According to a report in the Daily Mail 76% of
women would include a night-time romp into
their schedules if they thought it would help
them burn calories. About two-thirds of women
who do have gym memberships said they were
happier to do activities such as sex or even
vacuuming if they thought it would burn as
many calories as an exercise workout.
According to Kerry McCloskey, author of 'The
Ultimate Sex Diet' , a half-our sex session will
burn up to 150 to 250 calories, and up to 350
calories depending on how active you are.
Celebrities such as Kim Catrall and Mel B list
sexercise as one of their top diet tips.
Sex is good for you
Not only will regular sexercise get you into
shape it will also improve your overall health.
Sex has a host of health benefits.
- Sex relieves stress, according to Scottish
researchers people who have regular sex
handle stress better
- It helps increase blood flow to the brain and
other organs.
- During intercourse oxytocin is released which
helps alleviate pain.
- It boosts immunity, researchers found that
people who have sex once or twice a week
have higher levels of an antibody called
immunoglobulin A which helps protect against
colds and flu
- It improves heart health, researchers found
that having sex twice or more times a week
reduces the risk of a fatal heart attack by half
- Frequent ejaculation in 20-something men
may reduce the risk of prostate cancer later in
life.
- It strengthens the pelvic floor muscles in
women. During sex doing a few Kegel
exercises increases pleasure and also reduces
the risk of incontinence later in life.
- Sex makes you live longer. During intercourse
the hormone DHEA is released into the body.
DHEA helps balance the immune system,
improves cognition, promotes bone growth,
maintains and repairs tissues and keeps skin
healthy and supple.
Get the moves right
Try these positions to the get the most of a
workout romp.
COWGIRL
This position will help to work
glutes, core muscles and quads.
STAND AND CARRY
Image This position will help to work leg
muscles and core muscles.
THE MISSIONARY POSITION
This position will help
strengthen core muscles and glutes.
DOGGY
This position will work glutes
and quads.
Exercises to try
If you feel a bit intimidated by the above
positions try some of these exercises first to
help strength your muscles.
Pelvic bridges - Lie with your back flat against
the ground, and your abdominals pulled in
tightly. Bend your legs so that they are at right
angles to the ground. Your arms should be
resting at your sides. Raise your pelvis and
lower back vertebra-by-vertebra, keeping your
back straight and abdominals contracted.
Contract your buttock (gluteal) muscles tightly.
Hold this position for 5 seconds and then
slowly lower.
The ab crunch - Lie flat on an exercise mat,
knees bent and feet flat on the ground. Cup
your hands at the sides of your head or cross
your arms on your chest. Use your abdominal
muscles to lift the upper body closer to the
legs. Return slowly to the original starting
position. Repeat the exercise.
Abduction - Lie on your side, with your lower
leg bent and your upper leg extended in line
with your hips. Rest on your upper arm to lift
your upper torso off the ground. Tighten the
muscles of the front of the thigh (quadriceps)
of both legs. Lift your upper leg from the floor
and hold for 5 seconds. Feel the tightness in
the outer thigh (abductor). Lower to the
starting position.
Tricep extension - Sit on a bench, and grasp a
dumbbell in both hands. Hold the weight
directly behind your head, upper arms
perpendicular to the floor.
Squats with dumbbells - Stand in an upright
position, feet shoulder-width apart, with a
dumbbell in each hand, arms extended at your
sides. Your knees should be slightly bent and
your torso should have a slight forward lean.
Squat down, keeping your shins close to
perpendicular to the floor, until your thighs are
approximately parallel to the floor. Look
forwards, leaning your upper torso slightly
forward. Stand up and return to the starting
position, pushing your hips in and your head
up.
(Sources: www.fitnessmagazine.com , http://
www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10005431.html?
tag=page , www.webmd.com
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