Tampa Bay QB Tom Brady is still playing at the highest level at 45 years of age, so at this point it may be best for him to not deviate from any of the health routines he has long stuck to.
Things like limiting unhealthy fat sources like trans and saturated fats are key to his diet and upkeep, but another aspect of his health routine has reportedly caused his marriage with Gisele Bündchen to deteriorate: scheduled abstinence from sexual intercourse.
Why Tom Brady believes in abstinence before games
The impact of sexual intercourse has long been a topic of debate in professional sports. Writings on the topic can be found from as early as 1st century AD, when ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia theorized that a man’s strength could be enhanced by the retention of semen. Two millenia later, that notion is still alive.
In 2018, it was reported that Tom Brady has a strict 24 hour no sex policy, which can go up to 72 hours for games of higher importance: like the playoffs and Super Bowl. What studies Brady clinged to, or if it is from personal experience is unknown, but the idea that intercourse weakens athletes is common in society. How can one forget Rocky Balboa’s trainer telling him in the Hollywood classic Rocky (1976) that “women weaken the legs”.
The scientific community has debunked the notion in several studies, but the theory of abstinence benefiting athletic performance is alive an well, regardless.
How abstinence has affected Tom Brady and Gisele’s marriage
Are Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen on the brink of the divorce?
According to Radar, an NFL insider has anonymously shed light on the abstinence issue in Tom Brady and Gisele’s marriage: “That marriage has gone cold as ice. Gisele is a Brazilian supermodel with a super sex drive and she’s told her friends she needs more from her all-American husband.”
On a 2020 appearance on the Airmchair Expert podcast, Brady nervously confirmed that making love to his wife is never a “pregame ritual”. Now, the NFL source alleges that “she fears he’s fallen out of love with her. She told friends she can’t live without it anymore!”
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