Can leading a sedentary life cause erectile dysfunction?

If you want to stay active in the bedroom, move your legs, and arms, and the rest of your body. Move more every day. A sedentary lifestyle is a proven contributor to erectile dysfunction (ED). Being sedentary makes it harder to control your weight and hurts your heart, both contributors to ED. But moderate physical exercise improves your ability to get and maintain an erection in a very direct way. Exercise, even moderate exercise like a brisk walk, stimulates your body to produce nitric oxide. That’s a short-lived chemical that your body needs to keep replenishing. It keeps your arteries open, including the ones that allow blood to flow into your penis when you get excited. Exercise may protect your sexual function, even if you have other risk factors that work in the opposite direction.

Aim for at least 30 minutes a day of moderate physical exercise. It’s not just about getting to the gym. It’s about spending less time on the couch. If you want to get it up when you want it up, get up and move around. Buy a dog who will take you for a walk. Rejoin your gym. Take up archery. Go dancing. Walk to work. It doesn’t matter much what you choose, as long as you move every day.