Cosmopolitan US May2020

We put a heart-rate

monitor on 1 2 women to

see how many

calories they

actually burn

during sex

By TAYLOR ANDREWS

Sex is not a workout, but

w h o s aid it ’s sup p os e d t o b e?

ots of people,

including me

(a person who

writes about

sex all day

and pretty

much finds

every possible reason

to bring it up in any

conversation), wish

that sex were a work-

o u t. A n d it d o e s k in d a

seem reasonable that

getting it on probably

burns more calories

than sitting on the

couch binge-watching

Love Is Blind. Then

a g ain (a n d t e l l m e if

I’m wrong here...),

sometimes missionary

can consist of just

lying still in bed for a

solid seven minutes

(I’m not wrong).

Luckily, these days,

fitness trackers are

eve n e a si e r t o c o m e

by than reality shows

about finding love,

so I figured it was

time to conduct a lil

experiment.

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JEN, 25

5'8", 150 lbs.

29 cals in

16:48 mins

HANNAH, 25

5'5", 129 lbs.

17 cals in

11: 3 0 m i n s

VALERIE, 25

4'11", 115 lbs.

22 cals in

14:11 mins

80
BPM

120
BPM

40
BPM

Average calories

burned per minute

during missionary

or doggy

1. 85

Ooh, and what

do we have

here? An orgasm,

that’s what.

This is what

girl-on-top

looks like.

lust

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