When we said never measured, never improved we meant it. Sexperiments are designed to help you find what does (and doesn't) influence your orgasms and arousal. Every month, Lioness users will come together to try and see if their orgasms data changes based on specific techniques, tools, and lifestyle changes.
In other words, we're inviting you to take part in spicy science projects for adults.
We’ve learned a lot since our debut into the sex toy scene, and a lot of that learning has come from how people have used Lioness on their own journeys to better orgasms.
If you’re not sure where to start with your Lioness, look no further than this master list of over 25 ways to explore your pleasure and orgasm data.
What Makes Lioness Different
Sexual Health Research with Orgasm Data
Pleasure Enhancement Techniques and Methods
Understanding How Stimulants Affect Your Orgasm
Combining Lioness with Other Sex Toys
Creating Art from Your Pleasure Data
Exploring Anal Play with Data Tracking
The Lioness Smart Vibrator is the next generation of vibrators. Using advanced sensors to monitor your pelvic floor contraction, Lioness brings the sex lab right to your bedroom toshow you what your body is doing. (With or without orgasm!)
So whether you're curious about your sexual health, want to enhance intimacy with a partner, or simply love exploring new ways to experience pleasure, the Lioness vibrator offers endless possibilities for discovery. With regular app updates and a growing community of users sharing their experiences, there's always something new to learn about your body.
Example of an orgasm before and after a concussion.
Graph is force from pelvic floor contractions (vaginally or anally) over time.
Read more about their experience here.
Understanding your body's responses during sexual stimulation is a privilege only Lioness can provide. In fact, users have taken their orgasm data to new heights by discovering important patterns and changes in their sexual response under the influence of certain medical conditions.
Concussion and Brain Injury Impact:How head injuries can affect orgasm intensity and pelvic floor function
Hormonal Changes and Orgasm Patterns:Tracking how menstrual cycles, menopause, and hormonal treatments influence sexual response
Stress and Sexual Wellness Correlation:Using orgasm data to understand the connection between stress levels and sexual satisfaction
Lisa’s three “dips” while practicing the edging technique — the moments right before orgasm. She uses this visualization to understand what she's feeling in the moments before edging to have better control and maximize her pleasure.
Learning different techniques and tracking your body's response can significantly improve your sexual experience. The Lioness app doesn’t just allow you to visualize what works best for your unique physiology, it guides you through various Sexperiments to give you proof of what does and doesn’t work.
Edging and Orgasm Control: Master the art of bringing yourself to the brink and backing off for more intense climaxes
Breathing Techniques for Better Orgasms:How proper breathing can enhance pelvic floor function and orgasm intensity
Couples Play with Real-Time Data: Using Lioness as a couples sex toy to better understand each other's pleasure patterns
Effects of using cannabis lube, explored with Lioness.
CBD, Alcohol, THC and more are no stranger to the bedroom these days but figuring out if they help or hinder sexual pleasure can be difficult. Unless you have a Lioness! Users all over the world are getting concrete proof about what substances do and do not improve their orgasms.
Alcohol: Our Lioness users tested how orgasms and pleasure would change after one alcoholic drink.
Caffeine: The internet rumor that says caffeine makes orgasms 50% stronger- and the Lioness users put it to the test.
CBD: Should CBD pre-lubes, suppositories, and flower have their rightful place on the night stand? Lioness users got down and dirty with cannabidiol to find out.
Comparing suction and vibration clitoral stimulation.
Why one when you can do two? Enhance your experience by combining the Lioness Smart Vibrator with other pleasure products, just like our team and other users have!
Creating "orgasm art" through data visualization — the circle is the pelvic floor patterns (force), the moving circles are the amount of motion from moving the vibrator, and the speckles in the background is the amount of vibration used.
Comparing similarities/differences between vaginal and anal contractions during orgasm.
If you don’t have a vagina, or if you’re just into butt stuff, the Lioness can safely be used for anal stimulation, providing valuable data about different types of sexual response and helping users understand the similarities and differences between various forms of stimulation.
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Lioness is the first and only vibrator that helps you improve your orgasms.
The world’s most advanced rabbit-style vibrator. Precision sensors let you literally see your arousal and orgasm. Experiment, understand yourself, and have better orgasms—after all, as the saying goes, “never measured, never improved.”
