I find it quite amusing that this thread is under Tech Q&A . Our story: The missus and I decided last year (July) to start trying. We weren't successful for the first 4 months, so we both went for testing (November). Turned out that I had extremely low sperm count (so low that the doc said it was extremely unlikely that we could ever fall pregnant, and that we should consider fertility treatment). At the time, I was doing 5 - 10 hours a week on my bike, was otherwise perfectly healthy and believed I ate extremely healthily (was at perfect racing weight, felt good, etc). Wifey (and others, including a well-known dietician as well as the doc) suggested that I stop cycling for a while to see if that made any difference (although the doc said that the count was so low that the best I could hope for was an increase in sperm count so as to allow for IVF). Needless to say, refused to take up the suggestion to stop cycling. Said that I woud do another test in January. Did a lot of reading and research (nutrition, lifestyle, etc), got a proper bike fitment (my saddle was actually 2 cm too high, otherwise all OK) and actually increased my time on the bike to 10 - 15 hours a week. Cut out soya (pronutro, lots of protein shakes, soya mince, tofu, soya milk) completely from my diet. Turns out that soya (especially non-organic) is really bad for sperm count (stimulates the production of oestrogen), ate more organic, whole foods, fatty fish (sardines, trout), oysters, cut down on the carbs. Stopped wearing jocks. Started taking Staminogro. Cut down on the amount of practicing to fall pregnant to around twice a week (as opposed to almost every day). Went on a long holiday to the Midlands, where I spent a lot of time on my bike. Wifey was concerned that all the extra cycling would make me completely impotent. Got back to JHB in January and went for another test. Results: perfectly normal (even the doc said that he had never ever seen a turnaround like mine). We fell pregnant shortly thereafter. I think the extra cycling (i.e. extra 5 - 10 hours a week) actually helped
