Men reading this, I have a question for you.
Why do you work out?
Is it for the stress relief a good solid session provides?
Do you actually enjoy the feeling of your legs shivering into a pool of gelatinous mess that leg day provides?
Or do you thrash your rig because you want to look typically ‘sexy’ and therefore have more sex?
If you answered “yes” to the last question, we’d suggest plugging your headphones in, turning your David Guetta 2007 Club Mix up to full volume and exiting this browser immediately, as we’ve got some uninspiring news for you.
According to a study conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina, working out too much can have a significant impact on a man’s desire to get jiggy with it.
The study, which involved a survey of over a thousand blokes, concluded that exposure to higher levels of chronic intense and greater durations of endurance training on a regular basis is significantly associated with a decreased libido in a significant percentage of men.
In the survey, the men were asked about their training habits, how often they thought about sex and how often they actually did the dirty.
Even after taking age and other significant variables into account, researchers found that both training intensity and duration were found to have inverse relationships with libido.
In short, the less time fellas spent pumping in the gym, the more time they spent pumping between the sheets.
it’s ok hun
It sorta makes sense; the more energy you put into thrusting a plate weight into the air with your hips, the less energy you might have to do a similar thing in the company of a thicc fug buddy.
But (and it’s a big but that doesn’t lie) that doesn’t mean you should throw in the sweat-soaked towel and never hit the gym again.
In fact, participants who reported the highest libidos did exercise – they just didn’t thrash themselves day in, day out, with ball-busting HIIT workouts. Instead, they took it a bit easier, doing lower-intensity exercises like jogging.
So take it easy, big guy.
