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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 01:56 AM Mar 2012

No sex necessary: Women have orgasms at the gym, study shows

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by maddezmom (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: MSNBC

Women may not need a guy, a vibrator, or any other direct sexual stimulation to have an orgasm, finds a new study on exercise-induced orgasms and sexual pleasure.

The findings add qualitative and quantitative data to a field that has been largely unstudied, according to researcher Debby Herbenick, co-director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University. For instance, Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues first reported the phenomenon in 1953, saying that about 5 percent of women they had interviewed mentioned orgasm linked to physical exercise. However, they couldn't know the actual prevalence because most of these women volunteered the information without being directly asked.

Since then, reports of so-called "coregasms," named because of their seeming link to exercises for core abdominal muscles, have circulated in the media for years, according to the researchers.

"Despite attention in the popular media, little is known scientifically about exercise-induced orgasms," the researchers write in a special issue of the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy released in print this month. [5 Myths About Women's Bodies]

Read more: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/19/10759818-no-sex-necessary-women-have-orgasms-at-the-gym-study-shows

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No sex necessary: Women have orgasms at the gym, study shows (Original Post) Julian Englis Mar 2012 OP
And I thought gyms were boring!!! elleng Mar 2012 #1
That damned Jim guy Kennah Mar 2012 #2
Jim who?? murielm99 Mar 2012 #3
Jim N. Astic! csziggy Mar 2012 #7
Chicken Lady plus electric rocking horse. This was scientifically proven by the Kids in the Hall. Monk06 Mar 2012 #4
I have a hard time believing this. caseymoz Mar 2012 #5
Repetitive motion on the lady parts, says Captain Obvious sarge43 Mar 2012 #19
Lots of hanging, I doubt women will flood the gyms now jakeXT Mar 2012 #6
How long before the GOP tries to shut down gyms? nt FLyellowdog Mar 2012 #8
LOL! libmom74 Mar 2012 #10
In 5, 4, 3 ..... sarge43 Mar 2012 #20
what a bunch of horseshit. pnwest Mar 2012 #9
No need for a gym (OR a Jim) if you're one of the 40% of women who have orgasms in their sleep Petrushka Mar 2012 #11
This is Late Breaking News?????? chknltl Mar 2012 #12
Are men jealous of women's orgasms? Syrinx Mar 2012 #13
men can have those kind too Skittles Mar 2012 #16
Wait, wait, don't tell me... truthisfreedom Mar 2012 #14
you want I should kick some Jimbo ass, tif? Skittles Mar 2012 #17
Wow...no way. In other shocking news, water is wet. BlueIris Mar 2012 #15
Well, this gives a whole new meaning to "Bicycle pump". BlueJazz Mar 2012 #18
Hmmm, this sounds a lot Bohunk68 Mar 2012 #21
LBN really??? MaineDem Mar 2012 #22
locking maddezmom Mar 2012 #23

elleng

(141,926 posts)
1. And I thought gyms were boring!!!
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:07 AM
Mar 2012

Kennah

(14,578 posts)
2. That damned Jim guy
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:14 AM
Mar 2012

murielm99

(32,988 posts)
3. Jim who??
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:39 AM
Mar 2012

csziggy

(34,189 posts)
7. Jim N. Astic!
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 03:47 AM
Mar 2012

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
4. Chicken Lady plus electric rocking horse. This was scientifically proven by the Kids in the Hall.
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:46 AM
Mar 2012

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
5. I have a hard time believing this.
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:56 AM
Mar 2012

The proposition is fantastical, and the data doesn't look to have been gathered with any kind of method. It included online surveys?

I'll believe it when they can witness it or induce such an orgasm in the laboratory.

sarge43

(29,173 posts)
19. Repetitive motion on the lady parts, says Captain Obvious
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:16 AM
Mar 2012

Horseback riders have known that secret for a long time.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
6. Lots of hanging, I doubt women will flood the gyms now
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 03:35 AM
Mar 2012

Hanging straight leg raise

Hanging side crunches

Single leg plank

Arm pullover straight leg crunch

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/coregasm-research?page=2

FLyellowdog

(4,276 posts)
8. How long before the GOP tries to shut down gyms? nt
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 03:47 AM
Mar 2012

libmom74

(633 posts)
10. LOL!
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 04:08 AM
Mar 2012

sarge43

(29,173 posts)
20. In 5, 4, 3 .....
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:22 AM
Mar 2012

Ricky will hold a presser condemning gyms which violate the sanctity of marriage ... or something.

pnwest

(3,466 posts)
9. what a bunch of horseshit.
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 03:55 AM
Mar 2012

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
11. No need for a gym (OR a Jim) if you're one of the 40% of women who have orgasms in their sleep
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 04:18 AM
Mar 2012
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/your-health-confessions-pt-2

Note:
The "confession" begins at about the 00:39 mark.



P.S.
Been there, done that . . . and, now, after years and years
of wondering, it's good to know that orgasms while asleep are
"normal".

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
12. This is Late Breaking News??????
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 05:01 AM
Mar 2012

Call me on old stick in the mud but truth be told, my sole reason for chiming in here was to point that out. In light of recent developments with the ongoing war on women, one would hope for better out of MSNBC. This topic, imo would be something I would expect to maybe find on a show about human sexuality on the Discovery or Health Channel. I've not had TV for many many months now, I can see that for me at least, it was a good decision.

 

Syrinx

(14,804 posts)
13. Are men jealous of women's orgasms?
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 05:14 AM
Mar 2012

I'm a man, and I'm feeling a little jealous.

When I've been fortunate enough to witness female orgasms, they seemed pretty f-ing intense.

Mine are really nice, thank you. But they seem pretty local to the genitals and surrounding areas. Ladies have whole-body orgasms, and I demand a recount.

Skittles

(171,707 posts)
16. men can have those kind too
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:08 AM
Mar 2012

with the right partner

truthisfreedom

(23,532 posts)
14. Wait, wait, don't tell me...
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 05:15 AM
Mar 2012

My girlfriend is bored with me because I bought a...

JIM??? wtf is jim doing with my girlfriend?

Skittles

(171,707 posts)
17. you want I should kick some Jimbo ass, tif?
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:09 AM
Mar 2012

I'd do that for you my sweet

BlueIris

(29,135 posts)
15. Wow...no way. In other shocking news, water is wet.
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 05:44 AM
Mar 2012

It's pathetic how little mainstream society wants to acknowledge about women's bodies, especially WRT orgasm.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
18. Well, this gives a whole new meaning to "Bicycle pump".
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:13 AM
Mar 2012

Bohunk68

(1,455 posts)
21. Hmmm, this sounds a lot
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 06:45 AM
Mar 2012

like what I thought was just an old wives tale. The story goes that back when women used treadle sewing machines, they used to insert what was called BaWa balls into the vaginal track. The legend went that the motion required to sew caused the balls to move back and forth, giving a constant orgasm. Allegedly this occured in the days when they had seamstresses by the score in dress shops. Should've asked my aunt, she might very well have told me.

MaineDem

(18,161 posts)
22. LBN really???
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:13 AM
Mar 2012

Good grief.

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
23. locking
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:57 AM
Mar 2012

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