Is there any validity to the long-held belief by many athletes and coaches that having sex the night before a big competition will impair sports performance? Should you be abstaining this Valentine’s Day if you have to play the next day?

 

Articles:

Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male varsity athletes

Effects of sexual intercourse on maximal aerobic power, oxygen pulse, and double product in male sedentary subjects

Altered sleep-wake cycles and physical performance in athletes

 

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Vaselines – Sex with an X

Leather Uppers – Sexy Time

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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