Is the act of sex not cardio?

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
    mfp counts it as part of daily life, lol like cleaning your house or walking to the mail box
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    I'll take "The Top 10 Most Frequent Questions On MFP" for $400, Alex.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol.... :o
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    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: 41,865 Member
    HIIT...
  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
    7-15 ??
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    LOL..My hubby WISHES it were part of daily life! Maybe 20 years ago...lol.... :o

    o:)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    FrankWhite27330 wrote: »
    7-15 ??
    http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/a5943/average-sex-time-0709/

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  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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
    It probably is cardio for this little feller if this practice session is any clue.

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  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
    Hahaha. Good stuff....
  • Derf_Smeggle
    Derf_Smeggle Posts: 610 Member
    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
    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
    How many calories have I burned while rolling my eyes over this question each time it's posted?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    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
    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
    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!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    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/
  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
    It has. community.myfitnesspal.com/en/search?adv=&search=sex+cardio%3F&title=&author=&cat=all&tags=&discussion_d=1&comment_c=1&group_group=1&within=1+day&date=
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    DavPul wrote: »
    7-15?

    Y so much cardio?

    Just say no to cardio. I prefer it in a manner which makes it a combination of strength training and gymnastics.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    DavPul wrote: »
    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.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    7-15?

    Y so much cardio?

    7-15? I was thinking, maybe spread out over three sessions.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I don't even log my most sexual looking heavy lifts. I have no idea why you would try to log this.
  • KimmieCapone
    KimmieCapone Posts: 46 Member
    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. :p
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    DavPul wrote: »
    7-15?

    Y so much cardio?

    Just say no to cardio. I prefer it in a manner which makes it a combination of strength training and gymnastics.

    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 ;-)

  • cooperhodge2013
    cooperhodge2013 Posts: 4 Member
    janjunie wrote: »
    mfp counts it as part of daily life, lol like cleaning your house or walking to the mail box
    Cleaning and walking are both exercises available for logging. Lol

    I always log it as belly dancing. Figure the muscles are similar?
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    scolaris wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    DavPul wrote: »
    7-15?

    Y so much cardio?

    Just say no to cardio. I prefer it in a manner which makes it a combination of strength training and gymnastics.

    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'?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    whoa nelly

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