Too much exercise makes men less interested in sex, study finds

Exercising too much can affect a man's sex life, researchers in the US have found.

A study found men who work out too strenuously reach a “tipping point” which leaves them too tired to have sex and less bothered about trying.

Scientists at the University of North Carolina polled 1,100 men across the USA about how much they exercise coupled with questions about their sex lives, the Times reported.

The results showed men who exercised for shorter periods had a higher libido than fitness fanatics who worked out for longer.

There was a “significant relationship” between the length of exercise and sexual desire.

Head researcher Anthony Hackney now hopes to do further studies to find out at what point exercise begins to negatively affect libido.