Physical exercise is like water, if you don't like it, you have a problem. If you are one of those who is lazy or cannot find the motivation, you may be interested in knowing that you can improve your sex life. Even if you're already active, exercising longer or more vigorously can bring you even more joy, according to a recent study.
What data was obtained from the study?
The study involved an international group of 3.906 men (mean age 41-45) and 2.264 women (mean ages 31-35). All were cyclists, swimmers, runners, and/or multisport athletes.
The multisport athletes completed anonymous surveys about how much they exercised each week, as well as about their sexual function, including problems with erectile dysfunction in men and the difficulties of excitement in the women.
After collecting data, the trend was clear: the more men and women exercised, the better their sexual function and level of satisfaction. Surprisingly, men who rode their bikes for about 10 hours a week, at a pace of about 16 mph, had a 22% less likely to experience erectile dysfunction than people who rode less than 2 hours per week.
Even so, it is not a question of accumulating hours to obtain significant benefits in sexual function. The men in the study enjoyed significant improvements with each increase in exercise, especially when they got to the point where they were burning more than 4.000 calories a week, or the equivalent of about 6 to 7 hours of moderate cycling.
All the of they also found that their sexual function, including satisfaction with arousal and orgasm, improved at higher levels of exercise, especially once they reached levels above the equivalent of about 5 hours per week of moderate cycling.
Exercise improves your sex life, proven
Although both groups benefited from increased levels of exercise, women seemed to gain the most benefit in terms of orgasmic arousal and function. Both sexual intercourse and the exercises you do in the gym help the heart to have healthy arteries and good circulation to ensure that your whole body is in the best possible way.
In addition, it has not been seen that training longer is counterproductive, nor that it creates sexual dysfunction. On the contrary, burning about 8.260 calories a week (about 14 hours), they continued to see benefits in sexual function.