Hello all.
Around a year ago I wrote a post on here about cycling and infertility. This was started by a worry that heavy training was impacting on my testosterone (which was low) and that this would effect my fertility.
I received some very helpful (and some nasty comments about doping with testosterone) but the end up was my fertility was significantly impacted by the sport. Very possibly by cycling in aero position and in particular cycling indoors in aero.
Most studies showing no impact on fertility from cycling are looking at populations like the Danish, who ride around sat up and are not ‘training’ so to speak.
Well this study in triathletes seemed to suggest there WAS a problem. Probably due to the mentioned aero position and heat build up from turbo training.
http://www.redalyc.org/html/3233/323327658001/
Anyway, my tests were very similar to those athletes, my sperm motility was low, my morphology was very low around 3%!
We feared the worst.
I also had a small varioceole as a probably consequence of trauma to the balls.
So what happened? Well I stopped turboing for a few months, just riding outside, minimal aero. I wore loose underwear and stopped any sauna sessions.
I took a few supplements including a dash of vitamin C.
A few months later my morphology was much higher, a pretty much normal 10% the varioceole had also pretty much healed.
Well something worked as our beautiful little man was born a few days ago. He rocks. I love him. I have lost all interest in triathlon (for now) he is my world.
I just wanted to post this on here to all the guys who may be worried about this, who may be worried that their T is low (mine is still low, but the evidence is that as I am happily married and have no need for high levels there is no need for more!)
And to anyone who had sperm tests like mine.
Best of luck to you all.
Around a year ago I wrote a post on here about cycling and infertility. This was started by a worry that heavy training was impacting on my testosterone (which was low) and that this would effect my fertility.
I received some very helpful (and some nasty comments about doping with testosterone) but the end up was my fertility was significantly impacted by the sport. Very possibly by cycling in aero position and in particular cycling indoors in aero.
Most studies showing no impact on fertility from cycling are looking at populations like the Danish, who ride around sat up and are not ‘training’ so to speak.
Well this study in triathletes seemed to suggest there WAS a problem. Probably due to the mentioned aero position and heat build up from turbo training.
http://www.redalyc.org/html/3233/323327658001/
Anyway, my tests were very similar to those athletes, my sperm motility was low, my morphology was very low around 3%!
We feared the worst.
I also had a small varioceole as a probably consequence of trauma to the balls.
So what happened? Well I stopped turboing for a few months, just riding outside, minimal aero. I wore loose underwear and stopped any sauna sessions.
I took a few supplements including a dash of vitamin C.
A few months later my morphology was much higher, a pretty much normal 10% the varioceole had also pretty much healed.
Well something worked as our beautiful little man was born a few days ago. He rocks. I love him. I have lost all interest in triathlon (for now) he is my world.
I just wanted to post this on here to all the guys who may be worried about this, who may be worried that their T is low (mine is still low, but the evidence is that as I am happily married and have no need for high levels there is no need for more!)
And to anyone who had sperm tests like mine.
Best of luck to you all.