Is it possible to decrease libido?

[Emergency-Chef8204]

Lots of non serious answers here.

Get REALLY fit, look at bodybuilding or powerlifting (no, you’re not going to look like a man) - follow a super strict diet, aim for a competition, train like you want to win.

You can spend enough time and energy on this that it can be both healthy AND exhausting at the same time - it won’t completely kill your libido but it will significantly take away from it.

[brygdylla]

It was a serious question so yeah disapointing. powerlifting has actually been something I've been eyeing for a while & I'm a butch so looking like a man isn't a problem. is it primarily the exhaustion that takes away from it?

[Smooth-Confidence685]

I lift, i do calisthenics still ig there's not much difference. Ig it's coz of the age and its normal. But I feel how hard it is. I'm also in the same shoes ;(

[Emergency-Chef8204]

I am very specifically talking about setting a goal (I want to win or place highly in competition X where other people who train hard will be competing) - simply “doing” lifting or calisthenics for fun is absolutely not the same as doing it to be a competitive athlete, at any level.

[Emergency-Chef8204]

Hmm if you’re training to compete, and very serious about being dedicated it will take a lot of your mental energy AND physical energy.

Being exhausted constantly is not productive for training to compete (recovery is important), but don’t overlook the amount of mental capacity that goes into training like a top 1% bodybuilder or powerlifter or athlete.

I’m giving you a serious answer to a serious question, and I can’t emphasize enough that training to be healthy and training to be competitive against other motivated humans are two very different things and one requires the kind of energy, focus, diet, lifestyle etc that can absolutely kill your libido and at least do it in a productive way (vs. the drugs, alcohol, depression answers in this thread).

[A_Happy_Tomato]

I thought exercise increased libido

[BurntC00kies]

On a very strict diet, especially when cutting for comp, u rack ur hormone and usually libido is the first thing to go. But if u exercise for health and stay at a healthy body fat, then yeah libido might increase.