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Get It On…And Get Motivated

Posted on April 19, 2010 by admin

Whether it’s from women who are interested in multi tasking (“Now I don’t have to get on the ellyptical”) or from men trying to find other ways to convince their mates to hop in the sack (“But baby, you’ll burn off the cheesecake you had for dessert”) both sexes have always been intrigued about caloric expenditure under the covers.  Here’s the low down.  Procreation definitely burns calories but unless you’ve got a hot and heavy romance, consumed major aphrodisiacs or taken Viagra, the typical sex session isn’t long enough to burn enough to ditch your daily exercise.  Here are the numbers for a typical 150 pound person:

Hugging – 17 calories in 15 minutes
Light Kissing – 17 calories in 15 minutes
Light sex – 17 calories in 5 minutes
Moderate sex – 22 calories in 5 minutes
Crazy, wild sex – 26 calories in 5 minutes

Of course, every little bit helps to increase your caloric expenditure for the day. And there’s always the possibility of multiple sex sessions!

If you want even more info on calories burned (and to laugh hysterically) check out this site:
http://calorielab.com/news/2008/02/12/calories-burned-during-sex/.  It even tells you how much you burn while doing it on a plane lol!  In addition, for more in depth info on how many calories each sex position burns and also, tips for a position of the day (hey, those calories burned will definitely add up after a month) try the book, Position of The Day Playbook available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Position-Day-Playbook-Sex-Every/dp/0811847012).

As a side note, it’s also important to recognize that when you’re having more sex, you want to look better naked! So not only does actually sexual activity burn calories, but the calories you don’t consume in order to appear more svelte in the buff help your quest for fitness even more!

So now you have the answers.  What are you still doing in front of the computer?! Go and get it on!

xoxo
L