Women have to work HARDER than men to lose weight and get fit.

• Women have to do about 20% more exercise to get the same benefits  and while exercise alone might be enough for men to lose weight, women also have to look at their diet to get the same results
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• Experts say body composition such as muscle mass and hormones to blame

By ANNA HODGEKISS

PUBLISHED: 17:23, 24 January 2013 | UPDATED: 17:43, 24 January 2013

Women have to do a lot more exercise to get the same health benefits as men, in terms of both diet and fitness

It's bad news for women who work out with their partners. Scientists have discovered that when it comes to the benefits of exercise, the odds appear to be firmly stacked against the fairer sex. New research suggests that women have to do a lot more exercise to get the same health benefits as men, in terms of both diet and fitness.

Scientists at the University of Missouri who put obese men and women on the same fitness programme found men reaped significantly more benefits. And experts are now warning that while exercise alone might be enough for men to lose weight, women must also address their diet to get the same results. 
During the study, Professor Jill Kanaley and her colleagues looked at the heart rate and blood pressure of nearly 75 obese men and women with Type 2 diabetes. 

They all followed a programme of aerobic (i.e. cardiovascular) exercise for 16 weeks. They all worked at an effort of 65 per cent, which was worked out based on each individual's ability. 

Despite everyone exercising at relatively the same speed, the researchers found that men got far more benefit from the exercise than women. Over the 16 weeks, women's recovery time did not improve, whereas men's did, indicating their fitness had improved. They also lost more weight. 

Commenting on the study, Dr Chris Easton, a lecturer in clinical exercise psychology at the University of West Scotland, told MailOnline: 'This adds to a growing body of evidence that men and women respond to exercise in different ways. 

'One main reason for this is body composition - men have a higher proportion of of muscle of women - and muscle has a higher metabolic rate than
'This is crucially important as it means that even when they are resting, men burn more calories than women. This indicates that women really have to look at their diet as well as exercise, whereas men may be able to get by on exercise alone.'He said that go get the same effect as a man working at 65 per cent effort, a woman would effectively need to work at around 85 per cent effort - or work out for longer.

Experts are now warning that while exercise alone might be enough for men to lose weight, women also have to look at their diet to get the same results

He added that men naturally have an advantage when it comes to fitness as they have larger hearts and lungs and a higher proportion of haemoglobin - that part of the blood that carries oxygen around the body, which is vital during exercise.

Study leader Professor Kanaley said: 'This research highlights that the advantages we think exercise is going to give individuals may not be the same across genders, particularly for those who have Type 2 diabetes. This is a concern because there are high mortality rates with Type 2 diabetes, especially for women.'

'We keep assuming that exercise will do the trick—we think when we tell people to "go train," regardless of gender, everyone will get the same results. Our research indicates certain exercises may not be enough for women. These findings could help health providers and researchers develop targeted exercise interventions for obese women.The study was published in the journal Metabolism.

The latest figures from Health Survey for England show that 62.8 per cent of  adults in the UK are overweight or obese.

SO WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR WOMEN TO LOSE WEIGHT? 

Personal trainer Dan Roberts says 'by far the best way' for women to lose weight is to lift weights. This temporarily raises levels of testosterone and growth hormones, which burns more fat. 

He told MailOnline: 'It's all to do with hormones. Men have more muscle because they have more testosterone. Women have more oestrogen which naturally makes them store more body fat. 

'Women also have to work harder to lose weight because they store fat around the thighs, bottom and stomach to protect the womb and for childbearing reasons.

'Older women in particular have the lowest testosterone levels. It is they, not 20-year-old boys, who should be doing weight-training.'

He also recommends women ditch the tiny dumbbells, too. 'Women should be doing what's known as compound weight training, that is, using muscles such as the glutes and quads.  'The bigger muscle groups you use, the more calories you will burn.'

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Premiere League Pre Season: Garry Monk's Training for Swansea City

It's simply after 10 am, a couple rays of sunlight are breaking through the clouds and the players of Swansea are starting to sweat as preseason training gets serious. All the way, the push to the line. Do not sell yourselves short. There are four double sessions per week during the beginning of preseason and today is one of these. Training in the morning is fitness- the day exercises as well as orientated revolve around the ball. As the Guardian found when we were allowed access for a day in the team's training ground to see the amount of work which goes into preparing for the beginning of a Premier League effort nothing is left to chance at Swansea. He puts up an image showing where every player rated, from highest to lowest, as stated by the GPS information that traces every step.

