The time of day you should be having sex changes depending on your age, according to an expert.
Everyone's searching for the magic formula that'll lead to the best sex of their lives, at least in between all the other things going on we call life.
People have a lot of things to deal with when it comes to sex, including performance demands and concerns over whether or not we're measuring up to what folks in other bedrooms are doing.
We spend a great deal of time thinking about it, though perhaps not as much time talking about it, which is leading to problems where people fail to communicate properly what it is they want.
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If you want to fine-tune your attempts to get down and dirty, then you may do well to heed the words of health expert Mike Kocsis of Balance My Hormones, who explained to the Metro that you ought to be factoring in your age and time of day.
Terrific twenties
This is apparently the decade of your life when you're going to be particularly horny, with Kocsis saying your hormones would be at their most 'robust' during your twenties, leading to a 'higher libido' with 'more energy and emotional response to intimacy', and this coming 'especially around ovulation'.
According to the expert, your body is screaming at you to have some children, even if your brain has decided you want to ride that DINK gravy train.
As such, when you wake up in the morning, your body is ready and raring to ride your partner, and so it's an ideal time for the early bird to be introduced to the worm, as it were.
Flirty thirties
The older you get, the more you realise that scheduling is pretty much the final boss of adult life, and there are few things more satisfying than making plans which actually work.
Kocsis reckons this extends to your sex life as well as the responsibilities piling up and demanding more of your attention.
He warned that the stress of a busy life in your thirties could mess up your hormones, so finding time in your busy rota when you can both fit in a spot of how's your father without other worries is the expert opinion on how to go about it.
He did say that this was around the time when you'd become less hormonal, meaning your relationships were more likely to be driven by trust and connection rather than your cocktail of brain chemicals turning you into a sex maniac.
Naughty forties
The expert said that as you get a bit older, you might find that some of the demands on your time, namely preventing your young children from running into traffic or sticking their fingers in plug sockets, fall away as they get a bit older and gain a sense of self-preservation.
As such, there could be more opportunities which present themselves, which don't need scheduling.
However, Kocsis said that it was about this time women would start experiencing the menopause, which would have a significant hormonal effect on them and their libido, while men's testosterone levels drop and reduce their sex drive too.
Nifty fifties
Your hormones continue to change as you get older, with oestrogen and testosterone levels falling away.
The expert said that this was where morning sex made a dramatic comeback, as couples had less frequent sex and preferred a more sensual experience with lots of cuddling and skin contact.
He said since your energy levels were higher in the morning, that's when you ought to be getting on it, provided you know what 'it' is.
Swinging sixties
No, not that kind of swinging, though there are people of this age who get up to that sort of thing.
Kocsis hopes that once you reach this age, you hit a point where much of the stress in your life falls away as the kids have flown the nest and you're looking at your retirement.
Without stress wreaking merry havoc upon your hormones, it lets your internal body workings calm down a bit, which means your path to sexual desire is clearer once more.
This is the age where going for a bit of sex later in the day fits better, so you can spend the day watching Bargain Hunt and Homes Under the Hammer and then enjoy some evening fun that isn't The Great British Bake Off.
Topics: Health, Sex and Relationships
Joe Harker