5 Sizzling Sex Positions To Try To Stay Cool This Summer

Is it still hell’s-front-porch hot outside where you live? Like, so hot you don’t want to do anything — let alone something that will work up a sweat? Ideally, your sex life can be hot and heavy all year long — but in the dog days of summer heat, getting steamy with a partner without feeling sweaty and swampy is easier said than done.

For starters, you can do a few things to your room and for your body for optimal summer sex success: Keep a fan by your bed, crack open a window, or have your AC set to a temperature that feels right to both you and your partner. You need extra hydration in the summer, so make sure to hydrate with plenty of water before, after, and even during sex if you’re feeling parched. And if you start to get fatigued or things get too sticky with your bodies pressed up against each other, have a favorite toy or two at the ready to swap in.

Beyond those prep steps, you can also play around with positions that work with the weather (lazy, cuddly, using cool, flat surfaces, embracing creativity) rather than against it, to get you and your partner feeling amazing. It’s even worth experimenting with some cold shower sex or cooling sex toys, especially if it’s a really intense heatwave. 

Here are the best hot-weather sex positions that’ll bring the heat but also keep you cool and breezy. 

Kneeling Oral 

One form of sex that doesn’t require sweaty bodies grinding on each other? Oral. Kneel on a cold tile floor (you may need to use a pillow for your knees), or take this one to the shower while you go down on your partner. You can swap places when you’re done to make sure everyone’s feeling hot and bothered, while also feeling cool and not at all sticky. 

Standing Doggy

An old reliable, doggy lets you and your partner enjoy all kinds of depths of penetration from behind — but when you add both of you standing instead of pressed up in the sheets, you’ll get a lot more air circulating around both of your bodies and less peeling yourself off one another post-game. You can try this one in the shower too if you want an extra cooling effect. 

Butterfly

A modified missionary move, butterfly lets the partner being penetrated lay back against a surface (a great time to use something cool and flat like a table or a counter or some fresh cooling sheets — your choice to prob things up with a pillow or sex wedge!) with their partner between their legs. If the penetrated partner puts their legs over their partner’s shoulders they can get some deep, controlled stimulation. 

Reverse Cowgirl

A great position for when the partner who is being penetrated wants to take charge — they can straddle their penetrating partner and have full range to grind and thrust while giving them an amazing view from behind. If you want to embrace the power of being on top without pressing every inch of your chests together, this is probably a great move to have in your repertoire.

Steamy Spoon

Many of the sex positions here focus on maximizing sensation while minimizing body-to-body time. But spooning can actually be a good fit for a summer sex sesh if you’re someone who really wants to feel close to your partner but wants to conserve energy. Have the penetrating partner slide in from behind, pressing their front against the other partner’s back.

Lazy thrusts, grinding, and freeing up hands for exploring are a few of the perks of spooning with your lover — and on a hot day (particularly those balmy mornings where you’ve already kicked the sheets down the bed) enjoying a good spoon can be a great way to work smarter and not harder.

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