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The Perception & Action Podcast

20B - Sport Science Shorts: Let’s Talk about Sex & Sports

Feb 8, 2016
08:00

Is there any validity to the long-held belief by many athletes and coaches that having sex the night before a big competition will impair sports performance? Should you be abstaining this Valentine’s Day if you have to play the next day?

 

Articles:

Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male varsity athletes

Effects of sexual intercourse on maximal aerobic power, oxygen pulse, and double product in male sedentary subjects

Altered sleep-wake cycles and physical performance in athletes

 

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

 

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Vaselines – Sex with an X

Leather Uppers – Sexy Time

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

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