Sex...as exercise

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jojoglode
jojoglode Posts: 12
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So... Can you count sex as exercise? How would you calculate?
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  • sixxkitty
    sixxkitty Posts: 27
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    I'm with you on that, it's got to burn some kinda good calories :) if anyone knows hopefully they will tell us.
  • HollieWould1
    HollieWould1 Posts: 68 Member
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    here is a calculator I found. Not sure of its accuracy though since it doesn't include weight and age, but just position, duration, and gender. http://www.sexcalculator.co.uk/
  • slideaway1
    slideaway1 Posts: 1,006 Member
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    Two minutes of cardio is no use to me so I class it as resistance. There is always resistance. ;)
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
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    Imo , Things like sex, walking around your house , doing laundry or whatever are considered part of your daily activities so theres no point in logging all of that stuff.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    It's in my regular activity level, so no.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    edited June 2015
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    Um well unless you're having sex for upwards of an hour the calorie burn is going to be fairly minimal. Skipping at full speed for 10 minutes burns only 140. High intensity weight lifting burns between 200-300 calories an hour. So unless you're deadlifting eachother the whole time, some hip thrusting and position changing really won't be doing that much in the calorie department. Why not just go jog for 45 minutes and know you got in a fair amount of exercise.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
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    jessef593 wrote: »
    Um well unless you're having sex for upwards of an hour the calorie burn is going to be fairly minimal. Skipping at full speed for 10 minutes burns only 140. High intensity weight lifting burns between 200-300 calories an hour. So unless you're deadlifting eachother the whole time, some hip thrusting and position changing really won't be doing that much in the calorie department. Why not just go jog for 45 minutes and know you got in a fair amount of exercise.

    Exactly. I crack up when i see ppl log sex, gardening for ten mins, and that type of stuff. Its not burning as much as they think.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
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    You can log it if you want...but personally I don't. Its not many calories unless you literally chase each other around the house as foreplay.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
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    jessef593 wrote: »
    Um well unless you're having sex for upwards of an hour the calorie burn is going to be fairly minimal. Skipping at full speed for 10 minutes burns only 140. High intensity weight lifting burns between 200-300 calories an hour. So unless you're deadlifting eachother the whole time, some hip thrusting and position changing really won't be doing that much in the calorie department. Why not just go jog for 45 minutes and know you got in a fair amount of exercise.

    This. RUNNING a mile only burns around 100-130 calories. So unless you are exerting the effort it takes to run .5miles or more, your talking about less than 50 calories.
  • Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel
    Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel Posts: 10,891 Member
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    slideaway1 wrote: »
    Two minutes of cardio is no use to me so I class it as resistance. There is always resistance. ;)

    Nice one! :laugh:
  • HollieWould1
    HollieWould1 Posts: 68 Member
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    jessef593 wrote: »
    Why not just go jog for 45 minutes and know you got in a fair amount of exercise.
    Because sex.

  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
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    lol it's that time of week again

    need a sticky for this
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    Oh hey...this thread again.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,074 Member
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    If it's a part of your normal daily activity...or every-other-day normal daily activity, or once a week activity, or "you cleaned the dishes tonight, thanks!" activity, don't count it as exercise. It's not going to burn as much as the magazines tell you it will burn.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
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    who posted the joke in the last one about "OP I'm sorry this isn't included in your daily activity"

    come back pls :joy:
  • HollieWould1
    HollieWould1 Posts: 68 Member
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    For science, would it be tacky to wear a heart rate monitor when getting it on? I could just pretend it's a handcuff or something.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
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    HollieWould1 wrote: »
    For science, would it be tacky to wear a heart rate monitor when getting it on? I could just pretend it's a handcuff or something.

    IMO, it wouldn't bother me. Or my husband....but with 4 kids ages 7 & under......we're grateful to get any "alone time" at all, lol.
  • squishprincess
    squishprincess Posts: 371 Member
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    i don't think it burns as much as some online sources claim, but i guess if you do lots of foreplay, lots of heavy making out & doing the deed for a fairly long while, like 2-4 hours then you'd get a burn i guess. i mean if your heartrate is going up & you're sweating/red faced i think it's doing something, but def not as much as going out for a run or cycle would burn. you can log it, but i wouldnt eat those exercise cals back lol
  • xALEXANDROx
    xALEXANDROx Posts: 3,416 Member
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    I always wear my Hr monitor its accurate :lol:
  • HollieWould1
    HollieWould1 Posts: 68 Member
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    For laughs. http://calorielab.com/news/calories-burned-during-sex/

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