‘I orgasm when I workout my abs – fitness can get you going and I enjoy it’
A woman says hitting the gym gets her going – and she’s even had orgasms while toning up,.
Fitness influencer Steph Claire Smith got quite the surprise while working out her abs.
The admission came while she was talking about “unexpected things that get people going” on a podcast.
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On the KICPOD podcast, which Steph co-hosts with Laura Henshaw, she said: “For me, it’s ab exercises. And I’m not alone in that.”
She said when she started exploring her sexual side during her late teens, she hit the Big O while working out.
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“It only happened a few times but I did enjoy it,” she added.
“And it is totally normal, so if ab exercises get you going.”
Laura was quick to ask what exercise she was doing in case anyone wanted to give it a whirl.
It turns out it was anything that focused on the lower abdomen region, such as leg lowers.
Laura said: “There is a lot of them in the new KIC Progressive Program. Maybe Steph sprinkled them in as a surprise!”
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The conversation led to many people getting in touch and sharing their own experiences.
A lot of people admitted they have also experienced the same sensation.
One person said: “As a pilates instructor this will really make me wonder when doing ab work in class.”
“Also, a little jealous that this doesn’t happen to me, cause I’m sure I’d love my job even more so then.”
Another added: “The term thrown around is ‘coregasm’ for anyone wanting to research – I think the working hypothesis is stimulation of similar/local nerve endings.”
A third also chirped in: “THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT EXPERIENCED THIS SURPRISE (for me it was hanging leg lifts, the transverse abdominals get a little too excited during those.”
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Back in 2012, researchers at Indiana University found some women can hit the Big O while working out.
According to CBS News, the experience is often referred to as a “coregasm”, and a survey revealed they are more common then you think.
The women who took part said they had experienced some form of exercise-induced orgasms, and 246 women also said they experienced some sort of sexual pleasure as a result of exercising.
Debby Herbenick, co-director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at IU’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, said: “It may be that exercise – which is already known to have significant benefits to health and wellbeing – has the potential to enhance women’s sexual lives as well.
“The most common exercises associated with exercise-induced orgasm were abdominal exercises, climbing poles or ropes, biking/spinning and weightlifting.”
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