So this is what you guys want huh? An Article… on
masturbation. So now that I know what type of… hard topics you guys are
interested in, let’s ask the trickling question that you all came here to ask.
Does… masturbation affect your gains?
If any of you have already ventured in the great abyss we
call the internet, you probably have an idea on how testosterone can be
affected with ejaculation. For those of you not familiar with testosterone,
testosterone is an androgenic hormone that plays a crucial role in the
development of the male characteristics in the body. The one characteristic that
you need to know in this article is testosterone’s role in building muscle.
With high levels of testosterone, your body is better able to build muscle
through muscle protein synthesis after a… stimulating workout. Both men and
women have testosterone, but men have approximately 15 times more.
The belief around the internet is that masturbation and
orgasm will cause your testosterone levels to deflate. So that obviously means
your gains will be softening, too. Well, let’s see if the studies back up this
hardened claim. Let’s first dig through the research about the effects of short
term abstinence. One study showed that subjects “holding it in” for 7 days did
in fact saw a significant increase in blood testosterone, but then trickled
back down to normal levels and sometimes lower than normal in the following
days after.
Another study showed that waiting 3 weeks before taming your
monster did cause a very slight uptick in testosterone compared to not waiting
at all. It seems that abstinence can in fact increase testosterone. But what
happens to your body when you finally do masturbate and orgasm? The very clear
change after masturbation is the 20-minute boost in the hormone prolactin. This
seems to serve the purpose of suppressing sexual desires following orgasm. When
prolactin increases, the hormone causing sexual arousal, dopamine, decreases. Also,
heart rate stays elevated a few hours after orgasm, and elevated even higher if
the subjects worked out after orgasm versus working out without orgasm. Even
so, studies show that orgasm had no detrimental nor improving effects in
moderate to maximum exercise performance. And finally, the effects of orgasm on
testosterone levels were… non-existent.
So it seems safe to say that masturbation and orgasm isn’t
going to affect your gains all that much. And even though abstinence did see
some increase in testosterone, the difference is not enough to justify holding
back any sexual activity. In fact, the changes aren’t nearly as much as other
factors you should consider. One of which is the time of day. When you wake up,
your testosterone levels are at its highest. Towards the evening, it drops by
as much as 75%. Studies even found a decrease in testosterone levels if you
lose in a competitive event. Lacking certain nutrients, like Zinc, also causes
a much more dramatic decline in serum testosterone. And of course, a huge
factor is your actual exercise. Almost all exercises increase testosterone
levels for a short amount of time, with resistance training have the greatest
increase. As we can see, there’s so many other things in play that worrying
about timing your fap seem rather pointless. And these small, short-term
changes are not nearly as important as maintaining high testosterone levels in
the long run. BUT with all this being said, you should still limit yourself. If
you’re the type that tugs away so often that you don’t have time for the gym or
if you’re the type that after you masturbate, you no longer have motivation or
feel that you’re “up” for going to the gym, then yes, masturbation can damage
your gains. Like anything else in life, moderation is absolutely key. Now, for
all you happy tuggers, hopefully you now feel “relieved” with this news. Just
know that your… gains are going to be okay if you tug away. Just please wash
your hands before you head to the gym.
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