Will abstaining from sex or decreasing the frequency of it improve my lifting progress? >inb4 everyone on 4chinz is a socially inept virgin
You always hear about nofap but isn't sex essentially the same thing if you are not using porn? Does your body recover its testosterone levels fast enough to not interfere with muscle growth even with daily sex?
Also to the other >tfwgf anons, does edging or arousal have any positive effect? Before I lift I always have my girl give me a short bj but I don't finish. This could be completely bullshit broscience on my part but I preach it as fact to her because it gets me pumped and it feels good anyway. She likes my body so it isn't really a hard sell if I say thats why I want it, but 100% no bullshit is there any ACTUAL benefit to this?
No to everything? Or are you addressing a certain point.
Austin Garcia
Bump. Also am curious
Julian Miller
>Will abstaining from sex or decreasing the frequency of it improve my lifting progress?
That's the wrong question. The real question is even if it does positively or negatively effect gains is the difference more significant than other factors? Inadequate sleep, poor nutrition, stress, illness, exposure to endocrine disruptors are all bigger factors. If you aren't nailing those things not cumming isn't going to help.
For the record cumming and sex are physiologically different. Sex releases far greater amounts of oxytocin which is a hormone released to form social bonds. Your subconscious does knows more and decides more than you give it credit for, it releases adrenaline before your conscious brain even knows it's in danger, it remembers to breathe all day even while your conscious brain is asleep and it knows the difference between another human's touch and your own.
Matthew Wright
yes
Ryder Price
>You always hear about nofap You know thats only on Veeky Forums because we can convince morons it does something right?
The entire thing is made up by a bunch of christian lobbyists and has no basis in science that isnt paid for
Christopher Wright
Thank you for the informative answer, I didnt know any of this. For the sake of discussion though, lets say I'm 100% on top of all that other stuff. Are the benefits negligible? Or is there potential to limiting sex to say, once a week.
What about arousal immediately before a workout. Is there a sharp enough spike in test to make a difference or is that all bullshit?
Elijah Hernandez
Cumming makes me wanna nap. So if I cum how can I lift?
Anthony Phillips
Fucking nofap is a bunch of bullshit. Masturbation is normal activity and promotes prostate health.
There is some studies that suggest that limiting sexual activity to once a week makes testosterone peak by day six or seven.
Porn addiction and compulsory masturbation is a problem and an entirely different thing.
Stop overanalyzing like an autist and get on with your life
Luke Ross
I dont participate in nofap you no-reading-comprehension autist. I was simply commenting on the fact that it has been repeatedly discussed on this board but you never hear about what, if any, benefits to lifting limiting sex has.
Liam Martinez
>benefits to lifting limiting sex has.
And this is why I I assumed this was yet another generic nofap thread.
Either way, the effects of temporary celibacy are negligible, and thinking about that is just overanalyzing and feeding into the nofap meme
I have noticed though that having sex/masturbation/porn before gym distracts me and leave it until after working out
Luke Kelly
The whole point of nofap is to get a gf, so if you have a gf you're good already. When you're a chronic masturbator like most of Veeky Forums is, your perception of reality gets kinda screwed up. Last time I did nofap I started thinking girls were far more attractive than I did before, I had erections ALL the time, and I wanted to fuck everything that even remotely looked feminine.
It also kind of opens your eyes to how desensitized we are to sex, and I don't think that's a good thing. About 3 weeks in I was trying desperately not to see anything erotic but no matter where I went or what I did it was everywhere.
Thankfully I'm joining the army pretty soon so I'll be forced to abstain from it for a long enough time to get my brain back to normal.
Logan Thomas
Kek no
Jacob Ross
Medically retired 11b who got hurt in afghanistan here. Dont do it.
Owen Wood
I'm Canadian so I don't know if we'll have the same experience I'm already signed up anyways, just have to do my medical
Christian Butler
I had a UN assignment where I worked with Canadians during my time in Korea. Good group of guys and morale seemed considerably higher than my guys. Best of luck to you user.
Christian Barnes
Thanks, and sorry to hear about your injury.
Jaxon Rivera
I am just being bitter because I wanted to be career and they made me get out after the military essentially destroyed my marriage. Nothing bad about retiring at 24, attending college for free and keeping a livable income for the rest of my life regardless of my employment status. Not like im severely disfigured or anything.
Brandon Howard
>Does cumming affect gains?
Yes. When you cum you lose some of your gains. If you find yourself in a situation in which you absolutely must cum, your best course of actions would be to eat as much of the cum as you can in order to lose as little gains as possible.
Parker Nguyen
fap as much as you want m8
Jeremiah Clark
No
Brody Brown
Alright so when you have an ejaculatory orgasm your body releases hormones into your body, some make you feel good, some make you tired.
dopamine - obviously feel good chemical oxytocin - the 'love' chemical norepinephrine - this is what causes the heart rate spike during an orgasm prolactin - this causes the satiated feeling and tiredness, this is also what helps regulate your testosterone production
a week of abstaining from an orgasm will let your body reach 'peak' total testosterone serum levels after which your body will down regulate until it returns to the norm.
