For as much time as some men spend at the gym working on their abs, biceps, and other muscles, they often neglect their pubococcygeus muscle, which can be exercised without any equipment. In fact, most men don’t even know the pubococcygeus by name, though its roles during urination
 and male orgasm are hard to ignore. Often called the PC muscle for short, the pubococcygeus can be explored and strengthened to improve sex – and specifically the power, length, and overall sensation of the male orgasm.

Exercises of the PC muscle were widely publicized by a doctor named Arnold Kegel, and now the various squeezing and holding techniques used to strengthen the pubococcygeus muscle bear his name. These “Kegel exercises” are recommended by doctors and sex therapists for medical conditions like urinary control and premature ejaculation as well as for general enchancement of the male orgasm and ascending sexual experience.

[Note: Women also have the PC muscle, but because their bodies are different, this article focuses on Kegel exercises for men who want to improve the male orgasm.]

About the PC muscle

The PC muscle is part of the pelvic floor, and you can infer from the full name – pubococcygeus – that it runs from the pubic bone to the coccyx. Because our muscles work in concert, there is interplay among this PC muscle, the anal sphincter (which essentially keeps your anus “closed”), and the cremaster muscle (which helps lift or drop the testicles based on temperature). By toning up and strengthening these muscles with Kegel exercises, you can safely experiment with improving the feeling of the male orgasm.