Does sex interfere with muscle growth?

[benchmaniac2]

Is anyone her qualified to give a good answer?

Icculus posted this question before and nobody really gave a good answer.

From what i heard, sex reduces your testosterone levels and sprinters like linford christie and boxers wouldnt have sex for two weeks before a big race/fight.

I tried it myself, (going for sex without a week) and my gains on the bench did shoot up, but it isnt half hard though to go without!

Anyway, any good replies will be appreciated.

 

[Cackerot69]

Who cares?

If it did, would you stop having sex?

 

[Valdez]

two best things= humping and pumping. and my official answer is hell no it doesn't affect gains!

 

[keiko]

I think it's all folklore. My husband's cycling team are a bunch of horny guys--and it doesn't make any difference to them. Lance Armstrong says he doesn't abstain, even when racing. Maybe it's different for endurance athletes?

 

[a_Jaxxx]

In the June issue of australian mens health mag there is an article on positions that Work out muscles during sex....well I want to belive this more than sex decreases gains...but its up 2 you

 

[brickshitpowerhouse]

i have sex at least 4 times daily and i am gaining just as good as before, when i was bangin' once, maybe twice daily!

my advice, keep jacking iron and let the ladies jack yours!!!

 

[tomcat]

One would Imagine that Physical fitness would increase your sex drive and a womans attraction to giving it up to you.
Increased strength, test., endurance, cardio all add up to rockin the house for me...

 

[goahead]

Personally I have to be Psyched when i hit the iron. When I just had sex I feel way too relaxt to crank out some grueling reps....

I need like 3 hours after good sex to descent from the pink clouds down to the iron dungeon

 

[GenetiKing]

I know for a fact that I become more aggressive and ornery if I haven't had any in a while.

If I was participating in a sport that benefited from physical aggression bordering on violence, I would consider a couple-week abstinance a must.

If this affects musclular hypertrophy on a hormal level is still in question...probably not. But you cannot argue that abstaining doesn't make one more intense.

 

[absolute hardgainer]

Regular sexual activity (as in 3 times per week) does signficantly improve your immune systems response mechanism. A similar question was asked and well answered in the April edition of Australian Ironman magazine... I will try reading up on it and give you a better answer.

brickshitpowerhouse, with all that serotonin that's produced during orgasm you must be one relaxed, spaced out dude... what are you on man?

hardgainer (pumping not humping)