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Home » Exercise Programs » What exactly is a coregasm? And how can you have one? – ABC News

Picture it. You're at the park. Visor up, activewear on, sweat is flowing.

Maybe you're with your housemate. You finish your workout, lie down on the grass, and take a minute to catch your breath. That's exactly what Erica was doing when the bombshell dropped.

Were both sweating, were both panting... And the first thing, after a couple of minutes, that my housemate says to me is: You know once I exercised so hard that I orgasmed.

So she immediately googled it obviously and YES THIS IS A THING and its called a 'coregasm'.

For more info on whats going on, Sally and Erica turned to sex educator and intimacy coach, Georgia Grace.

Yes. It is true and absolutely can happen. An orgasm during exercise or a coregasm happens when youre doing exercises that engage your core. And when you engage these muscles, to stabilise your core, you may also be contracting your pelvis floor muscles which, of course, are pretty important for orgasm.

So, its not an overly common thing but it can take a lot of people by surprise. As you were saying with your friend, there was no sexual stimulus, it wasnt like she was turned on by her workout but simply by the engagement of her core muscles or perhaps the type of exercises she was doing that can lead to an accidental or a surprising orgasm.

Currently at my stand up desk contracting my core muscles like crazy... I'm willing to try anything at this point in iso! How long does one need to do this for?? Sarah

Well, its not exactly common but it does happen. I think if were looking at the type of people who can experience it, research has found that women or people with vulvas are more likely to experience a coregasm. But then theres a lot of other factors at play, like your anatomy, the muscle strength, your emotional state, the time of your workout, all those other things that can impact your core and your pelvis muscles.

Yes! Every time I do heavy weighted hamstring curls I need to stop after about 10 otherwise its too much and Im in public

We can absolutely work to try and have a coregasm. So there are a few things to try: crunches, side crunches, leg lifts, knee lifts, hip thrusts. Another thing to remember is, obviously if youre engaging your pelvic floor muscles, breath and really bringing your awareness to sensation that youre feeling will also help with those techniques that youre using.

I've had this happen to me!!! So weird and I had no idea what was happening!! Happened in a pole dancing class. Jess from Melbourne

My pleasure. Enjoy your work outs.

Imagine doing some exercises at the gym, minding your own business, when suddenly you feel a build up of pressure down below, followed by a release you're used to feeling in the bedroom...

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What exactly is a coregasm? And how can you have one? - ABC News

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