Is it normal to get turned on while working out?

I've noticed that since I started doing squats infront of the mirror at my gym, I get a little turned on. I don't get rock hard erections but just a little hard. I guess seeing a young, tan, 5'8" college kid in the mirror wearing gym shorts and a sleeveless shirt turns me on. Sometimes I feel attracted to my own self and other days I feel disgusted with the way I look. I don't consider myself gay though. I would never stick my dick up a guy's ass. I'm always looking for a girlfriend. Also, I get turned on when I do certain kicks on punching bags. I don't know why but I've always gotten semi-hard while kicking punching bags. I doubt both of these situations are normal, but I just want to know what you think.

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  • A-Hor

    When men work out they tend to increase adrenaline and testosterone, triggering blood flow through the body. This causes an erection. The time of day when testosterone is highest is just before they wake up, hence why many men wake up with morning wood.

    The squatting is something that turns a lot of men on. The sensation that gets triggered from squatting is because you are stretching your anus. This typically relaxes you because the movement triggers your brain that you are going to "relieve yourself". So your inner anal muscles (your sphincter) begin to relax. This can also trigger the prostate, which is sort of like the male g-spot. Unlike women that often say they can't find their g-spot, men's prostates are not difficult to locate at all. They are just an inch or two inside of our anuses.

    Many men like the sensation, but because of ridiculous gender norms, men will deny it because they think anal pleasure makes them gay. It does not. Many men enjoy the sensation of kissing, that doesn't mean all men will be pleasured by kissing other men. It's not a "gay sensation", it's a body sensation, more typical among males.

    *I'm a human sexuality educator.

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  • MilleBornes

    You enjoy the adrenaline rush of working out, the human anatomy(in shape version), and the kicking arousal, mostly is the adrenaline thing Plus the movement that lightly rubs you. All normal.

    Your mind moves at crazy speeds with concious and subconscious thoughts interacting. You're basically saying, "300! FUCK YEAH!! If I were a woman, I'd FUCK me." Then your perverted mind goes through all the positions you'd put that woman at the desk in, without your full attention.

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  • Wrstlmang

    Ok that ended up long but fuck it this is anon and I never told this before. Interested topic that I prob wouldn’t talk about unless someone brought it up. I’m sure most guys feel this way but don’t need to say it. At least peep I know.

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  • Wrstlmang

    Mine is kinda the opposite. If I take pre-work out and go real crazy in the gym my dick kinda shrivels up. But when I’m done, after about two hours if I take a hot shower a pop a very hard boner. If there wasn’t so many grandpas comin at me I would prob go in sauna or steam. I went in there the first time a cpl years ago but I was afternoon. Usually it’s a lot of seniors in my gym but I met this guy who was visiting his parents and he was chill. Ripped too and he was only about 17. I’m turning 19 this week and I’m still not that big. Anyway we went in sauna and no one was in locker room so we went in steam too. Only time, it smelled weird lmao. But I was getting pretty hard and was tryna hide in under little washcloths towel. But I could tell this kid was staring at my body and my dick. I’m not gay. IV had a gf who I loved and if I jerk off I think of sliding it in tight slippery pussy... but I honestly got off knowing he was looking at my dick, knowing it was hard and not being weird about it. It was kinda dark but I knew he could see. I started just letting it stick up lol & didn’t bother hiding it. I’m not really big I’m like 6/6.5 but I def think I was 7.5! I couldn’t stop squeezing it and I really knew I had to cum. I’m only saying that there’s been circumstances but I don’t think that makes a guy gay. I think it’s natural and I have a gay half-brother. So I get both sides of understanding that it’s annoying or embarrassing sometimes to be around gay things, but I’ve also seen my lil bro go through a lot too. Who cares? Who can fake a boner?? If you’re freaked out by it just don’t go it are ppl raping you! That’s what I mean, ppwl can so insecure and it’s suspicious.

    I ended up jackin off with this dude. I stopped looking at my dick for a sec (my man my body/dick turns me in too, I think that’s what sex is tbh?) and he had a big boner he was just stroking it out. When I saw him I realized how loud it sounded slapping.and I don’t know how this ever happened bc this guy slid right down the ledge we were on and started pulling on me too. Like it was normal. I grabbed his and I was about to start laughing like I would with my brother or friends or something, but I wasn’t nervous. I started sliding and pushing my dick into his hands legit like it was a pussy. He even said ‘yeah man’ lol I was like damn this is the real thing. When we came we peaked out the door (it was glass but covered condensation) and I came it his hand. I rly didn’t want his cum on me but I felt like a total dick to stop n be like Hell No at that point. It was cool though it shot out of him like a house. I was shocked at all of this, how blatant and loud we were. I’ve never seen the locker room that empty! It all just lined up. I never really saw a blond dick like that up close. It looked hairless. After we went to shower at opposite showers and talked normal but not too much. That’s when I started to get a bit embarrassed n was talking too much haha. But I noticed he looked even more embarrassed like he was really trying to hide it. I’m like why? It’s like twice the size of mine ha... when he got embarrassed I almost was like showing it off more and wagging it around soft. I can’t explain it I just felt free. I’m friends with said dude, he’s def a bro when he comes to visit. Never really had the opportunity to again but I prob would. I don’t even consider bi. Never thought or got into with another guy. I don’t over think.

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  • Sog

    I've heard of this happening before. This is probably more normal than you realize. Not everyone working out gets raging hardons all the time, but it happens.

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