Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 The myths of sex before sport By Jennifer Quinn BBC News Online Magazine With the Olympics upon us and 17,000 athletes converging on Athens, they'll be glad to know sex the evening before a big match isn't likely to hinder a performance, and thrilled to find out it just might help. Berti Vogts, the German football manager in 1994, banned his players from sex before games. Linford Christie, the British sprinter, agreed with the notion, saying a romp the night before a race made his legs feel like lead. In the film Rocky, Mickey - the Italian Stallion's trainer - provided this perspective: "Women weaken legs." But Casey Stengel, a noted sage of the baseball diamond and no stranger to the shenanigans of athletes, had a different view. "Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player," Stengel, a former manager of both the New York Yankees and New York Mets, once said. "It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in." With so many attractive, fit people coming together in Athens, the athlete's village at any Olympics can seem like one big singles club. Every two years, there are stories of how many condoms are distributed - and used - and this Olympiad is no exception. In Athens, 130,000 condoms and 30,000 packets of lubricant are being made available to the athletes. In Sydney, athletes were given a stash of three condoms a day, but more were brought in when supplies ran low. There are, no doubt, coaches and chefs de mission who will not view extra-curricular activities with Stengel's benign eye. Go for the gold? But according to scientific research, they probably shouldn't fret. "The night before has no effect on strength or endurance or any of the physical abilities of the athletes," says physiology expert Dr Ian Shrirer, a former president of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. "A lot of people think it has to do with the psychological effects." Most elite athletes need to be aggressive to compete at the top levels of their sport, Dr Shrirer says. But there is such a thing as being too aggressive, and that's where sex can make a positive difference. "Think about that - that's the guy on the football team, who's always getting penalties. Or the guy in soccer who's getting red carded. That's not good for performance," he says. "It's never been studied, how sex affects the psychological attitude the next day. But if it were true that it decreases aggressiveness, then you might expect it to be detrimental for those who aren't aggressive enough, but beneficial for those who are too aggressive." And then there's Israeli physician Alexander Olshanietzky, who's all in favour of sex - for female athletes, at least. Who's game? "We believe that a woman gets better results in sports competition after orgasm," he said in 1996, before the Atlanta games. "Generally, it's true of high jumpers and runners. The more orgasms, the more chances of winning a medal. "Coaches generally tell their athletes to abstain before competition. In the case of women, that's the wrong advice." But Dr Olshanietzky warned male athletes off going for it the night before a competition, saying that while sex energises women, it just tuckers men out. George Best, who once said, "I used to go missing a lot - Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Germany", disagrees. He would draw the line at having sex minutes before a match, but the night before? No problem. "I certainly never found it had any effect on my performance," Best told the Observer. "Maybe best not the hour before, but the night before makes no odds." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Good to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Do you leave in Athens, Maral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Do you leave in Athens, Maral? Do I live in Athens?Unfotunately NO,I'm in LA...but after this bit of information you shared I am considering spending the next couple of weeks there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 (edited) Isn't sex a sport in and of itself? Who can hold out the longest? Who have the most orgasms in a row? Who can come the quickest? Haha! I can think fo a thousand categories for the next Olympic Games. I'll be more than happy to participate Edited August 16, 2004 by nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Isn't sex a sport in and of itself? Who can hold out the longest? Who have the most orgasms in a row? Who can come the quickest? Haha! I can think fo a thousand categories for the next Olympic Games. I'll be more than happy to participate Who can hold out the longest...well that one is easy to figure out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Do I live in Athens?Unfotunately NO,I'm in LA...but after this bit of information you shared I am considering spending the next couple of weeks there LA had its part of olympic fun in 1984. I would say that the 1984 games gave an important impetus to otherwise passive sexual life of this cradle of inosense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 LA had its part of olympic fun in 1984. I would say that the 1984 games gave an important impetus to otherwise passive sexual life of this cradle of inosense It would not have been proper for me to know these things in 1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Isn't sex a sport in and of itself? Who can hold out the longest? Who have the most orgasms in a row? Who can come the quickest? Haha! I can think fo a thousand categories for the next Olympic Games. I'll be more than happy to participate I just imagined what it would be like to cheer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I just imagined what it would be like to cheer WEll to keep Nairi and I happy it would be a whole bunch of Greek God types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I am starting to slowly understand why Armenian women do go into sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I am starting to slowly understand why Armenian women do go into sports better late then never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 better late then never OK then, I've got 3 years of Swimming and 2 years of Karate. See you in Athens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 a whole bunch of Greek God types Yah seriously! Aren't they damn sexy this year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 OK then, I've got 3 years of Swimming and 2 years of Karate. See you in Athens yallah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 God save the Greece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Maral I say you need a good solid training before your departure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Maral I say you need a good solid training before your departure Eduard do not distract Maral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 (edited) Maral I say you need a good solid training before your departure OK FINE I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD STUDENT THEN... happy now? I hear I have to find a sponsor before I go though...anyone interested???? Edited August 16, 2004 by Maral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What's up with the Chinese team? According to the medal count they're having a lot of high quality fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 What's up with the Chinese team? According to the medal count they're having a lot of high quality fun. apperently size does NOT matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Isn't sex a sport in and of itself? Who can hold out the longest? Who have the most orgasms in a row? Who can come the quickest? Haha! I can think fo a thousand categories for the next Olympic Games. I'll be more than happy to participate Sign me up for the 400 meter breast stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 The naked truth. Gymnasium, gymnastics based on the greek word "gumnos/gymnos", naked. • The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnos, which means naked. In ancient times athletes practised in the nude to the accompaniment of music. They also performed naked at the Olympic Games. Women were not allowed to participate or even to attend as spectators. Gumnos and other trivia; http://www.teachpe.com/sports_facts.dwt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Speaking of naked, I did not know this but I just found out that besides @mbshamartik=wrestler the other most popular word for it is merkamartik=naked combatant/warrior. I also learned that the Armenian word "merk"=naked is from the same Greek origin as "naked". It is a little convoluted and complicated I may write about it when I sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 All the more reason for the Olympics not to be held in a Muslim country. Either they wouldn't subsidise the contraception and you'd have a generation of born-athletes (no fair) sprung up or some suicide bomber would come to bomb the Olympic village and "cleanse the Muslim country of Satan's seed"... God save the grease... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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