Kegel Exercises
for Men

Most men squeeze the wrong muscle for months without knowing it. Here’s where the pelvic floor actually is, how a correct rep should feel, and what changes once it’s strong. The six-week version runs in the app: ten minutes a day, and a minute of questions to set it up.

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What a kegel actually is

A kegel is a squeeze of the pelvic floor, the sling of muscle that runs from your pubic bone to your tailbone. It supports the bladder and bowel, and it fires during orgasm. A kegel exercise trains that sling the way a curl trains a bicep: contract, hold, release, repeat.

Clinically it’s the pelvic diaphragm, and the tone you’re building is called puborectalis tone. It works alongside two smaller muscles at the base of the penis that handle blood flow and the ejaculatory reflex. You can’t see any of them work. That’s most of the reason men train them wrong for months, and why the app’s version is guided by audio: something else counts the holds, so you can pay attention to what you’re squeezing.

How to find the muscle, and know you’ve got it

The pelvic floor is the muscle you’d use to stop yourself going to the toilet, or to lift your penis slightly without using your hands. Find it once, deliberately, and you won’t have to guess again.

  1. The stop testNext time you urinate, stop the stream. The muscle doing that is the one you’re training. Use it to find the muscle, not as the exercise itself.
  2. The lift testStand up and contract as if lifting your penis a centimetre. Any small movement means you’ve got it.
  3. The isolation testOne hand on your stomach, one on your glutes, contract again. If either hand feels anything move, you’re recruiting the wrong muscles. Ease off until only the pelvic floor is working.

If nothing moves at all, that’s a starting point, not a problem. The muscle is there. What’s missing is the connection to it, and that’s the first thing training rebuilds. The app runs that rebuild as a six-week track, ten minutes a day.

What the six-week kegel program looks like

Knowing the technique is one thing. The app runs the six weeks around it — the plan, the daily session, and the counting.

Step 01

Answer a minute of questions

Your age, how long you have trained, what you are working on. The plan that comes back is built around those answers rather than a generic list of reps.

Step 02

Train ten minutes a day

Guided audio sessions with the holds and the rests counted out for you, and a reminder at the same time each day. Week four is where men quietly stop — that is what the reminder is for.

Step 03

Progress you can feel

The work gets harder as you go: short holds first, then the strong squeeze you can actually use. Most men notice the difference before the six weeks are out.

Six weeks, ten minutes a day

The technique above is yours either way. What the plan adds is the order, the schedule and the counting, so week four looks the same as week one.

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How the training actually runs

Strength is only half of it. The pelvic floor also has to relax on command and fire at the right moment, and those are separate skills. Six in ten men report a significant improvement after six weeks of practice.

01Step
Ten minutes a day for six weeks — the built-in Kegel program, with guided audio sessions and reminders.
02Step
Contract, then release fully. The release matters as much as the squeeze — a muscle that only tightens ends up tight.
03Step
Build the strength before you need it. Six weeks is the minimum for any muscle to genuinely change.
04Step
Learn the timing: at the peak of the urge, one strong contraction, hold one to two seconds, then let go completely.
05Step
Learn when not to squeeze. Clenching out of habit builds tension, fatigue and a hair-trigger reflex.

What actually changes

Before

You’re not sure you’re squeezing the right muscle
You clench everything — abs, glutes, jaw — and call it a rep
You tried kegels for a week, felt nothing, and stopped
The muscle gives out exactly when you need it

After

You find the muscle on demand and feel it working
A correct rep is invisible from the outside, and you know it
Six weeks of real training, not a week of guessing
The muscle answers when arousal is high

Ten minutes a day is not much. Six weeks of it is the whole difference.

Why pelvic floor training works

The pelvic floor is voluntary muscle. It answers to training the same way the rest of your body does, and it does more jobs than most men realise.

It’s a skeletal muscle, so it trains like one

Same class of muscle as your biceps. Load makes it stronger, neglect makes it weaker. Sedentary work, age and weight all pull the wrong way.

The same muscles gate the ejaculatory reflex

Those contractions you feel at orgasm come from this group. Train them and the reflex becomes something you can influence instead of something that happens to you.

They help hold blood in place

These muscles support blood flow to the groin, which is why the research on them covers erection quality and orgasm intensity, not just endurance.

Letting go is half the work

A pelvic floor that can’t relax causes its own problems, and men who train hard without releasing end up tight rather than strong. Training both directions is what separates a routine from a rep count.

You know why it works now

The hard part was never the squeeze. It is doing it daily for six weeks, and that is the part the program carries for you.

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The numbers after four weeks

From a survey of The Coach users who finished their first four weeks:

58%
Felt more in control during sex
55%
Said sex became much more satisfying
39%
Reported a higher libido
41%
Had sex more often

What men say after training

Unedited reviews from the App Store and Google Play:

“The kegel exercises are easy to follow and every day, it has a great guide to what you need to do for the day. It not only helps improve your sexual health, but your physical and mental health as well.”

