Yes, we have sexual muscles too! As with any muscle, exercising it will strengthen it. The difference is exercising this muscle has a profound effect of sexual pleasure, function, and performance.
 
The PC Muscle Surrounds the Sex Organs
The pubococcygeus muscle, or PC muscle, surrounds the sexual organs of both males and females. Your PC muscle forms your pelvic floor keeping your insides from falling out the bottom of your body. It stretches from the pubic bone in the front of the body to the tail bone in the back of the body.

Finding Your PC
The PC muscle encircles the urethra in both men and women. It’s the muscle you use to stop yourself from urinating when you can’t find a toilet. The easiest method to find yours is to try to stop the flow of urine midstream the next time you’re using the bathroom. Simply begin urinating, then squeeze, or pull up, your pelvic floor muscles to stop peeing, then relax them to resume urination. If your PC muscle is strong you should be able to stop the flow or urine. If this is difficult for you, your PC muscle is weaker.

Benefits of Sexercise
Different people report different benefits from strengthening their sexual muscles. You may experience some, all, or different benefits than these listed below.
 
Men
Men report awesome benefits of stronger erections, more intense orgasms, improved urinary control, and prolonged ejaculation. Sexologists state that, because the PC muscle surrounds the prostate gland, squeezing it hinders prostate hardening and swelling helping to avoid or heal prostate problems. Advanced practitioners of PC exercises report becoming multi-orgasmic men by learning how to separate orgasm and ejaculation.

Women
Practicing squeezing the PC muscle, also called Kegel exercises (pronounced Kay-gul) helps women have more intense orgasms, less incontinence, easier child birth, and a higher propensity for multiple orgasms. Sexologists claim that these exercises can help women avoid or eliminate vaginitis, cystitis, and constipation. Improving PC muscle strength and control can also have a profound effect on female sexual confidence.

PC Power
In our current culture, we tend to think of the thrusting of the penis as the action of intercourse. Actually, the vagina can be just as active as the penis when you learn to control your PC muscles. Just like it takes practice for men to learn how to move their penises with skill during intercourse, it takes practice for women to learn how use their vaginas to grip, massage, milk, and ripple. The gripping action of the vagina is the counterpart to the thrusting action of the penis. Putting the two together is rewarding for both partners.

Sexercising Your PC
There are a number of different variations of PC exercises out there. All PC muscle exercises are done by contracting and relaxing the pelvic floor. Specific exercises vary by number of contractions, amount of time spent holding each contraction, and the depth of the contraction.
A simple exercise: tighten your PC and hold for a count of five, then relax completely. Repeat 10 times.

The Kegel Fire Drill
One fun exercise is called the Kegel Fire Drill. Next time you are at a red light try to see how many times you can squeeze and release your PC before the light turns green. If you are an advanced sexerciser, see if you can hold one contraction throughout the entire red light.

Sexercises can be done anywhere!
Daily practice of building pelvic floor strength is easy to do and can go a long way in improving your sexual health. Sexercises can be done anywhere, at any time, without anyone knowing about it. Why not get started by trying a few right now?

By Angela Towne, Sexuality Educator