So, to update from the last post, it's been around the month mark since my last "Smorgasbord", and I'm in the thick of the "manly surge".

I mentioned in the past that I've felt testosterone surges before, doing things like weight-training or getting sunlight, but that the abstinence surge felt more intense. Well, now I'm weight-training, getting my sun, AND abstinent. This particular surge had been absolutely intoxicating at times, I understand now what I've read that something like steroids can become psychologically addictive; it really can get euphoric. Maybe it's something about the testosterone receptors, because it feels more crisp than past weight-lifting and sunlight surges.

But, anyway, the point of the post was more about stamina: I've noticed the stamina was increased a great deal in the past with things like shoveling or moving boxes, weightlifting became easy, and I didn't seem to feel as tired or out-of-breath while running.

Another story, a couple days ago, I had to return a few videos to the other side of town by 9PM, and I completely forgot about it 'til 8:40 PM. I rushed but took some time getting out the door, putting on sneakers, looking for the videos. I jogged across town, walked into the store, fiddled around with the machine for a while trying to return the cartridges, then walked back home wondering if I beat the deadline. When I got home, I looked at the clock, I was shocked - it was 8:55.

All that stuff was still anecdotal, just a curiosity. But, yesterday, I did my training routine, something called "Tabata Sprints". These things are designed to be brutal, called "guerrilla cardio", they come with warnings, "consult your doctor". It consists of running full-speed for 20 seconds (which is something like 150 yards), pausing ten seconds, then repeating 7 more times. I've done them in the past, they were grueling. I usually couldn't finish them, almost always lost any speed halfway through, and felt like I was going to die afterward.

Well, yesterday, biggest shock yet, the sprints were easy. I had kick in my legs through my last sprint, and I felt like I could have done more. Coming out of the brief rests, my legs recharged noticeably, quickly. It was just so odd. It happened to coincide with the Boston Marathon, and, I have to say, I got a notion - how could the orgasmic populus ever compete with me?

Though, it left a big question. While I understand brain receptors and how orgasms can affect mood, all those factors, those make sense to me. I can't understand how not having orgasms can physically put such energy into my body. Wouldn't that be something like mitochondrial energy, glucose in the muscles, oxygen from the lungs and red blood cells? How would orgasms ever affect those processes? It's just so odd.