Monk provides the impression he never sleeps - and not because he's three young kids. The guy who led Swansea to eighth position in the Premier League last season is an ambitious workaholic. He speaks a lot about "responsibility" as well as the relevance of producing a working culture where there are not any reasons for staff or players, which is simple to see what he means. It is a club where they monitor sleep routines at home to assess their players are in the top state. 

As it pertains to training procedures, football has come an extended way which is difficult not to grin when thinking back to a dialogue with Alan Curtis, Swansea's first-team trainer, previously in the day. "Where are we going to keep our supporters?" came the reply. For instance, this preseason when it came to the fitness exercises he chose to break up the players into groups based on their positions, which means fullbacks also and run collectively centre-halves, midfielders and attackers.

They are going to be competing against each other through the season, describing his thinking. So it is understanding where you are at in those specific places, whose fitness is where, but support one another and, in addition, to making them bond with each other. Footballers could be deviously resourceful in regards to defeating the system in preseason, whether that be hitching a lift home on a long distance run (Curtis found out that was why the players taken change in addition to flags in their own pockets) or dropping out of an exercise by choice early - a well-worn track in the space shuttle jogging sleep evaluation - to allow it to be simpler to show an improvement when the practice is repeated after in preseason.

Half the players will probably be running around the outside of the pitch for seven laps in smallish groups while the other half whole five laps of a lap that is longer. Both exercises were created to finish in exactly the same time, there's a five-minute rest period in the end as well as the players then swap around. This really is most likely the longest run we'll do in the preseason, Northeast describes as the players, appearing somewhat nervous, drift off to get their boots and running shoes. We try and keep things brief and sharp as you understand the typical player runs about 10-12km in a match, but it is never long distance plodding, it is constantly change of direction, bound upward for headers or going into tackles, so we try and make it as specific to the game as possible. You look at just how much the game has changed during the past six years - the absolute space is coming down, but high speed running spaces is going up.

It is about having a surroundings that are answerable. I am not here to conceal anything. I do not need them to conceal from each other. For them to be clear with each other the emphasis on it's to be true with all of the group. I 've one-on-ones with them and let them know how they are doing so and independently will Jonny. However, the group must understand where everyone is, as the group relies on each other in a game and also you should be aware the guy next to you is capable to, and willing to, set it to the line for you. My occupation will be to ensure the standard is as high as possible. To me, each and every minute of that training session, each and every yard, counts.

It's a long delay until the beginning of the day session, which gets underway at 5pm, which is not difficult to visualize a number of the players in order to return home before, wanting they could get out on the training pitch. Northeast describes there's an excellent reason behind the program. It is about optimising the training physically and psychologically, and in the event the players are not prepared to do part of the supervisor's session in the day where it is tactical and specialized, then they are not going to be switched on. And if they are not completely regained between sessions, that is when injuries will happen. So we make an effort to allow them the most period of time to recuperate in between.

Those days are long gone. Swansea prevents exercises such as the bleep test for that very reason and there isn't any way players may run with all the amounts churned out from the GPS technology within themselves. It measures everything from how difficult they're working to the earth they're covering. Swansea marries those amounts up with the data they gather during match days as well as the resistance tests they ran at the end of the season as well as on the very first day the players reported back. Based on all those numbers, players have individual targets and it stands out when anyone comes. You can not cheat anymore and that is great. It is all on the display. It's simply after 10 am, a couple rays of sunlight are breaking through the clouds and the players of Swansea are starting to sweat as preseason training gets serious. All the way, the push to the line. Do not sell yourselves short. 

