Wendy Zukerman

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.

Yep.

And so I asked Justin, what have these studies found?

It doesn't affect it.

Your energy, you'd wasted your seat.

You'd wasted your energy.

There is one sort of exception to this idea that perhaps it doesn't matter that maybe might make you feel better about your thinking around gigs.

And so the study, Justin's actually referring to one particular study.

It was a study of 15 male athletes randomly assigned to have sex and ejaculate or not have sex.

And then two hours later, they basically had to go on this like fancy exercise bike.

Okay.

And ride as hard as they could go while their heart rate was being measured.

Now, interestingly...

And whether they had sex or not, it didn't affect how hard they could go on the bike.

But after, in the recovery phase, their heart rate was a little bit higher.

And some of them said the exercise bike, even though they could do it, it was a bit tougher.