Is the act of sex not cardio?
Kkniery89
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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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mfp counts it as part of daily life, lol like cleaning your house or walking to the mail box0
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I'll take "The Top 10 Most Frequent Questions On MFP" for $400, Alex.0
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LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol....0
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HIIT...0
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7-15 ??0
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JustMissTracy wrote: »LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol....
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FrankWhite27330 wrote: »7-15 ??
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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.0 -
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.
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Ha, we are every other weekenders! So I won't those calories to count! LolJustMissTracy wrote: »LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol....
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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 oneFrankWhite27330 wrote: »7-15 ??0 -
It probably is cardio for this little feller if this practice session is any clue.
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Hahaha. Good stuff....
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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.0 -
Oh look, this question again....
7-15?
Y so much cardio?0 -
How many calories have I burned while rolling my eyes over this question each time it's posted?0
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queenliz99 wrote: »
No wonder I'm so exhausted.0 -
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Probably most of us are having sex as a pretty regular activity so it is accounted for in our regular activity or it isn't enough of a calorie burn to bother logging it.
You can look up the amount of calories it burns and create an exercise under "my exercises" on the MFP web site and log it if you want. http://calorielab.com/burned
You can ask MFP your question if it hasn't been covered already. https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/0 -
Oh look, this question again....
7-15?
Y so much cardio?
7-15? I was thinking, maybe spread out over three sessions.0 -
I don't even log my most sexual looking heavy lifts. I have no idea why you would try to log this.0
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I don't have an answer for you... but some of these responses are hilarious! I want to know where this 7-15 minute stuff is coming from... I'm lucky to get 5 minutes. Really, really lucky.0
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My thoughts exactly. Add a little kink and it can be zumba, crossfit or roller derby.
But this is a funny thread. I wouldn't count it though. Just part of the BMR of being human ;-)
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My thoughts exactly. Add a little kink and it can be zumba, crossfit or roller derby.
But this is a funny thread. I wouldn't count it though. Just part of the BMR of being human ;-)
How YOU doin'?
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