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Upton

(9,709 posts) Sun Sep 9, 2012, 09:42 AM Sep 2012

Italian soccer team bans sex two days prior to games..

Napoli’s chief medic has revealed the key to their success in avoiding injuries: “No sex for two days before a game.”
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“Avoiding sexual activity for two days before a game is fundamental to prevent muscular strains, contractions or inflammations,” Professor Alfonso De Nicola told the Corriere del Mezzogiorno newspaper.

“It is the rule for our squad. There is also a specific work done by my staff and the fitness coaches which is aimed more at prevention than cure.

http://www.football-italia.net/24799/napolis-no-sex-rule-injuries

Well, ah..okay.

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Italian soccer team bans sex two days prior to games.. (Original Post) Upton Sep 2012 OP

I'm not sure how lying to coaches and staff prevents one from getting hurt. n/t hughee99 Sep 2012 #1

I'd like to see them enforce that Jack Rabbit Sep 2012 #2

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

1. I'm not sure how lying to coaches and staff prevents one from getting hurt. n/t

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Sun Sep 9, 2012, 10:49 AM

Sep 2012

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

2. I'd like to see them enforce that

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:43 PM

Sep 2012

Maybe they could consult Christine O'Donnell, who once ran for the US Senate on a anti-masturbation platform.

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