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Balancing training and intimacy?

Hello mates, I've been hitting the pedals harder, longer, and more efficiently lately and it feels great to have a structured training program that shows results. Unfortunately, on many days I feel like my legs are on fire or my back is numb, I'm low on energy, or I'll nap during the day/sleep early. Over this year's season I've noticed that when the time comes I don't have as much energy as I want or need. How is everyone else balancing their sex life with their training/racing?

Overtraining is the first thing that comes to mind.

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Originally Posted by Panza (Post 17837515)

If you're so burned out that you don't have time/energy to be with your partner, then the only thing to do is either ease up or cut some training days out of your schedule. If you are burned up post-training more often than not, you are training too hard and not allowing your body to recuperate. If this is the case your gains will plateau quickly and you run the risk of increased seasonal illnesses due to increased blood cortisol.

Priorities man...ease up, rest more, and enjoy a healthy balance between exercise and sex. What's the point of being in great shape if you're too tired to use it for fun?

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Originally Posted by jfowler85 (Post 17837581)

Thanks, for some reason over-training didn't occur to me as simple as that sounds.

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Originally Posted by Panza (Post 17837515)

How is everyone else balancing their sex life with their training/racing?

You can't be married.

The only balance that's usually required is a shower between activities.

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Originally Posted by digger (Post 17838172)

You can't be married.

Or won't stay married unless you can figure out your priorities without BF guidance.

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Originally Posted by digger (Post 17838172)

You can't be married.

Haha, dating for over 2 years which is my best record to date, but not married yet. Tying the knot is a fear, far greater than any hill I could ever hope to climb.

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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike (Post 17838300)

Or won't stay married unless you can figure out your priorities without BF guidance.

The question was real -- but I half expected the roast.

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Originally Posted by Panza (Post 17838313)

The question was real -- but I half expected the roast.

What, you only HALF expected? I am old, can't pee past my toes, and even I thought it was a troll post.

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Originally Posted by Panza (Post 17838313)

The question was real -- but I half expected the roast.

I would urge you to ignore those that only have 1 oar in the water (except for me).

Sounds like over-training.

Although expensive, perhaps a few sessions with a professional trainer could provide some help...with the training, not the other thing - there you are on your own.

Do you suppose that on your deathbed you'll wish you had trained more? What about spending more time with the people around you? I dunno, to me, people win out.

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Originally Posted by digger (Post 17838445)

Although expensive, perhaps a few sessions with a professional trainer could provide some help...with the training, not the other thing

If you think a few sessions with a professional trainer are expensive, you obviously haven't priced a few sessions with "the other thing" ;).

after extensive research on the topic, sex before exercise, not after

Yes, that's what I do. I am usually climaxing at about 6am, which allows me to be on the road at 6:30am.

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Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 17838994)

Yes, that's what I do. I am usually climaxing at about 6am, which allows me to be on the road at 6:30am.

What takes you so long to hit the road? You should be peddling by 6:10.

Post-sex nap. Never skip the post-sex nap.

Balancing training and intimacy?

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Originally Posted by Panza (Post 17837515)

… I've been hitting the pedals harder, longer, and more efficiently lately and it feels great to have a structured training program that shows results. Unfortunately, on many days I feel like my legs are on fire or my back is numb, I'm low on energy, or I'll nap during the day/sleep early. Over this year's season I've noticed that when the time comes I don't have as much energy as I want or need. How is everyone else balancing their sex life with their training/racing?

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Originally Posted by BugDude (Post 17837823)

Priorities man...ease up, rest more, and enjoy a healthy balance between exercise and sex. What's the point of being in great shape if you're too tired to use it for fun?

Just yesterday i posted to this Road Cycling thread. ”After Your Ride”

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 17836191)

Typically my long training ride (40 to 75 miles) is early on a Saturday morning to do an extended loop from home to work at my convenience…At the end of the ride, I have a fat free chocolate milk, usually read and post to BF, get a brief nap, and then work uninterrupted for a few hours. I then ride the 14 miles home, and that evening my wife and I go out dining and (social ballroom) dancing. The next morning I wake up particularly early and refreshed, though my legs feel depleted, I and go out and do errands and enjoy Sunday. I try to cycle six days a week, and Sunday is my rest day...

I won’t discuss such things on BF, but as Ann Landers has said, ”(Ballroom) dancing is a vertical sublimation of a horizontal inclination.” Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink. Say no more…

I've jumped into biking as hard as I can for a man my age and weight, but I leave enough gas in the tank to take the old tractor around the farm and plow a few rows as often and long as I want. Anything less is self sabotage.

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Originally Posted by Panza (Post 17837515)

How is everyone else balancing their sex life with their training/racing?

I usually lie down during sex so balance isn't a problem.

Add some heavy weights into your training. It will not only help with the cycling but will increase your testosterone as well.