There are four double sessions per week during the beginning of preseason and today is one of these. Training in the morning is fitness- the day exercises as well as orientated revolve around the ball. judi bola

As the Guardian found when we were allowed access for a day in the team's training ground to see the amount of work which goes into preparing for the beginning of a Premier League effort nothing is left to chance at Swansea. He puts up an image showing where every player rated, from highest to lowest, as stated by the GPS information that traces every step. Monk provides the impression he never sleeps - and not because he's three young kids. The guy who led Swansea to eighth position in the Premier League last season is an ambitious workaholic. He speaks a lot about "responsibility" as well as the relevance of producing a working culture where there are not any reasons for staff or players, which is simple to see what he means. It is a club where they monitor sleep routines at home to assess their players are in the top state. As it pertains to training procedures, football has come an extended way which is difficult not to grin when thinking back to a dialogue with Alan Curtis, Swansea's first-team trainer, previously in the day. Where are we going to keep our supporters?" came the reply. For instance, this preseason when it came to the fitness exercises he chose to break up the players into groups based on their positions, which means fullbacks also and run collectively centre-halves, midfielders and attackers.

They are going to be competing against each other through the season, describing his thinking. So it is understanding where you are at in those specific places, whose fitness is where, but support one another and, in addition, to making them bond with each other. Footballers could be deviously resourceful in regards to defeating the system in preseason, whether that be hitching a lift home on a long distance run (Curtis found out that was why the players taken change in addition to flags in their own pockets) or dropping out of an exercise by choice early - a well-worn track in the space shuttle jogging sleep evaluation - to allow it to be simpler to show an improvement when the practice is repeated after in preseason.

Half the players will probably be running around the outside of the pitch for seven laps in smallish groups while the other half whole five laps of a lap that is longer. Both exercises were created to finish in exactly the same time, there's a five-minute rest period in the end as well as the players then swap around. 

This really is most likely the longest run we'll do in the preseason," Northeast describes as the players, appearing somewhat nervous, drift off to get their boots and running shoes. We try and keep things brief and sharp as you understand the typical player runs about 10-12km in a match, but it is never long distance plodding, it is constantly change of direction, bound upward for headers or going into tackles, so we try and make it as specific to the game as possible. You look at just how much the game has changed during the past six years - the absolute space is coming down, but high speed running spaces is going up.

It is about having a surroundings that are answerable. I am not here to conceal anything. I do not need them to conceal from each other. For them to be clear with each other the emphasis on it's to be true with all of the group. I 've one-on-ones with them and let them know how they are doing so and independently will Jonny. However, the group must understand where everyone is, as the group relies on each other in a game and also you should be aware the guy next to you is capable to, and willing to, set it to the line for you. "My occupation will be to ensure the standard is as high as possible. To me, each and every minute of that training session, each and every yard, counts.

Source: http://www.connectionumc.net/updates/premiere-league-pre-season-garry

Have YOU got high blood pressure? Everything you NEED to know and how to combat it...

BLOOD PRESSURE is something often joked about in the office when there's a high level of stress, but it is a serious condition.

By FELICITY THISTLETHWAITE

PUBLISHED: 11:08, Thu, Aug 27, 2015 | UPDATED: 12:57, Thu, Aug 27, 2015

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Dr Pixie McKenna has explained what high blood pressure is and how it can affect you

Not enough people understand how dangerous high blood pressure can be, and what can raise it significantly - like the affect of salt in your diet. 

Express.co.uk spoke to Dr Pixie McKenna - doctor and TV presenter - about the likelihood ofheart attacks, monitoring your BP and the link to kidney disease. 

What is high blood pressure? 
The force the blood puts on your blood vessel walls is called blood pressure. Weirdly we measure it in millimetres of mercury (mmHg) with normal blood pressure being 140/90 or less. The top number is called the systolic blood pressure and is the pressure reading taken when the heartbeats. The bottom number (doctors call this the diastolic) is the reading taken in between beats when the heart relaxes. Doctors call high blood pressure hypertension.

How does that compare to low blood pressure? 
This is the opposite of the above where the pressure in the arteries is abnormally low. A reading less than 90/60 is by definition low. Doctors refer to low blood pressure as hypotension

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High blood pressure can be extremely dangerous and even lead to heart attacks

Is high blood pressure stress related? 
Yes it can be. Stress revs us up and in doing so it can rev up our blood pressure because it causes us to release cortisol and adrenaline, which are our so-called "stress hormones".

Can you inherit high blood pressure? 
Yes. If you have a relative with high blood pressure you are more likely to suffer. Interestingly this is thought to be a combination of both genes and environment.

Can what you eat affect it? 
Yes! Having too much salt in your diet can contribute to high blood pressure. This means you need to stop adding salt to you food. Not only this you also need to avoid processed foods as 3/4 of the salt in our diet is hidden in foods, e.g. microwave meals, canned foods and takeaways. Low fat diets, which are rich in fibre, vitamins and minerals, can also help to reduce blood pressure.

