{"id":172,"date":"2021-11-05T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2023-12-26T14:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T14:28:34","slug":"here-is-why-sex-is-better-after-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Here is why sex is better after exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Exercise makes you better in bed for\nlots of reasons that have nothing to do with how you look when the clothes come\noff and the lights are just right. Exercise literally makes sex better, and\nhere\u2019s why. The average couple has sex 10 times a month. So check your date\nnight calendar, see where you ‘lie’ relative to average, and maybe, just maybe,\nyou need to up your game in the gym to help you get a boost!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. If you have sex,\nyou will have improvement in your hormonal surges that occur with sex.\nSpecifically, you will have better testosterone secretion for at least a 30\nminute surge right after sex.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Adrenal fatigue is\nnot good, but too much of a cortisol surge when you don\u2019t want it! Less\nCortisol, cortisol is a hormone that puts on the mood breaks in a woman, and sex\nafter exercise has less cortisol than sex without exercising first.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. When you exercise, you can have a depressed prolactin level temporarily. Decreased prolactin which can have sex desire and performance effects similar to the depressant effects of cortisol<\/strong>. In turn lowering that prolactin shifts the brain to sex mode more easily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Increased sweat,\nfrom exercise just gets that physiological sex response ready to be more\nreactive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Pheromone\nsecretion, come hither smell is a real thing, and exercise can make you smell\nbetter to your partner!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Oxytocin release, the hormone of love gets up regulated with better exercise regimens.<\/strong> Hugging, kissing, cuddling, and sexual intimacy can trigger more oxytocin production and release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Exercise can help combat the sexual dysfunction due to medications used for depression and anxiety, just 3 times a week as shown to be able to suppresses the sexual side effects of antidepressant medications.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Nipples can be more sensitive after exercise, so that can make sex better , not always good, but it can be!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are finding the spark difficult to locate, come to Women’s Health Practice to discuss how we can help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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