Gratification Through Exercise...

[MONTGOTM]

What if you (I'm a female) are exercising... (crunches/ leg lifts/ ab workout stuff) and can have an orgasm from exercising. I would presume this is not immoral or a sin but what if you cannot stop thinking about sex and then do these exercises for a release. I am not sure if I explained this well enough feel free to ask questions to verify before you can answer but I am struggling with chastity and this seems to be the solution I have come to. Am I sinning?

Side note: I am not having any lustful thoughts while I do this... I am simply counting how many times I can do the exercise.

[Theoketos]

In a certain manner of speaking sin requires that the action be evil (or disordered), the agent of the act in some sense knows that that act is wrong or evil, and for the agent to will the sin. It seems that your case you did not will the illicit use of your sexual faculties, so it seems that you would not culpable for the disordered response.

However, in Matthew 5:30 our Lord said, " And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell."

Now that you know this is the response of your body, I would avoid such exercise as they would be an occasion of sin. Not that you should give up exercise all together necessarily, but avoid that which could enslave you to your passions.

Pray for Purity. Pray for your future spouse.