Rapscallion58

“The kegel exercises and timer make it a serious workout that you want to do and it helps!”

JDdrawings

“The progressive escalation in the exercises and the clear explanations have allowed me to progress rapidly. I highly recommend this for general pelvic health as well.”

Bishakh1994

“I’ve used Kegel apps before but none explained the reasoning and how to use the kegel exercise as clearly as The Coach app.”

Evelyn NC

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Start where they started

Same muscle, same ten minutes a day. A minute of questions sets your starting point, and the app takes it from there.

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The specialists behind the program

We built this with urologists and pelvic-floor physiotherapists — the clinicians who treat these muscles for a living.

Dr. Justin Houman

MD, UCLA-trained urologist and male reproductive specialist focusing on sexual health.

Dr. Susie Gronski

Licensed physical therapist, certified sexuality counselor, and founder of a men's pelvic health clinic.

Cameron Fraser

Australia's leading men's sex coach, specializing in male sexual wellness and performance.

Dr. Amy Pearlman

Board-certified urologist specializing in male sexual wellness, performance, and hormonal health.

Gerard Greene

Specialist men's health physiotherapist and senior lecturer at Coventry University.

Natalie Goldberg

Certified sex and family therapist dedicated to improving intimate relationships and personal well-being.

Dr. Paula Hall

Accredited sexual and relationship psychotherapist, registered with leading professional bodies in psychotherapy.

Dr. Justin Lehmiller

PhD in social psychology and senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute.

Before you start

What is a kegel exercise?

One contraction of the pelvic floor: squeeze, hold, release. That’s the whole movement. No equipment, nothing visible from the outside, which is why it can be done anywhere. It takes its name from Arnold Kegel, the American gynaecologist who first documented it. If you want the muscle group itself rather than the movement, see pelvic floor exercises for men.

How long should I train for?

Ten minutes a day. The program in the app runs six weeks, which is roughly the minimum for any muscle to meaningfully change — pelvic floor included. Keep going after that and it keeps improving; stop and it fades.

Am I doing kegels correctly?

If your abs, glutes or thighs tense up, or you catch yourself holding your breath, you’re recruiting the wrong muscles. A correct rep is almost invisible from the outside. Put a hand on your stomach and check.

Can I overdo them?

Yes, and it’s a common mistake. Clenching out of habit builds pelvic tension and fatigue, and can leave you with a hair-trigger reflex — the opposite of what you’re training for. Strong squeezes are for the moments that need them.

Can I do them sitting at a desk or driving?

Yes, and that’s most of the appeal, because nobody can tell. Learn the movement lying down first though — it’s much easier to isolate the muscle when you’re not also holding yourself upright.

Do kegels help with lasting longer?

They’re one of four pillars behind it, alongside relaxation, breathing and arousal control — all four are what our Last Longer program puts together over eight weeks. Kegels are the physical foundation the rest sits on. If you want the condition itself rather than the training, start with premature ejaculation.

How many kegels should I do a day?

The guided sessions count for you and scale as you get stronger, which is most of the reason to use them. Training on your own, the thing to watch isn’t the rep count but the quality of the release: half as many, fully released, beats twice as many half-finished.

Do kegels actually work?

The pelvic floor is ordinary voluntary muscle and it responds to training like any other. What decides the outcome is whether you’re contracting the right thing and releasing it fully. Most men who feel nothing after a few weeks were recruiting their abs or glutes instead — which is why the first session is about finding the muscle, not working it.

What is a reverse kegel?

The opposite movement. Instead of lifting and squeezing, you lengthen and let go. It matters because a pelvic floor that can’t relax causes as much trouble as a weak one, and men who only ever train in one direction tend to end up tight rather than strong. Both directions belong in a routine.

Can kegels help with erections?

They are part of the picture. Two of the muscles at the base of the penis help hold blood in place, which is why pelvic floor work appears in our Keep It Hard program as well as in Last Longer. On its own it isn’t a treatment for anything — it is the physical foundation the rest of the work sits on. For the condition and its causes, see erectile dysfunction.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. You can cancel anytime from your account settings — no questions asked, no retention calls.

What do I get in the app?

The six-week Kegel program: a guided audio session of about ten minutes a day, the holds and the rests counted for you, reminders so the habit survives week four, and the rest of The Coach’s male-health programs alongside it. The app is paid.

Do I need any equipment for kegel exercises?

No. The pelvic floor needs nothing but your own body and somewhere to sit or lie down, which is why this training travels so well. What the program adds is the timing, the schedule and the progression — not hardware.

How do I get in touch?

Two ways. Email support@the.coach and a real person on our team gets back to you — usually within a day. Or open the app, go to the Today tab, tap your profile, and hit Support. Both land with the same people.

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You know where the muscle is now

Six weeks builds the rest — ten minutes a day, with the counting done for you.

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