Why does the penis shrink during sports? -

Am not going to ask whether it s normal or not - useless question. Well, during sports (jog, hike, soccer, footie, etc), the size of my flaccid penis tends to actually shrink to it s minimum.. Isn t blood flow supposed to be better during periods of high activity? Or is it that the blood is actually directed towards to the muscles instead of the penis? Any insights would help.

Blood is needed in other areas of the body, then Penis only requires excess blood flow during sexual activities. After physical activities the penis may stay inerect for some time because your Testosterone level drops for a while after working out.

The flow of blood to the penis is controlled by a mechanism in the brain that relates to your level of sexual arousal. That is to say, if you re thinking of someone hot during that last mile of your run, you might start running a little more awkwardly... = ) The other thing you ve touched on well is that the energy you re expending is being directed to other tissues in your body. But ultimately, it s about your arousal rate. If you re wearing a cup or jock strap, that might be keeping the blood flow to a minimum as well. To finish your questions--If you re athletically active, you ll probably find that your erections are great otherwise. Having good heart health will help your penis expand to its max, once your mind is on pleasure, and not playing football. ...Unless you ve got a thing for the blokes on your team! ( ;

It s a combination of blood flow to muscles and physical tension. Penis size fluctuates with the state of a muscle valve. When it s tensed up like with stress, or activity the blood flow to quot;Mr. Happyquot; is constricted. hence it shrinks. As an aside: That s also what causes quot;morning woodquot;. lol When we re sleeping, and relaxed that muscular valve loosens up, allowing blood to flow into the penis... AND it s why people with high blood pressure often also suffer erectile dysfunction.

You got it when your using your muscles a lot they need oxygen and the more blood is going to your muscles since your body is not in horny mode the blood is used elsewhere. When your cold your body packs blood to your core and the penis really gets small, testicles may or may not go up.

during exercise blood is rerouted to where it is needed - the muscles. you don t need your penis for sports so blood is routed away from it.

it s a protection mechanism. like when it s cold outside the scrotum will draw closer to the body to protect the sperm.

When I read your question, it seems to me that it looks like its an answer by itself.

it s protection or so my doc told me when i was a lad