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Term: Kegel Exercises

DEFINITION:

Exercises of the pubococcygeal muscles, named for gynecologist Arnold Kegel, who "discovered" them in the 1950s. Exercising the PC muscles was well known among Tantric and Yogic practitioners long before Kegel made his "discovery."

AUTHOR:  Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson (
SOURCE:  Great Sex Made Simple, by Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson (Llewellyn Publications)