7. Skipping foreplay
Many men rush into sex because they know they won't last and want to get in before their excitement climbs too high. That's a mistake.
The time without penetration is exactly when you can control and pace your arousal. Rush past it and you lose your best chance to slow things down.
Take your time before penetration. That's where control is built.
7 HABITS THAT ARE MAKING YOU FINISH TOO FAST
The last two habits on most lists are in bed, but the ones hurting you most happen outside the bedroom.
1. Rushing through your whole day
6. Sitting around and never training
Regular exercise with some cardio and some strength work helps your whole sex life. Doing nothing hurts it, and so does training until you're wiped out.
Here's the link: a sedentary life, bad food and bad sleep make it harder to keep an erection. When your erection feels shaky, your brain speeds up ejaculation so you finish before you lose it. That's why doctors sometimes prescribe erection medication to help men last longer.
Anything that improves your erection helps you last.
6. Keep the blood flowing
Small blood vessels carry blood all the way to the tip, bringing oxygen and nutrients so the tissue keeps repairing itself. Lose that flow and the penis loses function, length and thickness.
Look after it the same way you look after your heart:
• Cut down and quit smoking
• Exercise regularly
• Avoid food loaded with fat and sugar
• Sleep well
• Keep fat off your belly
Smoking comes first on that list for a reason.
6 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR PENIS FROM SHRINKING WITH AGE
Small, average or big, every man's size depends on the same habits as the years go by.
1. Get your stress under control
5. Don't ignore erection problems
Erection trouble always has a cause, physical or mental. That cause, like poor blood flow, also shrinks the penis.
Even if the cause is all in your head, treat it. A penis that rarely gets hard works less. Like any part of the body, an organ that works less loses its stretch and pulls back, the same way a joint stiffens when you stop using it.
Some men wait 4, 5, even 10 years before seeing a doctor. Others go after 3 or 4 months when they see it's not fixing itself. Be the second man.
4. What causes it
• Too much fluid. Drinking large amounts raises your output, especially at night.
• Diabetes. Your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use it properly. Blood sugar climbs, and your kidneys flush the extra sugar out with more urine.
• Pregnancy. Hormone changes and the baby pressing on the bladder mean more trips to the toilet.
• Medicines. Water pills (diuretics), often given for high blood pressure, make you pee more.
• Overactive bladder. It sends you to the toilet over and over, day and night.
• Kidney disease. Damaged kidneys can't concentrate urine, so more of it comes out.
Peeing far more than normal is a sign that something underneath needs checking. Diabetes, kidney problems, medicines and simple habits are all on the list. Find out which one it is, get it treated, and see your doctor if this sounds like you.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EXCESSIVE URINATION (POLYURIA)
Up 4 times a night and running to the toilet all day? Your body is trying to tell you something.
1. The signs
3. How it's treated
The fix depends on what's behind it:
• If diabetes is the cause, getting your blood sugar under control cuts down the extra urine.
• If a medicine is to blame, your doctor changes the dose or swaps it for another.
• Drink less in the evening to cut night-time trips, and ease off caffeine and alcohol, which both push more urine out.
• Treat the root condition, such as kidney disease, and the peeing settles.
• In some cases, surgery fixes the problem, for example a blockage in the bladder.