“Wow! What was that?” I excitedly asked my wife.
 
“A Kegel”, my wife whispered.
 
“A Kegel? What’s a Kegel?” I implored.
 
“It’s a pelvic muscle floor contraction. I learned about the value of doing Kegels when I started having bladder control problems. So, you could feel it?” my wife asked.
 
“Feel it! It felt great! Can you do it again?” I inquired with anticipation.
 
“Sure. Anytime I want --- or you want me to. What does it feel like?” my wife wanted to know.
 
“Like an invisible hand lovingly squeezing my penis.
 
My wife knowingly pulled me close to let me know we needed to get back to simply being intimate. It had been a long time since either of us seemed so open.
 
That is how I was first introduced to Kegel exercises. Not surprisingly, I wanted to know about Kegel exercises for men. Could I also do pelvic muscle contractions for delivering enhanced sexual pleasure? Were there benefits from strengthening the muscles associated with these contractions?
 
An Internet search of “pelvic floor muscle exercises” and “Kegel exercises”, brought me to the website of the National Association For Continence (NAFC). There, I found answers to my questions: “yes” and “yes”! I even found an instruction audio tape and manual that I could easily order.
 
In terms of enhanced sexual performance, after six or so weeks of daily Kegel exercises, I am now better able to control the timing of my orgasms, my erections are stronger and longer lasting, and I am able to stimulate my wife more pleasurably. Similarly, she embraces me with her contractions and has complete control over when she stimulates me with her muscles.
 
So, at the age of sixty, I now work out regularly to strengthen a set of muscles I never really thought about before or even knew I had. Now that I have thought about them, I realize how important the pelvic floor muscles are to my sexual pleasure and my bladder health. Best of all, it does not take a gym membership to make these muscles stronger! Again, I learned all the exercises I needed to do with the help and instruction from NAFC.
 
 
Bill
New York State