When you reach thirty years, your body is no longer lithe and nibbling. And your mind is yearning for a settled and leisurely pace. Hence you need better sleep and consider certain lifestyle tweaks that weren’t a priority prior. So you start considering your bedroom life. In the process, you may discover that your bedroom requires some remodeling to fit into this newfound lifestyle. These are the five surprising ways your bedroom life changes in your 30s.
- Reduced bulk
The male sex hormone controls muscle build. As you age past thirty years, there is a slowdown in the secretion of testosterone.
And the results are evident immediately. Your muscle mass shrinks and your control of many functions you previously didn’t think about is also lost.
Then, your sexual posture reduces. You can’t undertake some intricate styles you used to do with ease.
Next, your stability is also compromised. And since sex involves many maneuvers and posture, your muscles render you inadequate.
You are not able to lift and twist yourself and your partner during sex. Hence you have to wait and switch positions carefully.
And as if you’ve not had enough inconvenience, your energy levels also take a biting. You can’t go on as you would want to.
Reduced muscle mass impacts bone mass, which as a result, also affects the production of red blood cells.
With all these odds muscled up against you, you have no other option but to downgrade your sexual prowess.
- Less testosterone
Testosterone affects all sexual factors such as drive, urge, and even performance. But as nature has it, its production starts waning once you hit thirty.
Reduces testosterone levels also helps to spike cholesterol and prolactin levels. These are estrogen-mimicking hormones. Their increase boosts the release of fats in the body, thus contributing to obesity.
Lloyd’s Pharmacy highlights that inadequate testosterone levels can significantly impact both overall health and sexual performance, with a greater prevalence among men over 30. Consequently, the consequences may involve a noticeable decrease in sex drive, challenges in achieving or sustaining erections, and a decline in sperm count, affecting quality of life.
A lot of fat tends to settle in a man’s belly. And with a protruding tummy, sex becomes hard. The belly pot obscures simple things like the angle at which you view your penis.
Thus you only see only a small part due to excessive fat pudding or belly obstruction. Yet this poor visual perception could create image issues.
Since you are unable to see your penis, you will mentally assume that it’s small. This assumption makes you feel uncomfortable engaging in sex or pleasuring your partner openly.
Worse still, low testosterone levels reduce sex urge. With poor sexual desire, you are unlikely to seek this adventure in the bedroom.
- Prostate complications
The prostate is a small walnut that opens and closes the muscle responsible for urination. As you age, it starts enlarging, and this progressive growth brings problems if not checked.
WebMD states that benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate, predominantly impacts men over 50 years old, but it can begin as early as one’s 30s. Despite being non-cancerous, BPH may present symptoms resembling those of prostate cancer. The condition is thought to emerge due to natural cell growth and hormonal fluctuations involving testosterone and dihydrotestosterone.
The prostate gland is particularly vital for sex life. It produces fluids that protect your sperm as it blends in the semen. As such, this secretion contributes to sperm motility and morbidity.
If it grows, the prostate is always a problem as it fails to secrete the essential juices. Further, it presses against your urethra and bladder, forcing to seek short call even so often. The constant urge to pee can present a great inconvenience to you.
But nothing is more traumatizing than contacting prostate cancer. It’s leading cancer in men.
Diseased prostate contributes to other issues such as erectile dysfunction. But once you get these conditions, your sex life just ceases.
All is not lost, though, and examinations can help you to avoid these situations. Prostate-specific antigen PSA tests can establish if you have malignant cells.
- Lower prowess
Another body transformation that happens to you after thirty years is a slowdown in digestion. Yet this process is what supplies nutrients to arteries and veins.
With little supply of essential nutrition, your veins weaken, becoming stiff and less supple. This situation further impacts blood and food supply to vital organs.
One risk with weakening arteries is that they encourage plaque deposition. With blood paths clogged, you suffer from reduced blood flow, and the situation cascades.
How does the cascade affect you? Well, plaque buildup slows blood flow that then contributes to high blood pressure. High blood pressure culminates in many forms of heart conditions.
Unhealthy heart conditions accelerate other illnesses like diabetes. At the same time, insulin resistance deprives your sex organs of energy and desire.
As a result, your erection is compromised, and your sexual desires are stifled, leading to mental stress.
Stress then prevents you from accomplishing your sexual desire. Even if you succeed, you have to struggle in the process.
- Weaker penis
One of the organs affected most by a weak vein is the penis. Besides the heart, the penis requires a lot of blood to remain erect.
The many bottlenecks along its supply line are bound to affect its function. Although you can still garner erections, they tend to get weaker and last shorter as you age.
What does this implies to your bedroom? Well, your libido starts declining. And the main culprit is the inadequate blood supply to your phallus.
You also note that you tend to take longer to garner an erection. Yet, you also work harder to sustain it. This is either due to slower skin sensitivity or low blood supply.
If it’s due to reduced skin sensitivity, it can bring an unlikely effect. Subdued sensation allows you to enjoy sex without ejaculating, which could be a boom to your sex life.
But if it’s caused by dwindling blood flow, you can still enjoy your sexuality.
Two studies published on the Health Line website provide insights into the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) among men. In a 2004 study involving approximately 27,000 men, it was discovered that 11% of men in their 30s experienced ED. A more recent and smaller study conducted in 2013, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, estimated a slightly higher occurrence. According to this study, approximately 1 in 4 men under the age of 40 was found to have some form of ED.
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- Lower fertility
In your twenties, all your hormones were working well, including sexual ones. Thus you could indulge in binge drinking and a risky lifestyle, and remain virile in bed.
It’s during this decade that your peak fertility peaks, with the highest levels of testosterone and sperm production. But things start to change as you progress into your late thirties.
Hormone production starts tanking, causing other impacts. With lower T cells, sperm level reduces and so does your fertility. You may start noticing more deformed and irregularly swimming semen components.
At the same time, vital processes that help your metabolism and digestive health are also negatively impacted. Your body churns food improperly, resulting in metabolic complications.
This is the time you realize that digestion slows and you pack more weight mid-waist. The resulting obesity further aggravates your sexuality.
Again your hitherto robust cardiovascular and energy synthesis functions slow, reducing your fertility level.
- Less sexy
Collagen, the mineral that ensures your skin remains lush and elastic starts dwindling in your 30s. Thus you would notice subtle body and skin changes during this decade.
This adaptation, coupled with fewer muscles hitting your skin. Your previously toned body loses its appeal gradually, as your system reduces collagen production.
Besides, your male organ would suffer. Instead of donning the veiny sparkling muscular penis shaft, you would start seeing a less vibrant organ.
It will still work well, but not as aggressively as it was. Erection remains strong, but the span between the refraction phase starts widening. Meaning that you get an erection more slowly but begin to lose it much faster.
Another reason for the lower sexual appeal is the reduction in testosterone secretion. Due to the reduced levels, you’ll stop demanding sex as frequently as in your twenties.
All these would lower your sex urge, albeit in a minor way.
