Bryan Johnson· Author
The average person is burning about 85 calories um per intercourse, which is like going for a walk. So you're actually getting cardiovascular fitness and benefit from having sex on a regular basis.
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The average person is burning about 85 calories um per intercourse, which is like going for a walk. So you're actually getting cardiovascular fitness and benefit from having sex on a regular basis.
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we know that sex can mimic a lot of the pathophysiology that we experience during exercise. There's been arguments over the decades about is it low intensity, is it moderate intensity? I think it depends on the couple. Um, but we have studies that have tried to measure the mets or the metabolic equivalence or essentially the the energy output for women on average it's around uh six to seven metabolic um units for every sexual encounter. It's about 60 to 70 calories used during sexual activity.