You Can Burn as Many Calories as Olympic Athletes Just by Having Sex

​While athletes from all over the world will be gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this month to compete in the Olympics, the rest of us will be sat on our bums watching it on the sofa. It's safe to say we won't be burning anywhere near as many calories as the athletes.

Well, that's what we thought until we came across this nifty infographic from online doctor Dr Felix, which proves we can get just as much exercise as the professional sports stars just by having sex. Sounds like our kind of work out.

Breaking it down into different events including the 100m sprint, pole vault and gymnastics, Dr Felix matches each one up to a relevant sex position or activity and gives us the duration of time we need to do it for to burn off the same number of calories as the competing athletes. This is GENIUS.

And as well as that, the infographic also lists which parts of the body each position works. Who needs a personal trainer when you've got a sex partner and this, eh?

So as you can see, just two-and-a-half minutes ploughing away in missionary is equivalent to the same calories burnt during the 100m sprint. Granted, it takes the professional athletes less than 10 seconds to do that, but still, this has got to be way more fun.

And if you're a fan of the handjob, simply do that for 20 minutes and you may as well have been throwing the javelin to Olympic standard, you're working your arms and your abs that much.

If rowing's more your thing, give a 25 minute session of reverse cowgirl a go - that'll be good for your abs, back and legs; or why not try a sexual version of an endurance sport - 50 minutes doggy style (bloody hell, sounds intense) is the equivalent work out to the Steeplechase (that's 3000m, FYI).

So don't feel bad that you haven't dedicated your life to sport; you can instead dedicate your life to sex this summer and you'll end it in just as good a shape as the Olympic athletes. Maybe.

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