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The Importance of a Healthy Sex Life
Research
has shown that people with an active, healthy sexual relationship live
longer than those in poor sexual relationships, and those not having any
sexual relationship at all. It’s not just about HAVING sex, but
about having healthy sex for a longer, happier life.
Because of
the media attention that HIV-AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases
such as herpes, genital warts, and gonorrhea have received in the past
few decades, most of us are aware of the importance of safe-sex
practices and regular testing to detect the presence of and treatment of
these diseases.
Knowing and
trusting your sexual partner is imperative to having a healthy sex life.
The knowledge that your partner has been tested and won’t be exposing
you to a sexually-transmitted disease permits you to have full enjoyment
of the sexual experiences you have with your partner. The security of
the trust that is shared between the both of you creates an atmosphere
for enhanced-pleasure of the sexual experience for both partners!
The health
of your body and mind has an important role in the health of your sex
life. A mind that is distracted by everyday worries cannot tune-in to a
sexual experience. Women need a mental connection with their partner to
become fully aroused and experience complete sexual pleasure from the
sex act. Men can have difficulty with getting a full erection or
ejaculating before desired, when their minds are on other things. It’s
also true that your partner can sense when you’re not really "into-it"
and that diminishes the pleasure and experience of sex for the both of
you.
Male or
female, if you’re not fit, you deprive your partner and yourself from
experiencing the full pleasures of sex. There is nothing attractive, nor
pleasurable about a partner who collapses with exhaustion short of both
partners having reached the finish line. The disappointment of
unsatisfying sex can create distance in a relationship and can cause
even more physical and mental barriers to pleasurable sexual
experiences.
Sex is a
mental exercise, the opportunity for you and your partner to share a
closeness that exists only between the two of you: but there’s no
getting around the fact that sex is largely physical. The more
physically fit you are, the more stamina and enthusiasm you have to
sustain yourself and also to give to your partner during sex, for a
better sexual experience for the both of you.
For even
more pleasure out of your sexual experiences strengthen the muscles that
are responsible for sexual arousal and the receiving of the pleasurable
sensations of good sex. The pelvic and genital muscles receive the
sensations created by sexual activity and relay, "feels-so-good"
messages to your brain, which responds with the permission your body
needs to orgasm.
One good
exercise designed to help you strengthen those all important sexual
muscles are known as Kegels, in which the flow of urine is suddenly
stopped several times during urination. This will strengthen the muscles
you use for sex while going about the business of going to the bathroom.
How’s that for multi-tasking! You can also do a variation on this
exercise by tightening and then releasing the muscles in your pelvis and
genital area as often as you can to build the strength of those muscles.
A mind and
body that is at its fittest, is prepared to experience all of the
benefits of a healthy sex life. Benefits such as a deeper connection
with your partner, the stamina and enthusiasm to arouse, and give and
receive more sexual pleasure, the mental and physical exercise you need
for maintaining optimal health, and prolonged healthier, and happier
living.
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