Dr. Justin Dubin

I think it makes sense.

I think if you are, you know, it's the anticipation buildup.

You know, delaying pleasure can be pleasurable.

Total opposites.

If you have semen retention and it truly increases your testosterone to high levels, your skin's not going to get better.

You might have thinning of your hair.

Physiologically, it just doesn't make sense.

When I look at the research, I think it is pretty clear that holding your semen does not increase your testosterone levels.

So, you know, there's really no good data to suggest that there's any testosterone boosting benefit to semen retention.

therefore feel more energy potentially potentially but here's the weird thing right like it's only in the moment it's not like it's lasting for hours or anything you're you know a lot of your listeners some I mean have ejaculated um and it's not like yeah it's not like you're like oh god every I have no energy for the rest of the day

You know, most studies do show that there is no impact of sexual activity on athlete performance.

Does not impact athletic athlete performance at all.

Except if you're having sexual activity within two hours of the event, which kind of makes sense, right?

That kind of makes sense.

How you're tired, a little bit lower energy, and also you're straining yourself.

You're exhausting your muscles.

You're exerting yourself.

So people could actually be just tired from the exertion of having sex when you're trying to perform.

Just like you've heard of the blood-brain barrier, they have the testis blood barrier to protect the sperm, right?

I didn't know about this barrier.