Coregasm

A coregasm is a term used in popular media for an exercise-induced orgasm. The term is a portmanteau of core and orgasm, with core referring to the abdominal muscles.^[1]

There was a mention by sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in his 1953 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Female that exercise could bring about sexual pleasure as well as orgasm.^[2] A review in 1990 on the sexual response itself as exercise, reviewed the literature and noted that the field was poorly researched; it also noted that studies had found that aerobic or isotonic exercise that resembles sexual activity or sexual positions can induce sexual pleasure as well as orgasm.^[2] A 2007 review of the relationship between pelvic floor dysfunction and sexual problems in men and women found that they are commonly linked and suggested that physical therapy strengthening the pelvic floor could help address the sexual problems but that it was not well studied enough to recommend.^[3]

A paper published in 2012 presented results of an online survey of women who had experienced an orgasm or sexual pleasure during exercise.^[1][4] The authors of the paper, Debby Herbenick, a sex researcher at Indiana University and a sex columnist for Men's Health magazine, and J. Dennis Fortenberry, who studies adolescent sexuality at the same university, investigated "exercise-induced orgasms" and "exercise-induced sexual pleasure"; the authors noted the use of the term, "coregasm" in popular media going back to at least 2007^[1][5] and an extensive discussion of the "yogasm" in a 2011 Daily Beast posting,^[1][6] but the authors didn't use it in the paper "because of a lack of evidence that these orgasms are necessarily linked to core muscle activity."^[1] They also noted that research on the relationship between exercise and sexual response was still lacking.^[1] The paper was widely discussed in popular media when it was published.^{[7] [8][9][10]}

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