Is the act of sex not cardio?

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Kkniery89
Kkniery89 Posts: 18 Member
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Please do not pre-judge here... But...how come we have every possible calorie burner and not the most widely used, or practiced? (
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  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
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    mfp counts it as part of daily life, lol like cleaning your house or walking to the mail box
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,534 Member
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    I'll take "The Top 10 Most Frequent Questions On MFP" for $400, Alex.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,339 Member
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    LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol.... :o
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,565 Member
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    Hard breathing doesn't always equate to "cardio". Not to mention that most sessions last 7-15 minutes on average.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    HIIT...
  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
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    7-15 ??
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
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    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol.... :o

    o:)
  • ninerbuff
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    FrankWhite27330 wrote: »
    7-15 ??
    http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/a5943/average-sex-time-0709/

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  • OneHundredToLose
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    FrankWhite27330 wrote: »
    7-15 ??

    It adds up, since everyone knows that time spent doing dishes only counts as a quarter when it's reward time.
  • Kkniery89
    Kkniery89 Posts: 18 Member
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    Well I'm new... Trebec, I will take jerk for no reason for "idgaf"
    OneHundredToLose wrote: »
    I'll take "The Top 10 Most Frequent Questions On MFP" for $400, Alex.

  • Kkniery89
    Kkniery89 Posts: 18 Member
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    Ha, we are every other weekenders! So I won't those calories to count! Lol
    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol.... :o

  • Kkniery89
    Kkniery89 Posts: 18 Member
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    Pretty sure 7-15 has happend 5 times in my ten year relationship thank goodness.
    Maybe I have youth on my side on this one
    FrankWhite27330 wrote: »
    7-15 ??
  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
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    It probably is cardio for this little feller if this practice session is any clue.

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  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
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    Hahaha. Good stuff....
  • Derf_Smeggle
    Derf_Smeggle Posts: 611 Member
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    From the New England Journal of Medicine. January 31, 2013; 368:446-454 (full text):

    Sexual Activity and Energy Expenditure
    Myth number 7: A bout of sexual activity burns 100 to 300 kcal for each participant.

    The energy expenditure of sexual intercourse can be estimated by taking the product of activity intensity in metabolic equivalents (METs),18 the body weight in kilograms, and time spent. For example, a man weighing 154 lb (70 kg) would, at 3 METs, expend approximately 3.5 kcal per minute (210 kcal per hour) during a stimulation and orgasm session. This level of expenditure is similar to that achieved by walking at a moderate pace (approximately 2.5 miles [4 km] per hour). Given that the average bout of sexual activity lasts about 6 minutes, a man in his early-to-mid-30s might expend approximately 21 kcal during sexual intercourse. Of course, he would have spent roughly one third that amount of energy just watching television, so the incremental benefit of one bout of sexual activity with respect to energy expended is plausibly on the order of 14 kcal.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    Oh look, this question again....


    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Hard breathing doesn't always equate to "cardio". Not to mention that most sessions last 7-15 minutes on average.

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    7-15?

    Y so much cardio?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    How many calories have I burned while rolling my eyes over this question each time it's posted?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    How many calories have I burned while rolling my eyes over this question each time it's posted?

    11 calories
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    queenliz99 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    How many calories have I burned while rolling my eyes over this question each time it's posted?

    11 calories

    No wonder I'm so exhausted.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    How many calories have I burned while rolling my eyes over this question each time it's posted?

    11 calories

    No wonder I'm so exhausted.

    If you do it three times, burn baby!

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