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Jul 15, 2019 · Athletic folklore abounds with tales of coaches forbidding sex the night before big games. The prohibition is largely based on the belief that sex is so strenuous that it saps energy that...
Jun 21, 2016 · In some sports and in several cultures, coaches continue to support sexual abstinence before sports competition. On the other hand, in major competitions such as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, contraceptive devices are freely available, acknowledging that sexual activity is normally practiced by the athletes during the games.
- Laura Stefani, Giorgio Galanti, Johnny Padulo, Nicola L. Bragazzi, Nicola Maffulli
- 10.3389/fphys.2016.00246
- 2016
- Front Physiol. 2016; 7: 246.
- Testosterone
- Sports, Sex, and Testosterone
- Superstitions and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Testosterone is a human hormone, present in both males and females, though it is more associated with stereotypically male physical and behavioral presentations. Testosterone increases in men who engage in regular physical competitions or sexual behaviors. Higher levels of testosterone do often correlate with performance in physical conflicts, and ...
The relationship between sports performance and testosterone is of significant interest to athletes and their coaches, for understandable reasons in people who want to increase their performance and success. Testosterone peaks during exercise and peaks in testosterone are involved in muscle growth. Higher sexual functioning is generally associated ...
Many athletes believe in superstitions and the power of rituals. Things like lucky shorts, or preparation rituals can help to get an athlete in a competitive mind frame, and are often used by elite athletes to regulate emotional states. Unfortunately, such beliefs can also impair performance, if a negatively-perceived event occurs and the athlete b...
Feb 22, 2006 · The abstinence tradition is particularly strong in power sports, such as boxing and football, in which aggression is considered a valuable trait. Some people believe the act of ejaculation...
- Stefan Lovgren
Mar 4, 2009 · Actually, just the opposite is true. Sexual activity increases testosterone levels, and long periods of abstinence (six to 12 weeks – a short drought for some people) significantly lowers levels...
Aug 10, 2012 · Maria Cristina Rodríguez Gutierrez, director of sports medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, said that the belief that sex before the game affects a competitor...
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Sep 16, 2022 · The results neither favored abstinence nor sexual activity before a physical fitness test [standardized mean difference = 0.03 (− 0.10 to 0.16), Z = 0.47, p = 0.64, where a negative standardized mean difference favors abstinence, and a positive standardized mean difference favors sexual activity].
