Trying to hit your recommended 150 minutes of exercise a week, but don’t like jogging? Don’t worry, no one else does either. Well, here’s the thing: if you do it right, sex burns enough energy to count towards your 150 minutes.
In a study published in PLOS One, researchers gave SenseWear armbands to twenty-one heterosexual couples from Montreal and recorded their energy expenditure during sex. They found that men expended an average of 101 kCal, or 4.2 kCal/minute, while women expended an average of 69.1 kCal, or 3.1 kCal/minute. That’s about half as strenuous as thirty minutes on the treadmill, according to all but one of the participants, way more enjoyable.
So, want to liven up your workout? Include sex.
Flickr.
Comments
