At some time in his life, nearly every man gets exercised about sex. And as many men get older, they wonder if sex is a good form of exercise or if it's too strenuous for the heart. These questions may sound like locker room banter, but they are actually quite important — and they have solid scientific answers. To evaluate the cardiovascular effects of sexual activity, researchers monitored volunteers while they walked on a treadmill in the lab and during private sexual activity at home. In addition to 13 women, the volunteers included 19 men with an average age of Despite their cardiac histories, the men reported exercising about four times a week, and they reported having sexual activity about six times a month on average. Researchers monitored heart rate and blood pressure during standard treadmill exercise tests and during "usual" sexual activity with a familiar partner at home.
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A Reddit user has been accused of faking an orgasm after wearing a Fitbit to monitor her heart rate during sex and posting the results to the online discussion website. The chart shows her heart rate slowly ascending and reaching a peak of BPM during her orgasm before descending once more. The post went viral and has been viewed on Imgur more than 1. It has been commented on more than 1, times as of Wednesday morning.
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The vaginal orgasm is often elusive, but people with clitorises and vaginas are seriously blessed. But lately a different kind of orgasm is making its way into the sex dialect: the blended orgasm. A blended orgasm is defined as a clitoral and vaginal orgasm that happens at the same time. Vaginal orgasms usually involve hitting the G-spot , which is located on the inner wall of the vagina. Stimulating the G-spot with regular pressure can lead to orgasm. So, hitting the G-spot can also stimulate part of the clitoris. For a clitoral orgasm, orgasms occur when pressure and repetitive motion are applied to a wet often achieved with lube clitoris. The clitoris is a nerve-filled organ located at the top of the vulva that extends down inside the labia. The repetitive up and down or circular motion to achieve orgasm can be done using wet fingers, palm, or tongue, depending on what your partner prefers. A blended orgasm can be summarized as ah-mazing — and more intense than just vaginal or clitoral orgasms alone.
View research View latest news Sign up for updates. The purposes of this study were a to further replicate previous findings on vaginal eroticism, using heart rate change as corroborative evidence for the subjective perception of sexual arousal and orgasm; and b to investigate the correlation between heart rate change and subjective intensity of female orgasm. Heart rate measurements were obtained from ECG tracings. Eleven coitally experienced volunteers were examined by digital stimulation of their vaginal walls; A digital stimulation of the clitoris was also conducted on the research participants, and The participants experienced a total of 26 orgasmic episodes, 17 vaginally and 9 clitorally elicited.
