{"id":2878,"date":"2025-09-23T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:30:57","slug":"plus-que-des-muscles-pourquoi-la-sante-mentale-et-sexuelle-merite-la-meme-priorite-que-la-nutrition-lentrainement-et-lequipement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878","title":{"rendered":"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Alors que les Championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route de l\u2019UCI se d\u00e9roulent pour la premi\u00e8re fois sur le sol africain, les fans de cyclisme sont captiv\u00e9s par la vitesse, les tactiques et l\u2019endurance des coureurs. Pourtant, derri\u00e8re les \u00e9chapp\u00e9es spectaculaires et les sprints finaux, se cache une autre course, plus discr\u00e8te et moins visible: celle pour le bien-\u00eatre mental et sexuel des athl\u00e8tes de haut niveau.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les experts en m\u00e9decine du sport rappellent que si le cyclisme est une \u00e9preuve de force physique, l\u2019esprit et m\u00eame la sant\u00e9 sexuelle jouent un r\u00f4le tout aussi d\u00e9cisif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Les gens imaginent que nous ne nous soucions que des watts et du repos, mais il y a toujours cette petite voix qui chuchote le doute, la peur de ne pas \u00eatre s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9, la peur de d\u00e9cevoir l\u2019\u00e9quipe \u00bb, explique un psychologue du sport travaillant avec des coureurs de l\u2019UCI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La sant\u00e9 mentale sous pression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les cyclistes professionnels subissent un m\u00e9lange d\u2019exigences physiques et de contraintes psychologiques. Les longues saisons, les d\u00e9placements constants, le poids du sponsoring et la crainte des blessures laissent des traces. Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente cit\u00e9e par <em>CyclingNews<\/em> a estim\u00e9 que pr\u00e8s d\u2019un cycliste professionnel sur trois pr\u00e9sente des sympt\u00f4mes de d\u00e9pression, tandis qu\u2019environ 22 % d\u00e9clarent des comportements addictifs, souvent li\u00e9s aux blessures ou \u00e0 l\u2019isolement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Ce ne sont pas seulement mes jambes qui br\u00fblent dans la mont\u00e9e ; c\u2019est mon esprit qui flanche en premier \u00bb, a confi\u00e9 anonymement un coureur, afin de souligner la stigmatisation qui entoure encore la sant\u00e9 mentale dans le peloton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Des recherches publi\u00e9es dans le \u2018<em>Journal of Sports Science\u2019s<\/em> confirment que l\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9-comp\u00e9tition influence fortement la performance, parfois plus encore que le niveau de forme physique. L\u2019inactivit\u00e9 due \u00e0 une blessure ou \u00e0 des interruptions inattendues comme pendant la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19, a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 associ\u00e9e \u00e0 une hausse marqu\u00e9e des taux de d\u00e9pression et d\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 chez les cyclistes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Le tabou de la sant\u00e9 sexuelle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La sant\u00e9 sexuelle reste, elle aussi, largement n\u00e9glig\u00e9e. Pendant des d\u00e9cennies, le mythe selon lequel l\u2019activit\u00e9 sexuelle avant une comp\u00e9tition r\u00e9duirait les performances a persist\u00e9. Pourtant, des revues scientifiques syst\u00e9matiques d\u00e9montrent le contraire: une activit\u00e9 sexuelle dans les 24 heures pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant une course n\u2019a aucun impact n\u00e9gatif significatif sur l\u2019endurance, la force ou la capacit\u00e9 a\u00e9robie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab La sant\u00e9 sexuelle fait partie int\u00e9grante de la sant\u00e9 globale. Une vie sexuelle \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e favorise la d\u00e9tente, le sommeil et l\u2019\u00e9quilibre hormonal autant d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments essentiels \u00e0 la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration \u00bb, explique Dr. Alessandra Rossi, sp\u00e9cialiste en m\u00e9decine du sport ayant travaill\u00e9 avec des athl\u00e8tes d\u2019endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente men\u00e9e aupr\u00e8s d\u2019athl\u00e8tes d\u2019endurance plus \u00e2g\u00e9s a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que les hommes comme les femmes rapportaient des niveaux plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s de d\u00e9sir et de satisfaction sexuelle que les non-athl\u00e8tes. Chez les femmes, celles ayant des muscles du plancher pelvien plus toniques pr\u00e9sentaient une meilleure fonction et moins d\u2019inconfort, soulignant la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d\u2019un suivi m\u00e9dical adapt\u00e9 aux sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9s f\u00e9minines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Un appel \u00e0 un soutien plus large<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les d\u00e9fenseurs de la sant\u00e9 des athl\u00e8tes estiment que la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle doit b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement. Ils recommandent \u00e0 l\u2019UCI et aux f\u00e9d\u00e9rations nationales de:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>mettre en