Your workout could pay off between the sheets
Sex & Exercise
If you want to turn up the heat in the bedroom, it can be as simple as lacing up your sneaks. After all, staying in shape doesn’t just help you look good—it can enhance your sex life, too.
Physical fitness absolutely affects the physical intensity and quality of sex. Sex is a kind of exercise itself and can boost your testosterone levels, increase blood flow “down there,” and even improve the big “O.”Here, I get down and dirty and share 5 ways your workout could pay off between the sheets. Who knew that getting sweaty could be so sexy?
1. It Boosts Blood Flow
Studies show that exercise can cause men to have sex more often, and it can make them more reliable, too. In a large study of 31,000 men, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that those who exercised vigorously for 20 to 30 minutes a day were 30% less likely to report having erectile dysfunction than were couch potatoes.
2. It Improves Your Stamina
To put it bluntly: Men, the better shape you’re in, the longer you’ll last in bed. “In most sex positions, the man needs to push, so he needs to have strong back muscles. Plus, when you’re fit, you can go longer. Loose abdominal muscles or weak PC muscles might affect the angle.
3. It Improves Flexibility
While trying out new sex positions might require some imagination, seeing how you can pull a muscle in the process doesn’t. If you’re not flexible enough, you can’t strain yourself to do things when you’re exploring and becoming more adventurous in bed.If you want to get a little kinky beneath the sheets, lengthening and strengthening exercises can help you contort your body. To keep your muscles limber, yoga and Pilates are excellent options.
4. It Gets You in the Mood
Whether they’re worrying about their children or making a checklist for the next day, women are particularly prone to a mind that wanders during sex. And since, for women, emotions play such a large part in getting turned on, drifting thoughts can lower sexual satisfaction. Luckily, exercising can help you get more in tune with your body and emotion in the moment. Yoga and breathing exercises can teach you how to cut out external distractions so you can concentrate in the moment.
5. It Makes You Feel Hot
Exercise makes you look good and feel good—and that confidence carries over to the bedroom. University of Arkansas researchers surveyed 450 college students and found that people who were physically fit also saw themselves as hotter commodities and better in the sack. More than 90% of men who said they had a much-above-average fitness level also ranked their sexual desirability and performance as above average or much above average. Among women, 80% of those who worked out four to five days a week rated their bedroom antics as above average, and 60% of them thought of themselves as above average on an attractiveness scale.
Well, well, well! I think that about answers ALOT! This Heart, Health & Pocketbook moment will go down (pun intended) in the record books!
Happy “exercising.”
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