There has always been a taboo that if an athlete had sex days before a competition, it would harm their physical performance and even deconcentrate them.
Experts reject these arguments and explain that their basis is related more to the moral aspect than to the physical one. Many scientific studies have shown that pre-competition sex is not harmful; on the contrary, it is beneficial.
During the act, both parts release hormones and neurotransmitters that provide pleasure and well-being. Dopamine is a hormone that rises when you practice a sport or have sex, and it produces motivation, sleep and appetite regulation, good mood, concentration, learning capacity, motor activity, etc.
This year, the Olympic Games will be held in Paris, the French city of love, between July 26 and September 8. The inauguration is planned to be a spectacular and pyrotechnical event centered on a parade of athletes parallel to the Seine River.
As a curious fact, for the first time in the history of the summer games, all medal winners will be invited to celebrate with the fans at Le Trocadero in the heart of Paris, a magnificent space freely accessible to the public.
And the fun facts don’t end here. After the sex ban at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, at the time of the coronavirus, the distribution of condoms was also canceled; however, four years later in Paris, some 300,000 condoms will be distributed, thus ending the ban and participants will be able to have, as the French say: “Sport dans la chambre” (sport in the bedroom).
With the exception of the Tokyo Olympics, here we tell you #sinrecato what the numbers have been since Sydney 2000 for this distribution:
- Sydney 2000: 90 thousand units.
- Athens 2004: 130 thousand units.
- Beijing 2008: 100 thousand units.
- London 2012: 450 thousand units.
- Rio 2016: 450 thousand units.
And although these facts are quite curious, there is one topic that has all the media talking and that is the anti-sex beds.This idea of cardboard beds was used for the first time in Tokyo 2020, and they were designed to enhance the athletes’ rest.
The reality is that the organizers of the Paris Olympics say that the cardboard beds are not for the athletes not to have sex, but to keep the environmental impact to a minimum. They also claim that the beds in the Olympic Village will be consistent and comfortable, amid speculation that anti-sex units would be installed for athletes.
“We know the media has had a lot of fun with this story since Tokyo 2020”, the 2024 Olympics organization said in a statement. The purpose of choosing these beds for the Olympic and Paralympic Village is more related to ensuring environmental impact and a second life for the furniture used in the short period of the games.
Some media have focused on highlighting that the cardboard beds are small, but the Paris 2024 organization insists on environmental sustainability.
In addition to this, Airweave, official sponsor of Paris 2024, will provide bed bases made in France from recycled cardboard that can be adapted to the athletes’ bodies and, once the games are over, the mattresses will be donated to the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the Paris Opera Ballet School and Emmaus.
We can conclude that both activities feedback each other in a positive way and that it is time to clarify that sex can be considered a physical activity, but having sex cannot be compared to practicing a sport.
Sex is and will continue to be an excellent complement to an athlete’s daily training session; moreover, it is an extra bonus that recharges those involved with physical and mental energy for the rest of your #sinrecato routine.
Traducción del español: Catalina Oviedo Brugés
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