Okay, ladies, so I recently got a question from a reader about the Kegel article I wrote last year, about having better orgasms, and giving more pleasure to your man, by doing kegels.  I mentioned various types of Kegel exercises to can do to strengthen your PC muscles, the reader specifically asked about how it is possible to do the last type mentioned, Wild Wandas. (Note, these are my silly made up terms - nothing clinical). Here they are for a recap:

1. Contracting and holding for a count of five or ten, and then releasing - Slow Sallys

2. Quickly contracting and releasing repeatedly, doing sets of five or ten, and working up to higher numbers of reps just as you would with your dumbbell routine - Rapid Rhondas

3. Flexing with sets of up and down movement, and side to side movement. (YES, it is possible). These are more advanced so you may need to start with very few reps. - Wild Wandas

Now, I’m not a sex therapist, I just know what the experts say can be done, and what has worked for me personally. It takes practice and it’s a subtle movement - don’t expect to be feeling the earth move when doing them. (Though the orgasm benefits you experience as a result of doing them, may in fact make the earth move - or at least make you feel like it is.)

In recent weeks, a sex therapist, Laura Berman has discussed this very topic on Oprah and although she isn’t using cutesy little made up names like Wild Wandas, she does refer to side to side kegels. The device she refers to was addressed in my article, A Dumbbell For Your Vagina. Here is a transcript of that exchange about Kegels. Note how she mentions the importance of the transverse ab muscles. (All the more reason to keep an eye out for our trainer’s upcoming abdominal exercise article!!)

And since we love the men in our lives - especially our male *f.a.t. readers- (and yes, we do have some), I’d like to remind everyone that Kegels aren’t just for women. Men can do them too, which will strengthen erections and help give staying power. We are equal opportunity Kegelists around here!! Get to tightening everyone!