Research shows little difference how abstaining or not can impact athletic performance. However, outside the research or scientific community, actual athletes and coaches attest it does make a difference. There are some marked differences with hormone levels if a man is abstaining that play a difference in performance.
Several of the world’s greatest athletes had a strict rule regarding this topic and they are indeed the world’s greatest athletes. Because of that, some of our current athletic greats adhere to the same rule. In the competitive sports world, it’s better to go along with tradition than blow it because of sexual desire.
The human body is a complicated mixture of hormones and can be affected by the smallest change. This is one topic that has been of mixed judgement and opinions of the scientists vs. the athletes.
Read the full article here:
The Latest: How Sex Impacts Your Athletic Performance