20B - Sport Science Shorts: Let’s Talk about Sex & Sports

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

 


More information:


http://perceptionaction.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


The Vaselines – Sex with an X


Leather Uppers – Sexy Time


Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy


via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com