Wendy Zukerman

Okay, great.

That might actually help their case a little more.

So the next thing I wanted to look at is whether not ejaculating could improve your mood and energy and maybe even boost your athletic performance, which is something that a lot of athletes think about.

Have you heard of this idea?

I mean, in the 1998 World Cup, the English coach forbade his players from having sex.

That's so funny.

You remember that, right?

Yeah.

Muhammad Ali was also into it.

He built a whole farm.

So that he could be away from his wife before a fight.

So could it be true?

And the thing is, when you orgasm, it can lead to a rush of hormones like oxytocin and prolactin, which can make us feel relaxed and lower our energy.

And so I asked Justin, so if you don't ejaculate, you don't get that sense of relaxation, which some may interpret as tiredness, you would...

And so there have been studies that have actually looked at this in terms of sports performance.

So, for example, there's this research that basically gets guys, it's all, I think it's all men in these studies, that tells them not to have sex the night before.

And then they'll test whether they can lift more weights or cycle faster.

Okay.

Or my favorite, test their grip strength.

Oh, yes.