THE EXERCISE LIBIDO CONNECTION

We live in a culture of busy. Busy schedule, busy lives, busy, busy, busy. The

responsibilities of everyday life seem to exponentially compound themselves the deeper we move into adulthood. It’s easy in our fast paced lives for the stresses of the everyday to create a strain on the amount of exercise we do, and the amount of sex we have. The correlation between exercise and libido is a strong one. If the energy and desire for a plethora of torrid lovemaking sessions complete with vibrators, cuffs, and other accruements has been waning lately you might want to reflect how your exercise routine is.


There are certain hormonal changes that happen during exercise that affect our sex lives in a positive way. When we exercise we release endorphins that make us feel good, while providing relaxation, and reducing performance anxiety. Adrenaline and testosterone are also released into the mix. These ‘pump up’ our level of alertness, while increasing the level of our sex drives. All of these hormonal

secretions work together to increase libido and enhance sexual performance. While these hormones are great for increased libido we need to be very aware of the stress that we bring into our lives. Stress can release the hormone cortisol, which is responsible for our fight, or flight response. If by stressing too often about numerous things the constant release of coritsol can reduce the production of testosterone, progesterone and estrogen negatively impacting our sex lives.


From a mental standpoint exercise will do a lot to increase our level of self-confidence allowing us to have fewer inhibitions. Self-confidence is an attitude, and attitudes are a function of our experiences. If we’re experiencing positivity as a result of exercise induced hormonal releases feeling secure, and confident in yourself will naturally grow from that. The benefits from of a more confident point of view will not only be an increased sex drive, but perhaps provide the security one needs to experiment with different things like role playing, use of different sex toys, or even swinging to name but a few.


In short if you find your sex life waning, and your to do list exponentially growing take some time to start incorporating a regular exercise routine into your daily

life. If you’re in a relationship try exercising with your partner, not only will you be on similar wavelengths it’s also a great time to hang out with each other, while strengthening your bond. The world of sex is as boundless as the imagination, and bringing a certain level of effort towards enhancing the physical aspect of our lives truly stands to benefit the pulsing libido in us all.