I have been doing weight lifting for the last one year and a few months (I began on 2018 Feb).
When I began, I was not as strong and was not lifting very heavy, so I also noticed an increase in EQ and libido in general.
But I noticed something over the December holidays, I took a 2 weeks break and guess what, I had insane libido and had a lot of sex during that time until my wife was telling me to go back to the gym to reduce that libido. A joke sort of...
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This year I began PE around January.
However, I began noticing a pattern, when I lift so heavy (Well, progressive loading to build muscles) I noticed when am sore for a few days my libido takes a nose dive. My PI declines and some nights I have crappy night and morning erections or no morning erections.
I took a week off from going to the gym and my erections returned with full force. (I train only 3 days per week), but then when I resumed, my morning erections are getting fewer. Getting erect also takes a little more stimulation. Not that am unable to have sex, I can but does not get hard as fast, and the night and morning erections are softer.
I got googling to search for answers and this article popped up
Link (https://ic.steadyhealth.com/erectile...weight-lifting) Admin, sorry if link is not allowed, edit it out and I can do a summary of what I found in the link.
The general idea is that heavy lifting can and does cause ED! To add onto this take a look at this thread from a body building forum (https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...5844201&page=1)
Personally, it seems like it is doing it.
I love weight lifting sports, and would wish to continue lifting heavier and heavier but am getting confused now on how to go about it. If I lift heavy, my ED seems to suffer and that also affects my general PE life.
Are there people who have ever experienced such in this community and how did you go about it?
To add, am on no supplements e.g. steroids or whey or creatinine or any other stuff for body building, just eating normal meals or any normal human.
Am considering taking a break from weight lifting and see how it goes and will be back to update on this thread.
When I began, I was not as strong and was not lifting very heavy, so I also noticed an increase in EQ and libido in general.
But I noticed something over the December holidays, I took a 2 weeks break and guess what, I had insane libido and had a lot of sex during that time until my wife was telling me to go back to the gym to reduce that libido. A joke sort of...
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This year I began PE around January.
However, I began noticing a pattern, when I lift so heavy (Well, progressive loading to build muscles) I noticed when am sore for a few days my libido takes a nose dive. My PI declines and some nights I have crappy night and morning erections or no morning erections.
I took a week off from going to the gym and my erections returned with full force. (I train only 3 days per week), but then when I resumed, my morning erections are getting fewer. Getting erect also takes a little more stimulation. Not that am unable to have sex, I can but does not get hard as fast, and the night and morning erections are softer.
I got googling to search for answers and this article popped up
Link (https://ic.steadyhealth.com/erectile...weight-lifting) Admin, sorry if link is not allowed, edit it out and I can do a summary of what I found in the link.
The general idea is that heavy lifting can and does cause ED! To add onto this take a look at this thread from a body building forum (https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...5844201&page=1)
Personally, it seems like it is doing it.
I love weight lifting sports, and would wish to continue lifting heavier and heavier but am getting confused now on how to go about it. If I lift heavy, my ED seems to suffer and that also affects my general PE life.
Are there people who have ever experienced such in this community and how did you go about it?
To add, am on no supplements e.g. steroids or whey or creatinine or any other stuff for body building, just eating normal meals or any normal human.
Am considering taking a break from weight lifting and see how it goes and will be back to update on this thread.
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