does sex drain your energy before sports competition?

brainhulk

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my asian friend in college said his dad told him too much whacking off drains your chi. that was his explanation as to why one of our friends looked so gaunt and frail.

call it superstition, but I try to obstain if I need the energy for sports the next day

what has your experience been?
 

Platypus

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I don't play $sportsball but I don't want to do much of anything after having sex.
 

core2slow

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not just sports competition, but it drains your energy regardless. That's why i sleep so much better at night.
 

CraKaJaX

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It sort of makes sense: You drain the pipes. All potential energy is depleted.
 

Phokus

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I don't play $sportsball but I don't want to do much of anything after having sex.

Same. Ironically, the only thing i want to do afterwards is literally Netflix and Chilling. I don't want to talk, i don't want to move, i don't want to think afterwards.
 

Red Storm

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Oct 2, 2005
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I know many professional fighters forgo sex during the time leading up to a fight.

I have heard it's actually good for women to have sex before a big match. Something about calming nerves.
 

vi edit

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If sex is draining your energy that much you are either...

A) Having some pretty damn incredible sex that would make even Sting look amateur.

or...

B) You aren't that well trained and prepared for your event.
 

destrekor

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I don't think it's so much about "draining your energy"... rather, the idea is that sex depletes your testosterone levels, and that can impact your game.

Go between a week or a month without sex or masturbation, and many aspects of performance are improved: attention span/attention to detail, strength, stamina, confidence, and some other areas.

How this, at all, effects the females when it comes to sex, no idea. But I do believe there have been some studies linking short-term abstinence to competitive improvement in numerous areas.

It's a whole different argument as to whether it SHOULD matter in the end, because if aren't trained well enough to begin with, then you haven't prepared properly. But sometimes that extra edge is all that matters, everyone is always after that small edge over the opponent. You can train and train, but so do they, so an edge is an edge regardless.
 

IronWing

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Of all the questions one could possibly ask in ATOT, I'd be hard pressed to find one less likely to elicit an informed response.
 

SlitheryDee

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I've heard that if you masturbate before going out you lose the "eye of the tiger" that you normally have. That is to say that you're less motivated to seek out and compete for the attentions of the ladies. I suppose that has to be true in other competitive arenas as well. It makes sense. Most of the competitive things men do they do because of a sort of misappropriated urge to best each other for the purposes of securing mates. If you feel sexually "satiated", you naturally aren't going to have as much desire or interest in all the other trappings of the mating dance either.
 

feralkid

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Same. Ironically, the only thing i want to do afterwards is literally Netflix and Chilling. I don't want to talk, i don't want to move, i don't want to think afterwards.


I'm into figuratively Neflix and Chilling. Saves money.
 

dank69

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How would anyone on ATOT know?

Edit: Oh I see you are including masturbation in your definition of sex. ATOT will know everything.
 

waggy

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In wrestling our coach told us no sex. but then again one of the guys on the team was dating his daughter..so he may have had ulterior motives.

I had sex as often as i could. the night before a big meet? oh yeah. the day of? oh yeah. It never seemed to effect me.
 

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It's a whole different argument as to whether it SHOULD matter in the end, because if aren't trained well enough to begin with, then you haven't prepared properly. But sometimes that extra edge is all that matters, everyone is always after that small edge over the opponent. You can train and train, but so do they, so an edge is an edge regardless.

I'm more of an advocate of routine than "edges". I'm not lumping in routine with superstition or any of that kind of thing. But if you are used to having sex the night before an event, then continue having sex the night before. If you like having a baked potato the night before a race then keep doing that. Going to bed at the same time and waking up at the same time, ect. To me that's much more important than hypothetical edges. A bad nights sleep or trying a new type of food that might not agree with you the night before an event are far more damaging to your performance.
 

amicold

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Ejaculation causes a hormonal release that is responsible for this and any refractory period if I remember correctly. The effect is probably mostly in your head though.
 

digiram

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Of course!! Look at what Olivia Munn did to Aaron Rodgers
Kate Upton and Verlander..mmmhmm.. lol
 

who?

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I remember reading about an experiment that showed that the effect only lasts 2 hours.
 
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