Is the act of sex not cardio?

Wow. This is still a question? So..3 years ago, when i was here then, this very topic sparked huge debate. I think - ultimately - it's a matter of choice if you count it. There are calorie tools that can offer estimates or if you really want to know, maybe you have a fit bit with a heart rate monitor that can give you a more accurate reading. I think any activity that raises the heart rate to "cardio level" for your height/weight/resting heart rate measurement for more than 3 sustained minutes (or something like that) counts (medically speaking). I can't swear to the details but it's something along those lines. Personally, if it gets the system pumped for 20 minutes, does it REALLY matter if it's jumping jacks or jumping sheets in the end? I mean, who us going to know the diff besides you and whomever you may or may not be working out with? Pole dancing IS a thing now, after all. Noone said what kind of pole it had to be.

muth3rluvx2 wrote: »

Pole dancing IS a thing now, after all. Noone said what kind of pole it had to be.

If you don't think pole dance is fitness you've obviously never done it. It requires a tremendous amount of upper body and core strength.

muth3rluvx2 wrote: »

Wow. This is still a question? So..3 years ago, when i was here then, this very topic sparked huge debate. I think - ultimately - it's a matter of choice if you count it. There are calorie tools that can offer estimates or if you really want to know, maybe you have a fit bit with a heart rate monitor that can give you a more accurate reading. I think any activity that raises the heart rate to "cardio level" for your height/weight/resting heart rate measurement for more than 3 sustained minutes (or something like that) counts (medically speaking). I can't swear to the details but it's something along those lines. Personally, if it gets the system pumped for 20 minutes, does it REALLY matter if it's jumping jacks or jumping sheets in the end? I mean, who us going to know the diff besides you and whomever you may or may not be working out with? Pole dancing IS a thing now, after all. Noone said what kind of pole it had to be.

I laugh every time I see this question because there really should not be a debate. I remember a few months ago one woman here was not losing weight and part of her exercise calories were coming from logging 30 minute sex sessions as 300 calories burned and eating back some of those exercise calories. People told her to stop logging sex sessions as cardio and she flew off the handle and got offended. If people burned all of these calories through sex, they wouldn't have the weight issues they do. Before they made any attempt at weight loss they, presumably, had regular sex and it did nothing for weight loss so why log it all of a sudden now that they're attempting weight loss? The only answers I can think of are a) for more calories to eat back, b) to just be able to log that they got some form of exercise instead of actually starting an exercise routine or c) to be able to use the calories burned as a way to get themselves back in the green at the end of the day when they close out their diary. It's a way to lie to themselves. I'm not saying that's why the OP here asked, but in certain cases when this question is asked, I feel like these are the reasons why. I know that people get tired, sweaty, and have racing hearts during sex, but trust me when I tell you that your sex sessions are probably not that serious calorie burn wise. It's not a realistic outlook to have.

Depends on who is doing most of the work...am I right or am I right?

cwolfman13 wrote: »

HIIT...

often?!?

hard and often?!? I'm confused with Anvil also. Using a mini tramp(is there a pun). . . .and 20 yard sprint.....am I doing something wrong? And where do I place the food scale? IDK I just. . . .do not know. . .

If MFP counts it as a daily activity then I now have an excuse for not losing as fast as I a had hoped

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