Although Kegel balls may don Dr. Kegel’s name, these balls — also called Ben Wa balls — have been used for centuries to do exactly what Dr. Kegel wanted: exercise the pelvic floor. These small, weighted balls, when clutched inside the vagina by the vaginal and pelvic floor muscles, are the key to bladder control, preventing prolapsed uteruses and/or anuses, and stronger orgasms (via Kegel Bell).
While you may not be worried about incontinence or prolapsed anything yet, it’s important to remember that gravity will eventually take its toll, and, well, that aside, who doesn’t want stronger and longer orgasms? That should be the selling point right now if you’re still decades away from adult diapers. Not only has research published in the medical journal Investigative and Clinical Urology found that a strong pelvic floor helps contribute to more intense orgasms, but doing your Kegel exercises during P-in-V intercourse — either with or without Kegel balls — increases sexual satisfaction for both partners.
“When a woman does Kegels during vaginal intercourse, the pelvic floor muscles contract on the penis — enhancing his sexual experience as well,” OB-GYN Dr. Sherry Ross tells Insider. Granted, it will take quite a bit of practice to pull off such multitasking flawlessly, but you can get there.