Cosmopolitan US May2020

THE TEST SUBJECTS

A dozen DTF women, aka coworkers and friends

because that is the life of a Cosmo bestie. Love y’all!

THE METHODOLOGY

Our volunteers wore a heart-rate monitor strapped

around their chest each time they had sex: once in

the missionary position, once in doggy, and once

in girl-on-top. (If sixth-grade science taught me

anything, it’s that you have to have consistent-ish

variables to create basic stat graphs and therefore

also sexperiments. Thank you, Mrs. Thompson.)

JEMMA, 25

5'6", 114 lbs.

33 cals in

16:06 mins

BEBE, 32

5'7", 135 lbs.

21 cals in

13:4 5 mins

MIRANDA, 25

5'4", 145 lbs.

27 cals in

14:45 mins

ELIZABETH, 26

5'6", 183 lbs.

23 cals in

13:4 5 mins

TIFFANY, 29

5'3", 190 lbs.

18 cals in

11: 3 2 m i n s

EMILY, 25

5'2", 128 lbs.

30 cals in

23:43 mins

HOPE, 26

5'2", 120 lbs.

21 cals in

8:40 mins

CARISSA, 28

5'6", 160 lbs.

57 cals in

36:17 mins

MADDIE, 26

5'0", 110 lbs.

20 cals in

13:33 mins

THE RESULTS

Our smol but mighty study found that sex is good

for, well, having sex. For reaching your workout

goals? Not so much, regardless of position.

Honestly, though, maybe gym time and hookup

time are best kept separate anyway. Who wants to,

like, eke out a set of push-ups in girl-on-top? (Not

this girl.) And there are so many other v important

boning benefits to consider: stress relief, emotional

bonding, remembering you have pizza in your

fridge to enjoy afterward....

S o eve n if yo u’re s o g o o d a t m u l t it a s k in g t h a t yo u

literally apply liquid eyeliner while driving, it’s

probs best to think of sex and fitness as two different

kinds of sweat sessions.*

*It’s also okay to spend $140 on a fantastic couples vibrator

instead of a ClassPass membership, if you feel so inclined.

Do you.

15 MINS

Average calories

burned per

minute during

girl-on-top

1. 71

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