Dating Advice from Dumbbells
How Fitness Improves Your Love Life
In honor of the national holiday we had this week (if we can call Valentine’s a national holiday) I would like to dedicate this blogpost to a little love and romance.
When attracting a mate, working out is obviously useful from a purely physical standpoint. Maintaining a hot bod or shapely figure so that the opposite sex (or same sex) finds you appealing enough to make a move, is a great strategy to secure some love into your life. However, the romantic benefits of excercise go far above and beyond just the physical stuff.
Regular excercise elevates your levels of endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine (A.K.A the ‘happy hormones’). Strength Training in particular, is especially useful for raising libido, elevating testosterone, and boosting self confidence — all of which are important in the bedroom.
Endorphins are like free narcotic drugs, naturally produced by our bodies when we need to rid ourselves of potentially painful, but necessary experiences (like out running a wild tiger or police officer). Performing sustained physical excercise leads to a rush of endorphins that numb the brain’s pain sensors and allow us to push past our comfort zone, which evolutionarily increased our chances of survival and opportunities for sex. So the common phrase “no pain, no gain” isn’t exactly true — gainz are definitely occurring even when we aren’t feeling any pain under intense aerobic and anaerobic activity. Basically, you want to take advantage of these endorphins which are released during and post workout in order to obtain increased sexual arousal and better orgasms.
Excercise is also extremely useful for treating low to moderate symptons of depression and improving self-esteem (Richard, 2012). Gloomy, brooding emotions are counterproductive to getting ‘in the mood’. No one feels sexually desirable when they are contemplating their self-worth or doubting their life purpose. On the other hand, noting is more attractive than someone who is self-confident and finds themselves sexy. Studies show that people who participate in sports are much more likely to find themselves attractive than non-athletes or people who don’t excercise (Rathee, 2009). A healthy dose of narcism is a good thing when it comes to sex appeal. We need to love our bodies and find our selves attractive before we can rest-assured believe that anyone else finds us attractive. Cliche, but true.
For all my female readers, lifting weights and strength training is especially important for maintaining or improving your sex and love life. Girls are much more prone to depression and negative self body image, so I highly encourage my female audience to participate in a weightlifting regime and see what it does to enhance self your confidence. Forget what your ideal body type is…erase the images in your mind of the perfect abs, legs, butt, etc. Simply look into the mirror before and after you workout and watch how your self perception changes. Personally, I can tell you that there is a world of a difference when I look into the mirror after a long, hard, and sweaty workout. Maybe it’s because boys are always taking up the weight room that girls are rarely seen holding a pair of dumbbells. Ladies, get out there and join in on the testosterone buffet because the best dating advice of your life could come from interacting with some dumbbells.
Richard R. Dopp, Ann J. Mooney, Roseanne Armitage, and Cheryl King, “Exercise for Adolescents with Depressive Disorders: A Feasibility Study,” Depression Research and Treatment, vol. 2012, Article ID 257472, 9 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/257472
Rathee, N. K. (2009). Analysis of self-perception among female college students. Journal of Exercise Science and Physiotherapy, 5(2), 87.
