Boxer Lennox Lewis, arguing that women weakened a man, avoided sex for three weeks before a fight. Greeks would have agreed, but things seem somewhat different in the contraceptive-laden Olympic village.
Ancient theory was based on the idea that semen was a vital element in keeping a man strong.
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