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    Posts: 66 Member
    edited January 30 in Fitness and Exercise
    Half serious / half not question here...

    But I was wondering, I've heard / read many times that it's one of the best forms of exercise, but can it be added as a form of exercise on MFP?

    Obviously, there are lots of potential variants, but I was just curious...

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    • Posts: 1,023 Member
      If only I knew how many calories an orgasm burned.... *sigh*
    • Posts: 198 Member
      I would count them as bonus calories,,,
    • Posts: 2,765 Member
      I suppose it is going to come down to the question of "is it part of your regular activities or is it a more occasional thing?" If it's regular activity (as grocery shopping or cleaning might be - happens maybe not daily but certainly often) then no I wouldn't think so. If it's more occasional, then 1) I feel sorry for you, 2) I feel sorry for your spouse/partner/whatever, and 3) sure why not count it.
    • Posts: 1,853 Member
      If you are thinking about how many calories you are burning during or even after sex, the sex can't be that great, in my opinion. :wink:
    • Posts: 353 Member
      I only count it if it's a 'marathon' session where it's extremely active for at least 20 minutes, and there's lots of sweat and sore muscles afterwards.

      I'm not sure if there's actually a category for the specific activity in MFP, but you can always include it as a custom cardio activity

      :drinker:
    • Posts: 1,444 Member
      I wear my bodymedia fit day and night.... I burn more calories doing the dishes than I do during 30 minutes of "bedroom time"... and How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????
    • Posts: 66 Member
      I suppose it is going to come down to the question of "is it part of your regular activities or is it a more occasional thing?" If it's regular activity (as grocery shopping or cleaning might be - happens maybe not daily but certainly often) then no I wouldn't think so. If it's more occasional, then 1) I feel sorry for you, 2) I feel sorry for your spouse/partner/whatever, and 3) sure why not count it.

      I would have said the other way round, personally, for example if I regularly run a mile a day on the treadmill then I'd log it, so why only record anything else if it's not a regular thing?



      Lauren3101 ... I'm sat at my desk and the thought just popped into my head, I haven't just climbed off the bed and rushed to the keyboard don't worry! ;)
    • Posts: 66 Member
      I wear my bodymedia fit day and night.... I burn more calories doing the dishes than I do during 30 minutes of "bedroom time"... and How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????

      I'm not sure, and I'm not even sure I'd attempt to log it if you could. But (dependant on how it's done) it can be great exercise.

      How many dishes were you washing? lol.
    • Posts: 2,295 Member
      depends on how "active" you are :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 1,853 Member
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      I would have said the other way round, personally, for example if I regularly run a mile a day on the treadmill then I'd log it, so why only record anything else if it's not a regular thing?



      Lauren3101 ... I'm sat at my desk and the thought just popped into my head, I haven't just climbed off the bed and rushed to the keyboard don't worry! ;)

      Haha, one of my friends logs it (as 'sex'), about 3 times a week. She's an actual real-life friend so it's a little disconcerting to know when she and her husband have had sex and how long for. :laugh:
    • Posts: 847 Member
      Was it a vigorous effort?

      Did you sweat?

      Are your legs sore?

      The answer is still No. It's like cleaning your house- you don't count burning calories for things you do every. Or should be doing :wink:
    • Posts: 103 Member
      I wear my bodymedia fit day and night.... I burn more calories doing the dishes than I do during 30 minutes of "bedroom time"... and How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????

      LOL ... literally ... people at work asked me if everything was OK. Moderate effort ..... hahahahaha .... still laughing :laugh: :laugh:

      Go for a walk with your partner before or after ... log that
    • Posts: 28,439 Member
      How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????

      Oh my goodness, that made me :laugh: !!!
    • Posts: 253 Member
      I have my bodymedia on all the time, so yeah it logs it. :laugh: Don't even gotta think about it.
    • Posts: 636 Member
      When I first came here I would see booty time listed as calories burned for different people. For a couple of weeks there I thought they were all talking about sex. I was thinking, ok, but TMI. Do I really need to know you burned 250 calories in 60 minutes doing this. I had never heard of Shaun T or is booty time workouts.
    • Posts: 1,821 Member
      Lol this is the biggest joke. I'm a man, and we really do most (not all, chill) of the heavy lifting in bed (see what I did there? ;) ) and even I wouldn't count it as exercise. I think when people say it's the "best exercise" they are just talking.

      I mean, it is activity, but everybody does it and it's not creating strong, fit people all around the world. Even the most taxing activities are only equivalent to maybe a good set of serious crunches or squats.

      Basically, no, sex is not sufficient exercise even if you do move your hips and tense/relax a lot, and I would just consider it bonus calories. Logging it would be a little rediculous.
    • Posts: 298 Member
      skip the lingerie and just wear your HRM. much sexier. plus then you get an accurate count of calories burned.
    • Posts: 499 Member
      bump. just because.. LOL
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      Lol this is the biggest joke. I'm a man, and we really do most (not all, chill) of the heavy lifting in bed (see what I did there? ;) )

      you need a new girlfriend/boyfriend
    • Posts: 144 Member
      Lol. :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,821 Member
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      you need a new girlfriend/boyfriend

      Lol without getting explicit, due to anatomical requirements, it's usually men who do more work.

      Maybe if I put it this way: Women = More like Yoga (with the exception of a certain quad intensive movement...) & Men = More like calisthenics and weight lifting ;)
    • Posts: 621 Member
      Only if it goes longer than 10 minutes.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      Lol, actually she is fantastic. But without getting explicit, due to anatomical requirements, it's usually men who do more work.

      Maybe if I put it this way: Women = More like Yoga ... Men = More like cardio and weight lifting :)

      so women who have female lovers never do any work.

      Sure. Okay. ; )
    • Posts: 1,457 Member
      this falls under my if i did it when i was fat and didn't loose weight then no i don't log it. i also do not log house cleaning.
    • Posts: 302 Member
      How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????

      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,283 Member
      I saw that on my newsfeed once :laugh: I've seen that to "__ calories burned preparing food" I guess you can.
    • Posts: 1,192 Member
      How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????
      I actually posted on my feed right after I got my HRM that I kind of wanted to wear it during "couples activities" to see what it said, and one of my friends commented and said "doing dishes? walking the dog? watching tv? ;)" and one of my other friends said that after she got hers she wore it during "tv time" just for fun once and that's what I've decided I'll call it if I ever decide to wear my HRM and log it. :laugh:
    • Posts: 342 Member
      I sleep in my bedroom :laugh:
    • Posts: 170 Member
      I wear my bodymedia fit day and night.... I burn more calories doing the dishes than I do during 30 minutes of "bedroom time"... and How would you log that anyway?? Sexual intercourse- moderate effort ????

      Bahahahaha that made me burst out laughing in my office!!

      We count it as general aerobics :wink:
    • Posts: 237 Member
      OPs trollin for dates for sure.
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