To determine the following data, Dr. Wieder and his graduate students recruited healthy young volunteers, seven men and five women, and put them through a 2-week habituation period so that they could become familiar with the RPE (rating of perceived exertion) scale, learn the standardized sexual positions and activities specified in the research protocol, and become accustomed to the wearable accelerometers, inclinometers and data logging transmitters used for the study.
check out the results here:
http://calorielab.com/news/2008/02/12/calories-burned-during-sex/
check out the results here:
http://calorielab.com/news/2008/02/12/calories-burned-during-sex/