Quickie: What Is a Coregasm?
Why yoga may give you more pleasure than you realize
Women all know that doing exercise has numerous benefits, but did you know that one of those benefits can be an orgasm?
According to research conducted by Indiana University, exercises that work out the core abdominal muscles can induce an orgasm in many women. During the study, which was published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy, researchers found 124 women who say they experience exercise-induced orgasms (EIO) and 246 women who have exercise-induced sexual pleasure (EISP). In an online survey, these women were asked about their experiences, and researchers found that 40 percent of them had an EIO or EISP at least ten times and the majority of women who experience EIO do not have sexual thoughts when they orgasm during exercise.
“Orgasm is not necessarily a sexual event….”
The most common exercises that cause women to have an orgasm are:
- Weight lifting (26.5 percent)
- Yoga (20 percent)
- Bicycling (15.8 percent)
- Running (13.2 percent)
- Walking/hiking (9.6 percent)
Although it’s clear that women are having orgasms during exercise, researcher Debby…
