Another Study on yet Another benefit to working out for women

For my first post I wanted to find a fun and lighthearted study that girls would enjoy. Maybe it's because I'm currently reading the 2nd book from the series Fifty Shades of Grey ( if haven't heard of it yet, #1 you should, #2 you should read it and #3 I'll have a separate post on the book later). Anyways, the book is basically a love story tangled around a life of BDSM. So while I've been reading the book and flipping through a lot and I repeat a lot of pages with detailed sex scenes and the main character, Ana,'s orgasms in them I thought about all those studies you've read or heard about saying how few women actually orgasm in bed ( according to Planned Parenthood stats 1 in 3 women have difficulty reaching orgasm during sex). That said this Ana character orgasms every time and goes 1 or 2 minutes after they've started! I know, I know, this is why it is a book and not real life. 

However when I passed the headline ' Working the Coregasm' on Salon.com I learned some interesting new facts that lead some experts to believe that working out can lead to self gratifying orgasms. Some women have said it comes when they are either doing sit-ups or climbing rope.. Here is the abstract to the study:

Orgasm is typically considered to be a sexual experience. However, orgasms occurring during physical exercise have been occasionally documented.

 The primary objective of the current study was to understand more about women's experience with exercise-induced orgasm (EIO) including the types of exercise that women have noted have led to EIO and associations with self-reported sexual experiences. A secondary purpose was to understand and assess women's experiences of exercise-induced sexual pleasure (EISP) among a convenience sample of women who had never experienced EIO but who had experienced sexual pleasure during exercise. 

A total of 530 women completed a cross-sectional, anonymous, Internet-based survey. The average age of first EIO was 18.9 years old. Among the most common exercises reported to induce orgasm were abdominal exercises, climbing and lifting weights. Women reporting EISP, but not orgasm, frequently identified biking/spinning, abdominal exercise and lifting weights as associated with their experiences. 

Self-consciousness during exercise was commonly reported by women in the EIO group. However, sexual thoughts or fantasy related to EIO were only rarely reported. Findings challenge the idea that women's orgasm is an intrinsically sexual experience. Implications related to the scientific understanding of orgasm processes and clinical recommendations are discussed. 

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14681994.2011.647902

So the next time you are dragging your feet to the gym or counting the excuses on your hand not to go.. remember it could be let's just say.. a good time.. Have you ever had or felt an orgasm coming on at the gym?.. My thoughts.. Try the pull-up bar next time your at the gym...