Want sex that’s out of this world? Try the Nasa workout

...So says Loose Woman Nadia Sawalha, whose love life got a rocket boost

FOR most women of a certain age, particularly those juggling family commitments and a busy working life, a punishing Nasa exercise regime might seem a step too far.

But 52-year-old Loose Women presenter Nadia Sawalha claims a technique known as ‘Rebounding’ has given her a new lease of life – as well as reigniting her passion for her TV producer husband Mark Adderley, who is seven years her junior.

The fitness regime, which involves a series of tricky moves performed while jumping on a miniature trampoline, was developed to help astronauts readjust to the Earth’s gravity after months in space.

It works the heart and respiratory system while increasing bone density with minimum joint damage.

Nasa has remained silent on what mother-of-two Nadia claims is the regime’s other big benefit – revitalising her love life.

‘To have a good sex life, you need to have good energy levels,’ she said. ‘You have to have a proper keep-fit regime, a good diet and use vitamins. If you’re not eating well and exercising well, you’re going to be too tired to have sex.’

Nadia, who home-schools her two daughters, Maddie, 14, and Kiki-Bee, nine, revealed that she ditched her previous exercise regime for the tiny trampoline.

‘It’s fantastic. It’s low-impact, so any anyone can do it at any age.

‘You can do high-intensity interval training on it or simply squat. You can do it in your house and it doesn’t cost you anything.’

She keeps the trampoline behind the sofa and uses it in front of the television.

‘The best thing is that I do it while watching The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills,’ she said. ‘Sometimes I do ten FITNESS LAUNCH PAD: ‘Rebounding’ is performed on this small trampoline minutes, sometimes two hours – if I have two hours of Beverly Hills to watch.

‘Instead of jumping up like you do on a trampoline, you jump down.

‘But the gravity helps your vision, spine, muscle, bones – everything.’

She has also turned to a more healthy lifestyle, with a diet high in protein, and she promotes Meritene, a range of nutritional shakes and soups.

Nadia, who has been married to Mark for 15 years, says that the diet has helped her deal with the physical effects of the menopause, which, she says, left her husband ‘frightened.’ ‘I hit some dark times. You don’t realise how important that womb is to you – it’s the end of something.

‘That is an end of the certain time in your life. I had some mad moments, like I need to have another baby.

‘My hair didn’t feel as lustrous and shiny, I didn’t feel as energised and I did feel sorry for Mark because I was having terrible mood swings.

‘You feel like you’re going mad because you have irrational rage.

‘Sexually you change because you are not looking to have a baby. You don’t want to have sex for a while but it does come back. ‘It’s totally physical.

‘He is the most cherishing, loving, kind man.

‘I always say to my girls, when you’re looking, if you decide you want to be with a man, make sure he’s kind.’

To have a good love life, you have to have good energy levels – otherwise you are too tired