What have you done for your sexual fitness lately? Find out how to set yourself up for a satisfying sex life.
By Kate Bracy and Kathryn Arendt
When you're busy living your hectic life, it's easy for bad health habits to sneak up on you. Stress and too little time usually add up to forgetting about your body and health until one day you realize you're not enjoying your sexual self as much as you used to.
You can turn that around. Some attention to health basics and a conscious decision to improve your sexual health can make a big difference. If inertia and inattention have put your love life on the back burner, now is a great time to start cooking again.
Sexual fitness implies a well-functioning body and an emotionally healthy attitude toward your sexuality. It's up to you to decide how fit is "fit enough" to enjoy sex as you'd like to, and it's your decision whether this is important enough in your life to make the effort.
Staying fit once you get there It's one thing to tone up your muscles and build your aerobic capacity to the point where you have good stamina in bed. It's quite another to maintain a level of fitness that supports an ongoing enjoyment of your sex life. Rather than thinking of sexual fitness as a destination, see it as a lifelong journey to your best sexual self.
Making changes to become fit is best seen as making permanent changes that ensure your pleasure for years to come. Once you fold exercise and good diet habits into your daily routine, why not consider them decisions for lifelong sexual health?
How to maintain motivation While getting sexually fit is a reward itself, it helps during discouraged moments if you are working toward something tangible.
Recognize your victories as you reach them. If you haven't been walking more than from the car to the house, and you get to the point where you are walking a quarter of a mile on your lunch hour, remind yourself that this is progress.
Here are some ideas for rewarding yourself for making sexually healthy decisions:
-Tell your partner that you are trying to become sexually fit so you can enjoy him or her more and ask him or her to join you in a specific activity.
-Go to a nice lingerie store and buy one item that makes you feel attractive.
