Go hard in the gym and you’ll go hard elsewhere: Logging at least 3 hours of exercise a week will strengthen your erection, says new research in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Over 6 months, overweight men reduced their daily caloric intake by 400 calories while sticking to an exercise regimen. Half of the guys were placed in a low-volume group (90 to 150 minutes of moderately intense exercise per week) while the others spent anywhere from 200 to 300 minutes in the gym a week. In the end, both groups dropped weight and saw spikes in erectile function and testosterone, but the serious sweaters showed the biggest improvements.
If you’re overweight, losing 3 to 6 percent of your total body weight through exercise and dieting should be enough to boost the quality of your erections, says lead study author Joan Khoo, MRCP, of Changi General Hospital in Singapore.
The reason: Decreases in weight, waist circumference, and fat mass all improve blood circulation and smooth muscle function in your penis and bladder, Khoo says. So if you’re in good shape, your blood vessels will be, too.
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