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Is having sex a workout?
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Serious answer: No. Not even close to burning enough calories.
Fun answers
1. Depends on how many people involved
2. If that's your only workout, you should also count the walk of shame.
3. If the other person is heavy, does it count as weight training
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Wear a heart rate monitor and find out how many calories you burn.0
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sigh- a HRM isn't even going to give you a good reading- if you wore one watching a frigthening movie it would probably log calories burned higher than just sitting there because it's .... wait for it... monitoring your HEART rate.
so if you get scared or excited- you're heart beats faster- it's going to tell you that you burned more based on the algorithms.
A HRM is only really truly reliable for steady state cardio. It's not even that good for sprinting.
Being said- no sex doesn't really count toward your workouts. Even good sweaty monkey sex sessions- don't count- only exception I would give would be doing acrobatics and "lifts" if you will. Then I could buy more of a burn.0 -
Hardly....................unless of course you're chasing each other around the house.
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I'd venture a guess that most men burn more calories trying to get a woman to have sex than actually having it.0
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Well, if you have kids, which is what sex leads to, eventually, they are an exceptional workout. Phew. Yes, they are.0
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mumblemagic wrote: »Sadly those mfpers who have worn hrms during sex have found very little calorie burn.
This sounded like something Pyro would say.
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queenliz99 wrote: »
I need to change my name to the typo queen. I meant sweating does NOT equal a big calorie burn.
You obviously haven't had a good one for a while! Fast heart, sweat, tense stomache and butt muscles... is not the same as standing outsisde in the sun... lol
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As already pointed out, excitement and stress raises heart rate, it doesn't mean a large calorie burn.
You obviously haven't had a good one for a while! Fast heart, sweat, tense stomache and butt muscles... is not the same as standing outsisde in the sun... lol
seriously
You can sit with your abs and glutes flexed while in a chair and eventually they'll feel sore from isotension. That doesn't mean a large calorie burn.
Just because sex has a lot of similarities to exercise doesn't make it exercise. The actual burn rate does, and most studies have found sex isn't that high a burn, particularly when combined with typical lengths of activity.0 -
How long are you people having sex for in one clip? If you're still going at the 20 minute mark I'm bowing out.0
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Little yoga with mild cardio. Sounds like a winner.
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Serious answer: No. Not even close to burning enough calories.
Fun answers
1. Depends on how many people involved
2. If that's your only workout, you should also count the walk of shame.
3. If the other person is heavy, does it count as weight training
please excuse me while i clean the pepsi max spray off my laptop
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Thank you all for your helpful information!0
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I mean, how many calories can you burn in 2 minutes? 0
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ItsJordanNicole wrote: »
Why is that sad? I wear my fitbit charge HR all of the time, except in the shower.Alatariel75 wrote: »
We've giggled about having mine on during nookie, didn't realise that having a healthy sense of fun was sad!
Fair enough, geeky fun is something else ) I don't actually have a hrm, no idea how people use it. I envisioned something like a chest strap and a holster, and people checking their HR during pivotal moments 0 -
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I'd hope people with their HRM would have it attached to a logger and be checking the logs after, not during.
Fair enough, geeky fun is something else ) I don't actually have a hrm, no idea how people use it. I envisioned something like a chest strap and a holster, and people checking their HR during pivotal moments
I'd have to imagine if checking an HRM during seemed like a good idea, it really, really isn't the type that burns calories.
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I tried another calorie counting and it surpringly counted for sexual activity workout. I don't get it though. Who count how long your having sex??0
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I'd hope people with their HRM would have it attached to a logger and be checking the logs after, not during.
I'd have to imagine if checking an HRM during seemed like a good idea, it really, really isn't the type that burns calories.
ha, yes and yes0 -
oyChihuahua wrote: »Forget counting the calories. Just do clean eating.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL0 -
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mumblemagic wrote: »Sadly those mfpers who have worn hrms during sex have found very little calorie burn.
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Obviously you guys are doing it wrong. It is HIIT and you should log it as such.0
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Free range, low carb, gluten free, ethically created, fair trade by default. Organic too, depending on diet.oyChihuahua wrote: »Forget counting the calories. Just do clean eating.0 -
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Depends on how long you're going at it. For me it was a no because I was with a minute man0
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