How Many Calories Does Sex Burn? – Study Reveals the Answer!

I'm sure only a few people think about having sex for the workout, maybe our buddy Dennis Hof or Hugh Hefner, but I know at least I have wondered if I was doing my body any good besides the obvious. Good news! Someone figured that question out, and yes, sex could help you lose a few pounds! 

A new study finds that, in young people, sex burns an average of 4.2 calories a minute for men and 3.1 calories a minute for women. No word on what style of the dirty these folks are performing, but I would assume this would mean the dude was doing the majority of the work??

In other words, sex is better exercise than a walk, but not quite as good as a jog.

The recorded sex sessions lasted for an average of 24.7 minutes, with the shortest lasting 10 minutes and the longest stretching out over 57 minutes (DAMN!!!!). Men expended more energy getting busy than women, even after controlling for men's greater body mass. On average, a sexual encounter cost men 101 calories, or 4.2 calories per minute. That's compared with 276 calories, or 9.2 per minute, on the treadmill.

Women expended an average of 69 calories during a session of sex, averaging 3.1 calories per minute. Again, the numbers weren't as high as on the treadmill, during which women expended an average of 213 calories, or 7.1 per minute.

Moral of the story... If you aren't a two-pump-chump and you get it on regularly you can claim to workout! Unfortunately I have neither of these things going for me, so off to the gym I go!