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Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW
Serious question...From some I have heard that it is a myth and other's the opposite.
You know how your coaches always told you to not jerkoff before a game/meet or something? Does doing so really affect your athletic ability?
Sometimes after a really hard work out and when I know I will be hurting the next day, if I have sex or something I end up not hurting the next day, or feel like the muscle I worked out the day before isn't tight like it should be. However, if I don't have sex on the day that I worked out, the next day everything will be fine. Also, if I have sex before working out I find that I am not as strong as I would be. Is this all in my mind or is this because of the release of testosterone that is occuring?  |
There is some correlation.
There was a study done that found t-levels drop immediately after sex, remain stable for 6 days, and increase something like ~150% on the 7th day and then return to baseline, IIRC. This is assuming you dont have sex again during that time.
As for having sex the day of, yea I can imagine a decrease in performance. Im not exactly sure of the mechanisms that would be responsible, but im sure t-levels are involved.
Not sure about the "tightness" issue.