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GET THAT CROTCH TIGHT: GETTING STRONG FOR SEX

One motto everyone should live by is drink your water, do your squats and stay in your lane. This axiom should also apply to your sex life. There are ways to keep your sex parts at peak ‘summer body’ levels all year long. Strong healthy muscles are never a bad thing. Kegels are for everyone, both those with a penis and vagina (vulva), everyone can keep it right and keep it tight.

Why should you do kegels? Because research tells you to.

According to those ‘in the know’, kegels exercise the group of muscles which help increase blood flow to the groin and are active during sex. Studies have found that strengthening the pelvic floor muscles can improve sexual function, such as erections, orgasms and ejaculations.

We all pee. This means that kegels can be done by everyone. Often people think they are just for people with vaginas but no they are for everyone and use the exact same technique and muscles.

A good way to identify the muscles initially is to stop your urinal flow midstream. Feel that? Those are the muscles I’m talking about.

How to do kegels

Once you identify the necessary now it is time to do the work.

You ready?

•Now tighten. Tighten those muscles like you are in the middle of a concert and there is no way out. Like you are in the queue at the bank and nearing the front and cannot leave now.

•Hold for 5 seconds.

•And release.

•Now repeat.

•Don’t slack.

•Commit.

•One more time.

Nice one.

(This exercise can also be done when you are peeing, just make sure you completely empty your bladder after the final kegel as when holding back pee some could be left behind and we don’t want bladder infections. Try to do this when you are not peeing because it could lead to bladders that are not empty. Use it mainly to find the muscles then do the exercises … everywhere).

Like any exercise the stronger you get, the longer you can hold. As they say in the gym circles, ‘Never skip genital day, dude.’ (Or maybe not, because that might not be appropriate in a sweaty setting.)

For those with vaginas/vulvas: Think of it as if you’re trying to lift a small stone with your vagina. Tighten and pull up. Hold for 10 seconds. And release.