Is it just a myth or is it proven to be true?some fighters don't have sex 3 or 4 weeks before a fight.can someone help?Cheers

I think it makes some difference but 3 or 4 weeks is a little excessive imo.
I also don't think its a huge dif.. I also think a little logic... lets say you trained well and your a bit stressed, as long as its not really late or a marathon I think you'd be better off having sex.

Some of it probably stems from loosing life force (Qi, prana, ki etc) through ejaculate. I think a drop of ejaculate is suppose to have 1000 times more Qi than a drop of blood. (long time ago I heard the numbers the point is supposedly there is a lot more qi per drop you are loosing.) Some people will be very careful who they give that to or what they do with it.

I think sex can be a great form of active recovery :) Even if there is something to it... I still think there is always a time and place for sex (I mean a time a place for anything :P)

are u asking me on a date?lol,joking
thank's for the advice dude!so,,i should not worry about having sex lets say,,a couple days before my fight?

I have it good authority that some high level sprinters used to take themselves to the "peak" then stop before releasing just prior to racing.

Not so easy now as you made to stay in the call room for about 40mins before a race and prob difficult to implement in Martial arts with the hands wraps & groin shield issues that would be raised! lol

lol.i find that weird and cruel.i mean, when you stop just before, your balls start to hurt after a few minutes

So thats how Linford used to create his big lunchbox............

DSS..... So up'd wanna get to the finish line as fast as possible then??? lol

lol...... Phil..... I can't confirm or deny!!!

yeah..i like the finish line,,especially when i'm first!!

I find if its too cloes that my gloves hinder my sexual performance greatly

I feel the more i give up for a fight the more im prepared and ready,
like cutting weight , dieting ,
maybe sex too ? ,
possibly just a mental strengthener

Any time one can consciously choose to do or not do something, as opposed to automatically, he is strengthening his resolve and will benefit mentally. If you choose not to have sex while wanting it you will be mentally stronger and there for more confident (unless you are resenting self - or projecting it onto a trainer etc thinking they are controlling you).

Its mental focus and strength... why not have sex and "pinch" it (hold in the ejaculate) - there's some training - work core big time, mental too... can always pinch physically - that way you get to have sex, work core, work mental and save the Qi in the ejaculate (very very high life force in there)

An article printed in Me's Health claimed that as long as it was gentle, unexhausting sex, then having some the night before actually raises testosterone levels and as we all know - more testosterone mean more man!

Makes sense to me...

Start it early and not too intense or long... let her do the work... hell a bj sounds like a good fit too.

A bJ ALWAYS sounds good. Unless it's from a guy.

Jonno- writes:

I feel the more i give up for a fight the more im prepared and ready,
like cutting weight , dieting ,
maybe sex too ? ,
possibly just a mental strengthener

Like anyone would sleep with you Jonno! ha ha

lmao!! phone the fire department ,
i just got smoked

Sex before a fight? Both sides to the story - Read more:http://nzfighters.com/news.php?id=38

dont bang away for hours, but a qiucky and sleep like a baby helped me

My days of marathon sex sessions are well done.I can have sex lots before a fight bcoz 2.5mins is hardly going to affect my fighting ability.lol

Someone mentioned going to the brink without climaxing...

With practice one can not physically climax yet feel like climaxing..along tantra lines... get the best (even better) of both worlds. Essentially its a different type of climax without releasing seminal fluid.

Like K4C talked about you'll get the mental strength from making the conscious choice as well as strength from having "control" over the physical body and have a more intense sexual experience...

Sounds like a win in all directions I can see with the exception of the possible effort and training to get there. :)

Just a thought

Maybe no hiding the salami thin night before on or on the day, but in reality, what difference could it make anyway?

Physically demanding?? Probably no more than a light workout (well, depending on what your thing is of course)

Lose Testosterone? Nah, doubt it very much.

Only thing it could do in my opinion is make you fight with a smile on your face!! ha

I think fighting with a smile can have benefits :)

I just can't believe Chi has came up in this thread really....

surly they cant only be me that gave sex up totaly to become a serious fighter lol :-{

When I was younger and earlier on in training I would give it up for a week before...

I think the concept acted on completely literally is a little out dated and extreme.

I would experiment with it in training when not too close to a fight... week on week off and look at training and energy levels and mental states etc

(keeping in mind other variables - life/work etc - and who, duration, weather its a marathon fuck or some intense connected love making etc)

Sounds like a worth while, and enjoyable experiment to me

i'm afraid if i'v gt the chance of a ride, i'm taking it. night b4 or not. might even try it as a warm up for my next fight. dont know how the other people in the changing rooms will feel about my wee white arse goin like fk tho lol

for warm up hmmmm :) I like that idea and something I would like to consider testing if I were to ever fight again

I suspect it all depends on, not if you do it or not, but who with.

which in turn leads to whether or not ye get caught :)

Guards up but pants down?