place un d\u00e9pistage syst\u00e9matique de la sant\u00e9 mentale,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00e9largir l\u2019acc\u00e8s confidentiel aux psychologues,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lever le tabou sur la sant\u00e9 sexuelle, et<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>offrir un suivi m\u00e9dical adapt\u00e9 aux cyclistes f\u00e9minines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Les cyclistes ne sont pas des robots. Ce sont des \u00eatres humains \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re, et ils donnent le meilleur d\u2019eux-m\u00eames lorsque toutes les dimensions de leur sant\u00e9 sont respect\u00e9es \u00bb, ajoute Rossi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Au-del\u00e0 de la comp\u00e9tition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alors que le Rwanda accueille avec fiert\u00e9 ces championnats, le cyclisme africain brille sous les projecteurs. Mais au-del\u00e0 des m\u00e9dailles et des records, les experts insistent: soutenir les athl\u00e8tes de mani\u00e8re holistique, corps, esprit et sexualit\u00e9, d\u00e9terminera l\u2019avenir du sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le cyclisme d\u2019\u00e9lite, affirment-ils, ne se r\u00e9sume pas \u00e0 la vitesse avec laquelle les coureurs gravissent les collines de Kigali, mais aussi \u00e0 leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 pr\u00e9server leur bien-\u00eatre global une fois les courses termin\u00e9es.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alors que les Championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route de l\u2019UCI se d\u00e9roulent pour la premi\u00e8re fois sur le &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-francais","category-latest","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement - FEZAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement - FEZAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alors que les Championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route de l\u2019UCI se d\u00e9roulent pour la premi\u00e8re fois sur le &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FEZAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-23T12:30:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-23T12:30:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1578\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Francine Andrew SARO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Francine Andrew SARO\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878\",\"name\":\"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement - FEZAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-23T12:30:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-23T12:30:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png\",\"width\":1578,\"height\":890},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/\",\"name\":\"FEZAA\",\"description\":\"Your Best Choice\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8\",\"name\":\"Francine Andrew SARO\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Francine Andrew SARO\"},\"description\":\"Francine Andrew Saro is an award-winning Rwandan senior journalist with extensive experience in judicial, health science, environmental, and investigative reporting. She is the winner of the AI Journalism Challenge and is also a passionate documentarian of touristic and cultural experiences.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.fezaa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement - FEZAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement - FEZAA","og_description":"Alors que les Championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route de l\u2019UCI se d\u00e9roulent pour la premi\u00e8re fois sur le &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878","og_site_name":"FEZAA","article_published_time":"2025-09-23T12:30:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-23T12:30:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1578,"height":890,"url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Francine Andrew SARO","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Francine Andrew SARO","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878","url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878","name":"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement - FEZAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png","datePublished":"2025-09-23T12:30:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-23T12:30:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/french-.png","width":1578,"height":890},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2878#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Plus que des muscles: pourquoi la sant\u00e9 mentale et sexuelle m\u00e9rite la m\u00eame priorit\u00e9 que la nutrition, l\u2019entra\u00eenement et l\u2019\u00e9quipement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/","name":"FEZAA","description":"Your Best Choice","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8","name":"Francine Andrew SARO","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Francine Andrew SARO"},"description":"Francine Andrew Saro is an award-winning Rwandan senior journalist with extensive experience in judicial, health science, environmental, and investigative reporting. She is the winner of the AI Journalism Challenge and is also a passionate documentarian of touristic and cultural experiences.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.fezaa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}