Well, the g-spot has been in the news a lot lately. Actually I guess it’s been in the news one way or another pretty much constantly since it was first named in Beverly Whipple & colleagues’ The G Spot: And Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality was first published nearly 30 years ago.

While it’s less talked about one of the “Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality” in the book that’s probably more important to more people was the importance of the pelvic floor muscles, the pubococcygeus in particular. Which is why it’s particularly nice to run across a discussion from spicynutmeg on Christian Nymphos.

Your pelvic floor  muscles are there to hold your pelvic organs in place.  They resemble a hammock and are at the base of your pelvis.   There are two main muscle layers, a deep muscle layer and a superficial muscle layer.  These muscles work together to help keep your organs in place and functioning properly.   Just like any muscular area of your body, exercising them helps to keep them functioning properly.  Kegel exercises are a great way to exercise these muscles.  I will get into that later in the article.

Get the important details here.

Her post is quite detailed and as promised she has a good description of Kegel exercises, why they’re good for you, how to start doing them, and even better, tricks for how to keep remembering to do them. (As with all exercises that last bit is probably more important than it sounds.)

Like almost everyone spicynutmeg talks about pc muscles and kegels in terms of women, and more specifically in terms of the health benefits for women. It’s less well-known that they’re important for men’s health too.

And, as Whipple and her colleagues pointed out, since pelvic floor muscles play a surprisingly large role in the strength and duration of orgasms, Kegel and other exercises are good for both men’s and women’s sexual responsiveness and enjoyment.

One nice thing about Kegels is that once you’ve got the hang of them (actually for men one of the getting-started exercises involves literally hanging a towel over the erect penis and using the pc muscles to lift or bounce them) you can do them anywhere. Even outside next to your soccer mom/dad minivan.

Happy HNT (or Half-nekkid Thursday!)

p.s. The Kegels are and/or were a local womens/parents punk band.