Well, if you’ve been hitting the gym regularly, only to seem more attractive to girls, then here’s a bad news! Chances are you are missing on some good sex because of your beloved gym.

According to a research carried out by researchers by University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, US, men who go to the gym have less active sex life.

As per the study, men who workout rigorously strenuously have a lower libido than those who do low intensity exercise.

Each of the respondants were then categorised according to the duration of their workouts – light, moderate, or intense. Also, their sexual appetite was categorised into high, moderate or low libido.m It was also concluded that people who exercised for a shorter amount of time wanted more sex as well.

Apparently, the problem lies in the fact that gym going men reach a point when they become too tired to have sex or lose interest in it.

Lead researcher Anthony Hackney, a professor of exercise physiology and nutrition concluded that those who had a less intense workout had a higher libido.

The study which has been published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, read, “Exposure to higher levels of chronic intense and greater durations of endurance training on a regular basis are significantly associated with a decreased libido scores in men.”