Does masturbation affect the hypertrophy?

[Sam277]

If i feel like having a wank before a workout then i'll have a wank. And i'll lift exactly the same as i would of without.

You can't seriously think there's anything in this... the whole idea goes against the theory of evolution and natural selection. You think all the men who had sex and passed the genes on were the scrawny ones?

Unless your workout consists of curls. Probably effects how much you can curl if your session if particularly intense.

[Hombre]

If i feel like having a wank before a workout then i'll have a wank. And i'll lift exactly the same as i would of without.

try to ejaculate on your next preworkout masturbation set

[Shoke]

I'm usually pretty tired after any orgasm, and just wanna go to sleep....can't imagine lifting anything heavy afterwards

[kali]

ok, i couldnt help but notice that this thread has received more hits than any other thread pretty much...so i thought why not add my two cents?
anyway, per the eastern healing and spiritual traditions, tibetan and hindu tantra and chinese daoism, semen is generally best kept in the body, to fuel the various spriritual practices, and for health and longevity. while there are ways to internally raise the energy up the spine, etc, thats advanced and most guys like me can't do that anyway (yet...), so then there are the stopgap measures, for guys like me who have sexual desire and can't really just ignore the whole thing either.

so, what to do? well, one option actually is to rub the semen back into the body, mostly around the lower abdomen, where the body can store energy (the hara or dan tien used in martial arts).
basically, per ayurveda, the semen comes from the bone marrow, which in turn comes from the muscle, which comes from the blood, which comes from the food we eat. (i skipped a few steps here to simplify the process). so frequent masturbation means the body has to now temporarily divert production of new muscle in order to bring up the semen back to where it was. so rubbing it back in helps out here.
another ayurvedic remedy: drink milk right afterwards! (no seriously, i am not making this up). it is considered that warm milk with ghee (clarified butter) and some raw honey and spices creates an energy drink that replenishes the energy lost (like why most people feel tired after ejaculation).
also, i personally believe that making love to a woman (where rubbing it back in is not an option) gives you energy. if we offer the semen to her as a gift of love, and she loves us back, i feel we recieve energy and its not as depleting as masturbation or casual sex, so this makes a difference too.
also, now i am 37, and i don't think i can recuperate as fast from heavy activity (sex or otherwise) as when i was 20.
rickson gracie, 2 weeks before a match, does not have sex. at age 20 it probably didnt matter, but as he got older it probably did, i'm guessing.

age 37, 5'10'', 173lb,
SQ (ass to grass) 160lb 5x5, BP 160lb 5x5, BOR 150lb 5x5, MP 85lb 5x5, DL 220lb 2x5

[MikeD]

Dunno how I missed this.

Religion, eh. Here's something I heard once: "I was a raised catholic, and I was taught that sex is a dirty, disgusting, shamful thing that you save for the person you love!"

But on topic, like most people, it can make me sleepy, so right before a workout I vote no. However, sometimes the urge will be too great and I'll be afraid that it'll be on my mind during a workout (and I can't very well satisfy comfortably at the gym...).

Can I ask one thing? To get a bit graphic, I'd sometimes do it in the morning, with an average sized load, and then workout a couple hours later.

If the workout's brutal, either two things will happen. I'll have no sex drive, which could mean I pushed too far in the workout, or I'm locked and loaded and ready to rock again right after, as if I hadn't done anything at all that morning.
So my question is, what's your sex drive like after a workout?

[kali]

immediately after a workout i am somewhat tired no matter what, i mean like tired in a good way. it takes a number of hours, especially after some rest, to feel sexually aroused again, regardless of any previous "activities". also, i do rub it back into my abdomen, which greatly helps to avoid the "sleepiness" people often feel right after.
by the way, you have incredible stats for a 160lbs person! (i don't mean your "male member", i mean the lifting!)

[MikeD]

Respectable, more like. I kind of want to take them down because they're not representative of where I'm at right now (I've regressed), but I figure leaving them there gives me a goal I need to beat.

I wonder if there's ever been studies linking decreased sexual arousal with overtraining...there has to have been, since testosterone is down during an overtrained state, right?

[pagangoddess]

So my question is, what's your sex drive like after a workout?

Depends on when I workout. If it's in the morning it's non existent. If I workout in the evenings it's pretty high. But I think it's completely mental. When I workout in the mornings there's no opportunity. I know that after my workout I have to shower & get ready for work. But in the evening it's always an option.