at bedtime. But when I used to play football and badminton seriously, even when I was just playing in goal, I was never really up for it on the evenings I played. (but Id be ok by the next morning)

 

I’m sure that it would help the performers, so long as its occurrence is not minutes before the event (You can get sex-legs, similar to “sea legs” that novice sailors suffer from). For me, on the other hand, restoring and preserving desire is one of the best energy building devices, from which you can reroute activity derived from desire into other avenues of excellence. Any residual build-up can be worked out in a champion fuck session, after I win my gold.

 

I would have thought the loss of the testosterone prior to a competitive sport would have made you less aggressive in competing. I know that after sex sometimes I have trouble even thinking let alone running around a sports field.

 

I'd be willing to participate in a study.

 

Actually, I tested this whole thing earlier: I beat off twice before I went to the gym today. It was a lot of work.

No noticeable difference in performance. Also still leered at the CrossFit girls while I did back/bi/shoulders.

 

...they have heads with mouths for throwing up?

*Craven Morehead-style rimshot*

 

i think its more a mental thing for me.

If i have a big run coming up or im going for my weekly long distance run, i find that im more focused if there isnt the thought of sex in my head. I also find myself aggresive in competition if its been a week since i got laid.

 

One kid per marathon, huh?

 

now that you mention it, my yougest gremlin was procreated right after i did the dubai marathon.

 

Yeah, you carried those balls for 26.2... you weren't going to let that go to waste!

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