As if we’re not inundated with enough bad news these days, a new study was just published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior that contained some truly depressing stats: Americans are having measurably less sex than they used to. As of 2014, married couples are down to 56 times a year (from 67 in 1989), and Millennials—yes, the Tinder-swiping, fun-loving, party generation—aren’t exactly pulling their weight in the bedroom, either. In fact, they’re having sex less than a previous generation. “The results suggest that Americans are having sex less frequently due to two primary factors,” write the researchers. “An increasing number of individuals without a steady or marital partner and a decline in sexual frequency among those with partner.”
Whatever the reasons, we’re here to ensure that your own libido isn’t one of them. We’ve compiled all of the simple lifestyle-modifying steps—from diet to gym work—that you can do every day to help guarantee consistent and hard erections when you need them. Let’s be clear: these tactics work. A 2014 study from the University of Adelaide in Australia found that 29% of guys who developed a problem getting it up over a five-year period were able to resolve any problems just by focusing on lifestyle behaviors.
