Does physical fitness have any effects on a person’s libido?
I would think that if a person were to get in shape, their libido would improve, since they would have more energy during the day. But I imagine all that working out could have a detrimental effect in the form of sore muscles/joints/etc.
I guess my main question is, when you got in shape, did your sex life improve with your SO?
My guess would be yes, because not only would you have more energy, you’re bound to feel like more of a hot tamale when you’re all ripped, and who doesn’t love to be naked when they feel like a hot tamale?
In fact, I once had a friend who loved to get it on (not with me), immediately after working out. Apparently sweat was too good a thing to waste. 
I believe that increased production of testosterone as a result of working out does, in fact, lead to increased sex drive.
Unless you have horrible form or lift very seriously, the training you do will only result in any significant inconvenience of movement in your first month or so of persistent training. Anything that comes after you’ll pretty much be used to (other than post-leg day soreness - you never quite get used to leg day). Sore joints are a legitimate concern, but only so if and when you injure yourself or if you’re an old fart with little cartilage in the joints.
Can’t say much about the libido, since I ‘got fit’ during puberty, but resistance training has been shown to increase basal testosterone levels, so I’d assume there’d be some correlation. In other words, it probably won’t turn you into a horndog if you aren’t already.
Plug ‘training’ and ‘free testosterone’ into PubMed and you’ll find plenty of reading to do, if you’re interested.
Getting in shape does wonders for your sex life. You get approached more, you’re more confident approaching, and a lot more comfortable with your own body when doing the nasty, so you can concentrate on your partner instead. Fun all around. 
I’m out of shape, but my libido is already pretty high: I tend to be hornier than the men I date (who are generally in shape, FWIW). Even when I’m not involved with anyone, my sex drive is on “simmer” … I can’t imagine what it would be like if I were to make any serious effort to get fit! I don’t think I’d ever be able to get anything else done! :eek: 
Absolutely. Working out makes me feel better about myself, and having my blood pump harder through my body tends to make me hornier. Same for my husband, which is why I try to get him to work out with me. I second post-workout sex, but prefer when said sex originates in the shower or after each party has had a shower. Workout sweat, especially if you’ve been sitting on gross weight lifting machines is quite different from sweat produced by sex.
Me too. I still can’t decide whether I think it’s a good or a bad thing.
Absolutely.
Since I started working out consistantly 3 years ago, I FEEL sexier which means I feel like having sex more often and it is just better when I am not worried about sucking my gut in or how big my ass looks.
I’ve pretty much always worked out, so I haven’t had a significant period of being out of shape.
I think the connections are obvious. If you work out, you feel better, you look better, and you are just a generally healthier, happier person. That, IMO, can only lead to better sex.
The more I work out, the better I feel about myself, the healthier I feel, and the more confidence I have. It has a very positive effect on my libido (as does just going to the gym and seeing incredibly hot people).
Being physically fit does boost libido. If for no other reason than that sound made from fat thwumping against fat being such a turn-off.
As in the amount of fun being had, no, it’s fantastic whether I was working out or not.
As far as wanting to boink more, yeah, that happened.
I am much more interested in sex after losing 10 pound and working out on machines.
Since I want to lose another 10–I may become an underachiever in the rest of my life! :eek:
I’ve never been out of shape, but cardiovascularly speaking, I’m in great shape. Yes, I always want sex, but I suspect that is true of most guys in there 40’s.
One other thing about working out, whether running or lifting, or what have you. You tend to be around great looking members of the appropriate gender wearing skimpy clothes. That doesn’t hurt.
Oddly, I always get horny after a marathon.
I am ridiculously out of shape and always have been. I am also about the most sex-crazed chica you’ll ever meet. During the brief time I was working out on a regular basis last spring, I don’t recall any change in my libido. The possibility of being even hornier is truly scary. Believe it or not, fat chicks can actually be confident and generous and un-self-conscious and have a damn good time in bed. 
The sound of a breast hitting even a fit rib cage below it or another breast is about the same as the sound of fat hitting fat, do you think the sound of breasts hitting each other or slapping against a ribcage to be a turn off? Are your ears really that attuned to the difference?
Well, I am not in spectacular shape, but I have very high libido. Fortunately for me neither of my lovers find the sound of my fat a turnoff. My libido was higher before my daughter was born, and though I was just as fat, I had the stamina to make love for hours every day, so I was not completely out of shape. Having a daughter to care for, I am lucky to have one or two multi-hour love making session a month. We still have many just an hour or less, but that is not stamina, but rather having a child to care for, a child who is quite often making sounds in the next room that are truly a turn off.
I used to be rather chubby, for my entire teenage years, as a matter of fact. Then about 3-4 years ago I lost about 100 lbs.
Let me put it this way: I had little interest in sex when I was overweight. Now I have somewhat more, but since my social life is still practically nil, it doesn’t make much difference
Sometimes I’m in an active physical period, getting good exercies, other times I’m in a bad eating and resting period.
When I’m in an active physical period, I’m really…well, more desirous of some good lovin’.
I’ve recently gained a bit too much weight (combination: delicious bad food and laziness), and I did notice my libido take a dip. I have a pretty high sex drive, so my husband didn’t suffer for it, but it was something I noticed (ie: I’ve been spending a little less “quality time with myself” when hubby’s at work, but I still tend to pounce him at the door). I did notice I felt a little more self-conscious, despite hubby reassuring and insisting he thinks I’m bee-yoo-tee-ful no matter what I weigh. I believe him, and he shows me in many physical ways that it obviously doesn’t bother him, but it has been bothering me.
So, about three weeks ago, I picked up a little pilates kit at a department store, with a ball, 3 pound weights, and instructional video. I’ve been doing this three times a week, and though I haven’t noticed an inch loss yet (well, at least not in the place I want it to go), I have most definitely been gaining longer, leaner muscles. I’ve always had “T-rex arms”, but now, after this short time, I have muscles! I can feel my obliques and all kinds of other muscles I was never aware of before, and I enjoy taking big, deep stretches often. Though the weight has yet to come off, my libido has been creeping back to normal. I feel fantastic inside, and this makes me want to exercise more, and also have sex more. It all seems to be connected.
Thank Og! I thought I was the only one who had sore legs after leg day!