Missionary
In a way, the missionary position is the physical
equivalent of the old "I'm busy washing my hair"
excuse -- it's the brush-off used when you're lazy,
tired, or just not that interested. But despite being
one of the most passive contortions for a woman,
man-on-top can still provide a pretty good workout.
"It depends on how enthusiastic you are about it, but
missionary can be great for the core muscles," says
Stacy Berman, a New York City-based certified
fitness trainer and founder of Stacy's Boot Camp. "If
your partner is thrusting toward you, you want to
have an equal and opposite thrust back, and that
requires a lot of core strength. It actually will start
burning."
Patti Britton, author of The Art of Sex Coaching and
immediate past president of the American
Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and
Therapists, agrees that you'll definitely be feeling it in
your abs. "You can strengthen your core by focusing
on pelvic lifting using your core, not your lower back.
That's where women tend to get stuck -- they tend to
rely on their lower back to give them propulsion."
(The risk of which isn't a joke, either. Worst-case
scenario, you could throw out your back or sustain
some other injury -- not exactly a bedroom turn-on.)
Missionary position can also provide a good butt
workout. "The more she does buttock squeezes, the
more she could accentuate her riding toward him to
give herself a good glute workout," Britton says.
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