Title: Sexercise: Spice Up Your Sex Life and Get Fit in the Process Author: Ann Summers Publisher: Ebury Press Publish Date: 2006 Pages: 96 Genres:: Non-Fiction, How-To Guide Reviewer: Chris R. Morgan

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Sexercise; the word itself connotes something hilarious, absurd or at the very least, worthy of chuckles to a sitcom writer. But some writers dare to take it to that ideological next step in order to strike the flame of relevance under the ass of the concept. In this case, Ann Summers has done the job of taking the basics of sex and exercise and creating something that comes off as both a rather hot bonding experience and an endurance test. When I mean basics, I mean simply that. This is no bible of sexual/health wisdom; rather, it is a pocket-size work that offers information that, for the curious and the willing, will be easy to digest.

The after-the-obligational introduction the book really starts off with a series of basic tips to make sure one's sexual bill of health is debt-free. Since this is not just sex, safety, it seems, is more emphasized in this case compared to plain old in and out. From there, it goes into what seems like foreplay to foreplay. It's a series of straightforward exercises that, while not actual sexual activity, can be sexy. This is evidenced by the pictorials that contain two sexy people doing basic stretching routines minus clothing. However, this also includes solo exercise footage for the ass and bust that features a naked woman doing the exercises while a man sporting white shorts that barely conceal a raging hard-on looks on with the stern lustiness of a shamed drill sergeant. As goofy and distracting as that is, the later pictorials and instructions that come with it indicate that these preliminaries will come in handy for the more ambitious and demanding activities. The prose is written straightforward enough so that any idiot could at least give it a go. However, the pictorials of sexy, hairless couples performing the "standing doggy" and the "wheelbarrow" give off the notion of easy read than done. The more unifying aspects of the work are more for the benefit of general health and well being. The book gives nice tips on how to keep one's sexual muscles in shape and on why masturbating often, for both sexes, can be good practice for actual activity and even stave off pancreatic cancer.  

Depending on one's propensity for learning anything that requires both thought as well as trial and error, this can be helpful or it can be less than helpful. The risk here is that if the actual acts can't be performed to the specificity of the manual, the health tips, though extremely helpful in maintaining basic fitness, will reduce such a thing to a simple exercise manual. It's more helpful for those who are avid sexual sportsmen and women who are dedicated to sexual activity as a major part of their lives. The book insists on maintaining a "sexy" physique in order to best enhance one's performance and, of course, one's attractiveness. It also suggests that sex three times a week at the very least will ensure not only that you have some kind of life, but you will live it for a rather long time. As good and practical as this advice is, I feel that it shall take some time for the other, I don't know, 95 percent of adult civilization to be able to actually stick to a routine of any kind before undertaking the risky task of colliding fun with fitness.