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Can female fitness improve sexual function?

Asked by:Dena

Asked on:Apr 13, 2026 11:48 PM

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  • Jeanne Jeanne

    Apr 13, 2026

    In fact, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. Whether it is the relevant clinical data I have checked or the actual feedback from the fitness sisters around me, scientific and moderate fitness does have a positive effect on sexual function. However, if the fitness method is wrong and the intensity exceeds the standard, it may have the opposite effect.

    I have a 34-year-old sister who works as an Internet operator. She used to work overtime until 11 or 12 o'clock every day. When she got home, she would fall asleep in bed. Her intimate affairs with her husband quickly became errands, and she always said that she didn't feel any pleasure. Later, I heard a gynecologist recommend practicing for 40 minutes three days a week, half of the time. I work up a sweat doing aerobics, and spend half of my time practicing pelvic floor muscle activation and core training with a rehabilitation therapist. It’s only been more than two months since I started telling me that I don’t feel as tired after get off work as I did before. When I’m intimate, my state is much better than in previous years. Both my desire and sensitivity have been significantly improved.

    In fact, the reason is not difficult to figure out. When you exercise, blood circulation throughout the body accelerates, the blood supply to the pelvic area becomes sufficient, and the sensitivity of the relevant areas will naturally increase. In addition, the endorphins secreted by exercise can eliminate most of the daily stress from work and life. When the whole person relaxes, it is natural that intimate matters will not always be regarded as KPIs to be completed. In particular, targeted pelvic floor muscle training is like a "strength upgrade" for relevant muscle groups in your body. As your contraction control improves, your experience will of course become better.

    But I have also seen a lot of people stepping into pitfalls. It really doesn’t work just by moving. There used to be a little girl in the gym who was crazy about body fat in order to catch up with the progress of wearing midriff-baring clothes in the summer. She only ate boiled vegetables every day, plus two hours of strength training and one hour of aerobics. In less than two months, her body fat reached 14%. Her aunt directly postponed it for more than half a month, saying that she had no thoughts about that at all at that time. She was so tired that she almost collapsed, and she couldn't think of anything else. Some people blindly follow the fragmented tutorials on the Internet to practice Kegels. They rely on holding their buttocks to hold in their stomachs to gain strength. After two months of practice, their pelvic floor muscles are over-strained, which makes them extremely painful during intercourse, and even more repulsive to intimate contact.

    To be honest, fitness has always been a matter of "too much is not enough", just like if you drink warm water to nourish your intestines and stomach, drinking too hot water will burn your mucous membranes. If you really want to improve this aspect through fitness, don't blindly follow Internet celebrity tutorials. First, understand your own physical condition and don't exceed the intensity that you can bear. Only then can you really get positive benefits.

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