Be careful about drinks too as alcohol and caffeine can also contribute to elevations in blood pressure.

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/600824/Have-I-got-high-blood-pressure

Top choices for a healthier diet: 12 ways to beat a snack attack

INSTEAD of grabbing a chocolate bar,make each calorie work to fill you up and provide essential nutrients. Here dietitian Juliette Kellow gives her top choices of 100-calorie nibbles.

By JULIETTE KELLOW

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HUNGER PANGS: Keep your cravings under control with low-calorie snacks

330g strawberries 

Why? Delicious and especially rich in vitamin C, this serving provides more than double your daily needs. Although they taste super sweet, even this large serving provides less than a quarter of the maximum amount of sugar recommended for a day. 

Supercharge them (+ 5cal). Slice and drizzle with 1tsp of balsamic vinegar to enhance their natural sweetness without adding sugar.

Half a small avocado (50g)

Why? It is rich in monounsaturated fat, which helps reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol and promote HDL (good) cholesterol. Plus it contains potassium, vitamins B6 and E and pantothenic acid. Scrape as much flesh as you can from the skin as many of the antioxidants lie just under it. of sugar recommended for a day.

Supercharge it (+ 15cal).

Make guacamole by adding a tomato, garlic, lemon juice and pepper.

140g cooked prawns

Why? Prawns provide phosphorus and copper and are rich in protein, omega-3 fats, selenium and vitamins B12 and E. This snack counts as one of the two recommended weekly portions of fish and contains good amounts of heart-healthy omega-3 fats.

Supercharge them (+ 20cal). Make a low-calorie prawn cocktail by combining them with a handful of lettuce, a tomato and a squeeze of lemon juice.

15 almonds (15g)

Why?

They contain more calcium than other nuts plus nutrients such as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, zinc, manganese, vitamin B2 and biotin and 30 per cent of our daily need for vitamin E. Choose nuts with their skins on. Whole almonds contain around 40 per cent more fibre.

Supercharge them (+ 48cal).

Combine with four dried apricots to satisfy a sweet tooth.

30 cherry tomatoes (450g)

Why? You’ll get a huge hit of vitamin C, potassium and filling fibre and you can eat loads for 100 calories. They provide less than a fifth of an adult’s recommended maximum amount of sugar for a day.

Supercharge them (+10cal). Toss with a handful of rocket, baby spinach or watercress and 1tsp of balsamic vinegar. The vitamin C helps the body absorb the iron from the leaves.

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Blueberries are rich in healthy antioxidants called anthocyanins

1 tbsp sunflower seeds (15g)

Why?

Like nuts they are nutrient packed, especially high in potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, copper, manganese, selenium, and vitamins B1 and E.

Supercharge them (+5cal). Sprinkle over a bowl of dark green mixed leaves, the fat in theseeds will help the body absorb the carotenoids from the leaves.

90g tinned tuna in water

Why? It’s a low-fat way to get hunger-busting protein into your diet and boost phosphorus and vitamins B3, B6, B12 and D. Many people in the UK have very low intakes of selenium, essential for healthy immunity. This snack provides 100 per cent of your daily need.

Supercharge it (+ 25cal). Mix with 1tbsp of fat-free natural yogurt for calcium and lemon juice for flavour, then spoon into Cos lettuce leaves.

One slice of wholegrain bread with 1tsp peanut butter

Why?

This snack is a rich source of starchy carbs and fibre and releases its energy slowly to provide sustainable energy. To keep calories down, choose a medium-sliced loaf and use no added sugar or salt peanut butter.

Supercharge it (+10cal). Top the toast with a 5cm chunk of sliced cucumber as the crunch will make it even more satisfying.

250g blueberries

Why?

They are rich in anthocyanins, antioxidants that lab research has linked with numerous health benefits, including better memory, heart health, eyesight and blood sugar control. The 23g sugar in this snack is still only a quarter of the maximum you should have in a day.

Supercharge them (+ 43cal).

Top with 2tbsp of fat-free natural yogurt for a protein and calcium boost.

