Does IM Training Make You Horny?

Triathlon Forum
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I use to think it was just me. Everytime I start ramping up the miles and yards in the pool getting ready for another IM, I get hornier. Until some friends of mine mentioned the same thing happens to them everytime IM peak season training comes up.

Could it be increased testosterone levels in the body from increased stress level from the longer distances? Could it be the better diet during IM training? Could it be excitement of the upcoming race? Do women get the same effect? I’d ask my doctor but he would just think I’m crazy, so I’ll put it out to the STer’s. What do you think, medically speaking?

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Just wait until you get to your taper…

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Tired ? yes. Horny ? no.

But on the other hand, we are all animals. The stronger we feel ourselves, the more we think we can attrack the other gender…

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Reading the book “Lore of Running”, by Tim Noakes, he states that one of the signs when you are in your peak is that your sex drive increases a lot. Not sure if that is your case though.

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I’ve read that long endurance sports actually decreases the level of testosterone. i don’t know if that’s really true…but that’s what I’ve read. I’m sure there will be plenty of people here who will say it’s BS.

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Just in case, I have signed my wife up for next year’s Vineman Full triathlon.

It will be win-win, since it will also be her first triathlon, thereby pissing off Swimfan.

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That’s actually a good question for your doctor, seriously. My gf is in med school, when she’s in clinics, she asks people everything, including about sex life. You shouldn’t be embarrassed to bring up anything to your doctor.

But back to the topic, I think my energy is more directed when I’m training, but for the most part, I’m pretty much the same person all the time, just say go and I’m probably ready.

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I thought this was another swimfan post at first.

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I don’t know if it works the same for women. It could be the opposite, less sex drive… not good for you.

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Well, I haven’t told her she is signed up yet, we’ll wait to see what the studies say…

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It does for me. The more miles I put, the hornier I get because the combination of large amount of time spent in my tri shorts, either the tightness or looseness of the shorts, the vaseline or blistershield…sort of rubs my General to a constant saluting.

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Female here … yes, and with Hawaii in 23 days… I’ll leave it at that :wink:

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Okay, so women do experience this. What do you attribute to?

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Let´s just say that if IM-training makes you hornier you´re probably not training hard enough…

But as long as we´re on the subject of training, sex and hormones a very good and trusted golden nugget of information is to increase sex whenever performance (athletic, that is…) goes down. Heading into overtraining can often be prevented if one stimulates the production of testosteron hence having sex…

But like one famous triathlete said about pre-race sex: “If you can get it, you gotta take it”

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Thanks, now we have a quick fix for overtraining. I just have to get my wife to buy it.

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Reading the book “Lore of Running”, by Tim Noakes, he states that one of the signs when you are in your peak is that your sex drive increases a lot.
I need to find a race this weekend, I sense a PR coming (no pun intented)…

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I don’t know why, It just happens . It’s great for releaving stress and all that questionable “am I ready” stuff.

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yes. it happens to me too.

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What about women friend of yours, does it occur with them as well? It seems it occurs in some men but not others, wonder why.

Maybe it has to do with pre-testosterone levels.

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Shoot, I’m fairly recently divorced. Everything makes me horny.