Gym shrinkage

[736453]

Anyone else shrink a lot when working out? I’ve recently been using the showers at the Y and while I’m not looking to “show off,” I am a bit embarrassed by how small I often look after a hard cardio session.

Anyone who can commiserate or offer suggestions?

 

[hckyfan03]

Yes

 

[2891]

Absolutely. I pull on mine to stretch it out after a couple of pulls it starts to relax and return to it's normal flaccid state.

 

[Jonnynudist]

Being small anyway the shrinkage really doesn’t help things with me.

 

[wildcat16]

I am the opposite, whether its the gym or our wrestling locker room, no matter how hard the workout, when I free my dick from my jock it plumps up at least a little bit if not more. I have to be careful it isn't too much. I love the feel of air hitting it after being wrapped in a sweaty jock for hours.

 

[AMTZ410213]

I think it’s just a blood flow thing. After a workout your body is going to be directing blood to your muscles, not your genitals.

 

[Countrythick6]

Definitely normal physiologically. Erections are part of the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest). Blood flow is directed away from those areas during heavy physical activity. Thus guys have small dicks after a good hard workout. Happens to all of us... And I hate it too haha

 

[223790]

I get "sports dick" after an intense workout sometimes. I just give it a few tugs to plump it up.

 

[Stabilo]

Absolutely. I pull on mine to stretch it out after a couple of pulls it starts to relax and return to it's normal flaccid state.

same here

 

[223790]

It's strange that we worry about out dicks looking too small in the locker room when we're older when we worried about our dicks looking too big and sexually aroused in the locker room when we were younger. If I had given my dick a few tugs in the locker room when I was in my 20s, I would have ended up with a raging hard on. I remember that I used to quickly wash my dick in the shower when I was younger because I was worried I'd get hard. Now I can take my time washing my dick without worrying about a hard on. I still get erections and masturbate daily in my early 50s, so it's not that I can't get it up or get aroused anymore. With age comes more control.

 

[ohiorod]

Mine doesn’t shrink; I hang pretty big flaccid. But it definitely seems to be very asleep and “nested” when I peel off my shorts or jock. Generally, a quick tug and overall rearrange wakes things up quite quickly

 

[summoner]

From my experiences with sports and talking to people, that's what happens to most of us. I kinda envy those guys who stay the same... In the gym I get some mild shrinkage (except when I'm on the adductor machine which turns me on a bit) but nothing compares to long distance running... we're talking baby boy dick... LOL
Same with winter swimming. I used to go winter swimming with a bunch of nudists and most of us would shrink a reasonable degree but there were a couple of guys that looked like nothing could faze their dicks... damn it!

 

[ohiorod]

From my experiences with sports and talking to people, that's what happens to most of us. I kinda envy those guys who stay the same... In the gym I get some mild shrinkage (except when I'm on the adductor machine which turns me on a bit) but nothing compares to long distance running... we're talking baby boy dick... LOL
Same with winter swimming. I used to go winter swimming with a bunch of nudists and most of us would shrink a reasonable degree but there were a couple of guys that looked like nothing could faze their dicks... damn it!

I’ve never attempted winter swimming, but I think I would have done shrinkage then. Makes me shiver just thinking about hitting the water!

 

[SuperGrower]

As an extreme grower I shrink a bunch too when working out. I wear a ring under my clothes or else I’d nearly disappear.

 

[Spike Baltar]

Same. I do not get erections or even plump in the locker room, steam, or showers.

 

[Spike Baltar]

I'll have to go hang out without working out and see if I can get plump in the steam. The two gyms I go to now it seems about half the men in the saunas/steam are interested in looking and showing. In the last 10 days I've been shown erections twice by the men next to me, so others definitely don't have this issue.

 

[AMTZ410213]

I'll have to go hang out without working out and see if I can get plump in the steam. The two gyms I go to now it seems about half the men in the saunas/steam are interested in looking and showing. In the last 10 days I've been shown erections twice by the men next to me, so others definitely don't have this issue.

I think it’s all mental. Yeah, everyone shrinks up as they exercise, but even after a 5 mile run there are some pics on here that will give me an instant erection.

 

[BetterFuture]

Yes, I get shrinkage from working out. More so from cardio. By the time I'm done with a warm shower things are back to normal.

I think that this is a very typical thing because I think that the body is shunting blood away from the penis and into the muscles.

 

[AMTZ410213]

I think that this is a very typical thing because I think that the body is shunting blood away from the penis and into the muscles.

Exactly!!!

 

[sodominsane]

Same here....more vigour our the exercise the worse the shrinkage....especially like heart pounding almost throw up workouts....wind sprints...sparring...rolling...full court basketball....

On the good side....I don't give a shot about guys in gym locker rooms....in there for a purpose

Plus I am in to women....so dick is usually in "action" mode when cloths come off