One large boiled egg

Why? Eggs are high in protein, selenium, iodine, vitamins B2 and B12 and biotin. Plus they contain vitamin A and folate and are packed with vitamin D. One egg contains 10 per cent of our daily iron needs but avoid eating it with a cup of tea as the tannins in tea hinder iron absorption.

Supercharge it (+ 10cal). Turn it into a salad with mixed leaves, cucumber and cress to add fibre and vitamin C.

One weetabix with 100ml skimmed milk

Why? This cereal contains wholegrain, good intakes of which are linked to better heart health and it also helps with weight maintenance. Plus Weetabix is fortified with B vitamins and iron and milk adds lots of nutrients. It contains one per cent of the maximum amount of sugar or salt we should have in a day.

Supercharge it (+ 16cal). Add four sliced strawberries as the vitamin C will help the body absorb the iron from the cereal.

150g plain reduced-fat cottage cheese

Why? It’s the low-fat way to enjoy dairy and boost protein while still getting all the benefits of calcium, phosphorus and other vitamins and minerals. Try and choose a low-fat variety, one with no more than 3g fat in 100g.

Supercharge it (+ 10kcal). Add half a finely chopped onion (rich in flavonoids, antioxidants that have been linked with protecting against heart disease and strokes).

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/diets/600601/diet-health-choice-change-snack

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Inspirational!! - 47 Year Old British Women Reverses Type 2 Diabetes in less than 2 Years, read her story in her own words.

My journey with Type 2 Diabetes. (How I conquered it!)

By Tracey Albert-Taylor

In January 2014 I was diagnosed with diabetes 2 with a hb1 reading of 60 and I weighed 122 kilos.

I was told by my Doctor to take Metformin and to start testing my blood each day to see what triggers the high readings. I was also signed up for a 6 week on a NHS (National Health Service) programme to learn how to control and stabilise the diabetes.

I decided that I didn't want to live with this condition so I changed my diet after learning with the NHS programme and I used 2 apps (cals and carbs and my fitness pal).

Calorie and Carb Calculator

Fitness Pal App

I also bought a crock pot to cook bulk healthy meals. I limit my carbs to between 60-100 per day and I used the diet plate to help with portion control and used my fitness pal and cals to record everything. I ate between 1100 and 1200 calories per day but believe me it was lots of wholesome healthy meals.

I couldn't walk very far as I had a bad back but decided to start with short walks and slowly built it up and I now walk 5 miles average per day and am going to start running this week to compete into a half marathon With the regular exercise and healthy eating not dieting I was losing weight and now weigh 69 kilos.

My glucose reading is now down to 31 which is better than most people without diabetes and so now I am no longer taking metformin but still eating healthy meals. The diabetes society and nurse hVe told me I have actually conquered my diabetes and there is no reason why I shouldn't lead a healthy lifestyle now.

 The key is quite simple cut dramatically down on carbs especially bread and potatoes and rice and pasta and opt for an alternative such as cauliflower rice, spiralized courgette, sweet potato etc. don't take them completely away but limit yourself to the amount you have in a week and lots of exercise helps too.

NB:If you would like to futher information from Tracey, how her Inspiring story could help you beat Diabetes, please e-mail: Gurmits180@gmail.com

Diabetes UK welcomes 'breakthrough' research study

Friday 10 October 2014

You may have seen the news this morning about a new research study that has raised the possibility of a cure for Type 1 diabetes. 

Diabetes UK has welcomed this as a genuine breakthrough that offers real hope for the future. Using stem cell research, scientist have managed to make insulin producing cells in massive quantities for the first time.

Commenting on the study, Dr Richard Elliott, Diabetes UK Research Communications Manager, said: “This is an exciting and significant step forward in the search for a cure for Type 1 diabetes. It could take many years before insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells can be used in routine treatment. But if they can be used to replace the cells in the pancreas that are destroyed when Type 1 diabetes develops, the lives of people living with the condition could be transformed. It could mean they no longer need to use insulin, which would be a historic breakthrough. 

“We need to emphasise that this study involved mice and so we do not yet know if this technique will work in humans, but these results open the door to exciting possibilities for the future. We will be watching for further progress with interest.” 

Source: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News/Diabetes-UK-welcomes-breakthrough-research-study/?gclid=CNb7lqeYqccCFWXJtAodgHML_w#

So can yoga really give you an orgasm?

