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The benefits of sex for athletes

20.10.2016

Laura Stefani from the University of Florence (Italy) and her colleagues analyzed and summarized data from scientific publications on the impact of the sexual life of athletes on their performance. They came to the conclusion that the prejudice that sex before the start is harmful is nothing more than a ridiculous myth.

The notion that sexual intimacy before a competition negatively affects athletes has existed since ancient times. Back in the XNUMXst century AD. the ancient Roman physician and philosopher Areteus of Cappadocia wrote that male power can weaken, transforming into a seed. Even earlier, the Greek philosopher Plato condemned the Olympians who practiced intimacy on the eve of the competition.

Nowadays, such an opinion exists, for example, among football coaches, and fans of the film about Rocky remember his mentor's warnings that "women make legs weak."

Scientists have analyzed more than 500 different scientific publications relating to the relationship of sex with physical activity. Surprisingly, there are practically no works dealing with this problem in detail. Of the nine studies that have been published over the past 60 years, researchers have found that none address this question systematically.

The researchers concluded that sex the night before a competition may even have a positive effect on athletic performance.

"In general, there is an overall positive effect of sex the night before a competition on an athlete's performance, especially from a psychological point of view. Sex has a relaxing effect that can help reduce stress, increase endurance (important for marathon runners) or concentration (when shooting)" , the authors write.

However, the researchers caution that the available material is somewhat ad hoc and there is still no reliable data on the correlation between sex and fitness.

Scientists talk about the positive impact of sex at least ten hours before the start, provided that the athlete does not smoke or drink alcohol.

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