One hour of intercourse will burn more calories than any other combination of sexual activity. A total of 385 calories will be burned if you and your partner can engage in coitus for 60 straight minutes. This is the hardest workout you can experience when having sex.
One Hour of Foreplay
Foreplay can include kissing, caressing, genital stimulation and oral stimulation. Basically, foreplay is anything that precedes intercourse. Sixty minutes of foreplay will invoke a great amount of stimulation from both partners, and can result in a decent number of burned calories. The average amount of calories burned from an hour of foreplay is 130.
30 Minutes of Foreplay, 30 Minutes of Intercourse
Splitting the amount of foreplay and intercourse in the course of an hour will burn approximately 260 calories. The foreplay will burn about 65 calories in the first half-hour, and the intercourse will burn 195 calories in the second half-hour.
15 Minutes of Foreplay, 45 Minutes of Intercourse
Some couples only need a little bit of foreplay to get aroused, followed by a longer session of intercourse. You will burn about 320 calories this way–30 calories for 15 minutes of foreplay and 290 calories for 45 minutes of intercourse. This is the second-highest amount of calories you’ll burn in an hour of sex, after 60 straight minutes of intercourse.
45 Minutes of Foreplay, 15 Minutes of Intercourse
Some couples need to spend more time engaged in foreplay, and don’t last as long during intercourse. This is a perfectly healthy way to have sex, and you’ll still burn quite a few calories. The amount of calories that you burn in 15 minutes of intercourse is about the same as what you would burn in 45 minutes of foreplay–approximately 97 calories for each. In an hour, you’ll burn about 195 calories.
