Sitting at a desk burns more calories per hour than sex??

I've been sitting at my desk all day, so I entered that into my activity log under "Sitting, desk work, writing/typing".  According to the site, this burns about 228 calories per hour.

Then I looked up "Sex" (of course), but according to the site, that only burns about 160 calories per hour.

Huh?

I really just... don't see how this could be the case.

That must be some hard core sitting.

having sex ON the desk burns the most!!!  

Are you going to take this lying down?

The sex estimate was given by someone very bad at sex.

must be boring sex

i can even hear the lackluster porn star saying oh. baby. yes. just like that. baby. and then she makes her sex face.

calories burned during sex  may be NSFW haha

heh - as if there is any way to truly determine how many calories are burned in an hour's worth of sex. Assigning a number per hour is an extrapolation, at best.

Unless... the 160 is the amount burned in the first 5 minutes, and the balance of the hour is heart rate recovery... 

Depends on who's on top....

so next time you have sex, wear your heart monitor. 

that won't be awkward.

Original Post by vertigoelectric:

I've been sitting at my desk all day, so I entered that into my activity log under "Sitting, desk work, writing/typing".  According to the site, this burns about 228 calories per hour.

Then I looked up "Sex" (of course), but according to the site, that only burns about 160 calories per hour.

Huh?

I really just... don't see how this could be the case.

 

 

That estimate cannot be true. What man can have sex non stop for one whole hour?  ;);)

A moderate level of sex (whatever that is) also burns less calories per hour than "reading religious material at home".  WTF?  I bet prayer also burns more calories.  Which is crazy because if I'm on my knees . . . never mind.

Original Post by starlitocean:

so next time you have sex, wear your heart monitor. 

that won't be awkward.

 Heh. Not as long as you try to avoid saying things like "Come on you wuss, one more rep...you can do it."

Well, you know, using your brain burns more calories, and we all know men aren't thinking with their brain during sex...

Original Post by kathygator:

Original Post by starlitocean:

so next time you have sex, wear your heart monitor. 

that won't be awkward.

 Heh. Not as long as you try to avoid saying things like "Come on you wuss, one more rep...you can do it."

 or "come on! i'm so close...to 300 calories burned"

Original Post by puh8suwrux:

Well, you know, using your brain burns more calories, and we all know men aren't thinking with their brain during sex...

If the sex is any good, neither is the woman...

Original Post by starlitocean:

Original Post by kathygator:

Original Post by starlitocean:

so next time you have sex, wear your heart monitor. 

that won't be awkward.

 Heh. Not as long as you try to avoid saying things like "Come on you wuss, one more rep...you can do it."

 or "come on! i'm so close...to 300 calories burned"

 LOL...you need to end the drought if you want to loose those last few pounds :P

or "I really think we need to increase the intensity level...I need to hit my target rate"

Original Post by hkellick:

Original Post by puh8suwrux:

Well, you know, using your brain burns more calories, and we all know men aren't thinking with their brain during sex...

If the sex is any good, neither is the woman...

:) I agree!

Original Post by kae03:

Original Post by starlitocean:

Original Post by kathygator:

Original Post by starlitocean:

so next time you have sex, wear your heart monitor. 

that won't be awkward.

 Heh. Not as long as you try to avoid saying things like "Come on you wuss, one more rep...you can do it."

 or "come on! i'm so close...to 300 calories burned"

 LOL...you need to end the drought if you want to loose those last few pounds :P

THAT'S HILARIOUS!  Thanks guys! I'm glad I didn't miss reading this conversation.