As women report reaching 'yogasm' during yoga classes, Maxine Frith discovers how to achieve the higher state of bliss

A woman practices some yoga moves while enjoying the fine weather near Tower Bridge in London  Photo: FameFlynet.uk.com

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This article was first published on 24th April, 2015 and has been republished ahead of International Yoga Day.

Until I won a series of yoga classes in my local pub Christmas raffle, I had never seen the attraction. All that stretching and sweating in a church hall surrounded by moaning strangers? I could think of more entertaining ways to spend an evening. The oven’s not going to clean itself, is it?

However, since I grudgingly hit the yoga mat (shame to waste a freebie...), I have become something of a devotee. My flexibility has improved, I feel stronger and I’ve banished my life-long slouch. And then this week yoga was revealed to bestow a hidden perk, something that takes a little practice and requires perfect technique, but that could attract a new legion of yogis: the “yogasm”.

It has long been known that strengthening one’s deep pelvic floor musclescan improve a woman’s sex life. But it is possible to experience orgasm on the yoga mat.

Yogis say that a combination of the Lotus position, the cross-legged sitting asana that is the bedrock of meditation, and Paranayma – a regulated, deep-breathing technique that includes rapid, pumping breaths – can bring about orgasmic effect. Demi Moore and daughter Rumer Willis are reported to be Kundalini devotees.

Beverley Drumm, a 50-year-old former business analyst in north London, has experienced the yogasm – during the first yoga class she ever attended. “It was so intense that I cried,” says Beverley. “I went up to the teacher afterwards and said I wanted to learn more.” That was six years ago. She now teaches the technique in her own yoga classes.

According to practitioners, yogasm requires not a specific position but a state of mind – it may take weeks, months or years of physical workouts to achieve it. But it is most often achieved during Kundalini, a form of deep meditative yoga designed to lead to spiritual awakening. “The Kundalini orgasm is not just a physical orgasm, but far beyond it,” explains Drumm, “like a huge release of energy. I get involuntary spasms and a ripple of energy through me, and experience the most intense ecstasy.”

But how exactly does it work? Barbara Carrellas, a 60-year-old former Broadway producer and author, has been achieving – and teaching others to achieve – yogasms for three decades. The New Yorker will share her wisdom with Londoners in June at a weekend workshop.

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The trick, she says, is to focus your attention not on your Lotus asana, but on your breath. “It’s about working the pelvic floor,” she explains. “What we don’t understand so well in the Western world is that orgasm is an energetic event and not just a physical one. It’s holistic and has to do with your breath changing. If you take away the genital stimulation, all the other stimuli remain, which are much more a part of orgasm than we realise.”

A yogasm does not always feel the same as a physical orgasm, she says; rather, it is experienced all over the body. “Some people do have a genital orgasm at the same time, though, and spontaneous orgasms can definitely happen, too,” she adds. “I was able to do them after a lot of practice of the other breath and energy techniques.”

Anyone can achieve yogasm, she insists – even men.

“If you believe it’s possible, it is. I teach people just to breath a bit more fully and deeply than they usually do. I ask them to use their imagination and move this energy through their body. It’s a bit like mindfulness, a bit like meditation.”

A male Australian friend who has attended Kundalini classes reports having enjoyed the experience a little too much.

“It was so relaxing, I fell asleep,” he says. “All the women were having a very different experience. I closed my eyes because I didn’t know where to look, with all the moaning and groaning.”

According to Carrellas, the body is naturally primed to climax, and only social conditioning and self-control stops it happening spontaneously more often. “The reason more people don’t orgasm on a beautiful day in London is they don’t permit themselves to,” she says. “It’s important to remember that orgasm is the body’s natural way of releasing tension, so it will seek out ways to go there if we let it.”

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My own yoga teacher, Susan Yates, has yet to witness anyone in her class having an yogasm – but says that yoga is beneficial in the bedroom.

“The main thing about yoga is that it gets people to have a better relationship with themselves. It’s about bringing people back to to understanding their own bodies in the best way that they can. People will sometimes text me saying that they felt euphoric after a class or that they have had better sex because of it.

“The other thing is that it helps them to feel better physically and emotionally, so they feel more alive in their relationships, and from that they might have a better sex life.”

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/11557997/So-can-yoga-really-give-you-an-orgasm.html