Blake BruceIf you don’t feel like exercising but still want to lose a few kilos, you should take a look at the calories burned during sex. Because the most beautiful secondary matter in the world not only makes hearts beat faster, but also melts the pounds.
Of course, the calories burned during sex depend on the sex position. If you prefer to take things slowly and romantically, you’ll burn fewer calories than during a hot, passionate lovemaking session.
According to a study by the University of Quebec in Canada, you burn between 90 and 130 calories in half an hour of sex, men more than women. But which sex position is most effective? There are no scientific studies on this yet.
Calorie consumption during sex
- Slow sex in the spoon is less recommended in terms of calories, because so you consume only about 190 kcal in half an hour.
- Up or down – this can become a crucial question in the consumption of calories. The active part in the riding position can make up about 500 kcal in 30 minutes (if he or she lasts that long).
- In the missionary position, too, it depends on the position, of course. The more active part loses up to 220 kcal in half an hour.
The wilder, the better: There are no limits to your imagination during sex. Of course, the more passionate it gets, the more calories you burn. Keyword: Kamasutra.
Oral sex should not be underestimated: as the active part, you consume about 50 to 150 kcal during cunnilingus or fellatio. If you just lie there and enjoy, you’ll still make up 30 to 40 kcal.
How sex becomes a sports program
Cold water stimulates the cardiovascular function and thus increases calorie consumption. If you don’t necessarily want to take a cold shower during sex, it’s also worth jumping into the cool (or warm) water.
Due to the resistance of the water, you burn more calories during lovemaking. Tip: Wet tongue kisses increase calorie consumption by an additional 20 kcal per minute.
Anyone can lie flat on their stomach. If you want to burn calories, use your arm muscles and incorporate the plank position into sex. Or let yourself be pampered in the quadruped position.
The crowning glory of any lovemaking and passionate exercise program is orgasm. Women lose another 300 kcal on top. Men lose half that amount.
Acrobatically ambitious: Burning more calories during sex
Arm training during Shiva’s dance or abdominal-leg buttocks in the Maharajah position: Some sex positions have the potential to burn calories and build muscle.
Shiva’s dance: The standing part can burn about 65 kcal in 10 minutes with this sex position. Since the partner is lifted up, he trains especially the arm and back area. For the other, this means: an extensive abdominal, leg and back workout and still just under 44 calories burned.
The bridge pier: With a ten-minute bridge pillar unit you make between 31 and 53 kcal good. The sex position is however rather something for sportsmen and very fastidious: A partner is in the bridge, the other sits down on it.
Maharajah: This sex position is a real abdominal-legs-buttocks program. While one sex partner lies on his back and stretches his legs upwards, the other is in a squat position and holds on to his partner’s legs. You can burn about 40 to 60 calories in 10 minutes.
