My female readers will also benefit from many of these tips, but the focus is primarily on the men. Do you want to build greater sexual stamina, please your partner more fully, enjoy more fulfilling sex, and feel more confident and energized day to day? Which is a fancy way of saying that most women take a minute to warm up. One of the highest leverage ways you can improve your sex life is to spend a significant amount of time in foreplay. Also, if you want more ideas on how to extend your foreplay and really bring your partner into her body, check out my article on Slow Sex. Men get a massive testosterone boost from doing high intensity workouts.

Shower sex is always so steamy in the movies, but IRL, there are a lot of ways for it to go wrong in practice. Toys should be one billion percent water-safe lest you bust your toy or, you know, worse. Instead, hold the side of the tub or use shower stools meant to handle body weight. And TBH, nonslip mats never hurt anyone either.

That said, shower sex has the potential to be the stuff of movies with the right moves. Hit the showers with these tips to master shower sex like a boss and come out on the other side with no broken bones or bruised egos. A showerhead can only cover so much ground, so turning up the heat beforehand will help.

Back to Sexual health. Having unprotected penetrative sex is the most likely way to pass on a sexually transmitted infection STI. Men who have sex with men MSM should have a check-up at least every 6 months at a sexual health or genitourinary medicine GUM clinic. This is important, as some STIs do not cause any symptoms.