March 27, 2010
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Sex: Cardio
I think we would all agree that sex burns calories, and it’s cardio exercise, right? Right.
That’s what I thought.
Anyway, you can’t put “sex” as cardio on sparkpeople.com. WTH!!! Not that I am currently getting laid or having sex with anyone, but really. I think you should be able to put that in there. Just saying, that’s all.
Comments (8)
It is exercise, it should be on there. I’ve lost weight having sex with my husband
Lol not that I am a pro or anything, but “sexual activity” is a very good workout. That’s probably where skinny, lazy people lose their weight lol
Lol, hmm guess it depends on how long and stuff and how hard you’re playing
I’d take that over a treadmill any day.
haha!!
When I first started having sex, my friends told me that if my muscles didn’t hurt for a day or two after, I wasn’t doing it right. I read somewhere that the average person burns like 34 calories an hour having sex. It’s not a great cardio workout, but is awesome for your muscles and stuff.
Either way, I agree with you.
Its movement and exercise, but it usually doesn’t get your heart rate to over 125 (what it takes to be considered cardio) for a consistent amount of time.
There’s no consistent way to measure how many calories sex has, nor what the heart rate is, nor how active/long the sessions are. There’s too much variation for spark people to put it in their cardio presets. It just doesn’t work, mathematically.
You can always buy a body bug, figure out how much you’re losing, and enter it yourself….