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You know how a good stretch can make a workout feel way better? Turns out the same might be true for your clit.
This month in Lioness Lab, we wanted to answer a simple but juicy question:
What happens when you warm up the clitoris before using your Lioness?
We’re talking gentle touch, massage, maybe a little teasing for about 10 minutes. Nothing fancy, just a few extra minutes of focused attention before diving into your usual session to bring as much blood flow as possible into the clitoris.
Turns out a good chunk of us are already warming up the clit before diving into solo play. Nearlyhalf (49%) of you said you do itoften, while37% saidsometimes. Only14% saidnever...but we hope this post inspires you to give it a go.
The people have spoken: 88% of you believe a little clitoris massage makes orgasms better. And the other 12%? You’re on the fence. Interestingly,zero percent thought it would make orgasms worse. TL;DR: Warm-up is low risk, high reward.
Here’s what the data shows when comparing sessions with and without clitoral warm-up. People who warmed up:
Reached orgasm a little faster
Had longer, more intentional sessions overall
Experienced shorter orgasms but still rated them more satisfying
Sometimes less time on the orgasm means more time enjoying the whole experience.
This visual shows the difference in vaginal squeeze strength during orgasm. With warm-up:
The minimum strength was higher, meaning orgasms were more consistent and didn’t fizzle out
The max strength held steady, keeping things intense without being overwhelming
Think of it like better rhythm and endurance, rather than just chasing peak intensity.
| Metric | Baseline | Warm-Up | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Orgasm Count | 1.12 | 1.44 | +28% |
| Multiple Orgasm % | 12.4% | 20.3% | +63% |
| Time to Orgasm | 4:02 | 3:41 | −8.6% |
| Orgasm Length | 0:46 | 0:23 | −50% |
| Avg Orgasm Strength | 49.18 | 51.10 | +3.9% |
| Session Length | 7:50 | 9:31 | +21.5% |
| Avg Rating | 3.40 | 4.02 | +18.1% |
More Orgasms, More Often
Warm-ups led to significantly more orgasms per session and a higher chance of multiple orgasms. Yes, please.
Faster Turn-On
Despite longer sessions overall, folks got to orgasm faster when they warmed up. A little patience pays off.
Shorter, Stronger Orgasms
Interestingly, orgasm duration was shorter during warm-ups but strength and consistency improved, especially the minimum strength (which tells us it wasn’t a one-second blip and done).
Sessions Felt Better
The average user rating jumped from a 3.4 to a 4.0+ which means people just enjoyed it more.
If you’re looking to boost orgasm quality, increase your chances of multiple orgasms, or just want to enjoy a more satisfying session, yes, a warm-up is worth it.
It doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some quick ideas to get you started:
Light fingertip touch around the clitoral hood
Pulsing massage with your fingers around the vulva and clitoris
Even teasing yourself with the idea of not touching yet
Warm-up is less about technique and more about building anticipation, increasing blood flow, and tuning into your body. Think of it as foreplay for yourself.
The best part? You don’t have to take our word for it. Get a Lioness Vibrator today and try a few warm-up sessions and see what happens.
Since the dawn of time (or at least it feels that way), the female orgasm has been depicted as an elusive, unpredictable force. Some people even genuinely believe it doesn't exist at all. And we're not talking about clitoral, vaginal, nipple orgasms or anything specific like that. Just the simple act of having an orgasm by any means.
But the truth of the matter is, the female orgasm is very real and very magical. If the physiological factors don't make that clear (that is, the heavy breathing, dilated pupils, and increased heart rate), then the pelvic floor contractions certainly do.
That's right: an orgasm is more than just a rush of feel goods and shallow breathing. It's a unique rhythmic, involuntary contraction of the pelvic floor. In fact, the Big O for women happens in three distinct patterns — and the Lioness Smart Vibratorcan show you which one you have.
So who cares if your fingerprint has ridges or whorls. I want to know if your orgasmlooks like an avalanche, a volcano, or an ocean wave.
Back in 1982, a study was conducted to take a look at pelvic floor contractions (aka orgasm) in eleven women, and what they found were three distinct "patterns": Type I, Type II, and Type IV (because apparently Type III has only been found in cishet men). For decades, these patterns went undernoticed, under-researched, and really only talked about by sex nerds like us.
That all changed in 2023, though, when our favorite DPT, Dee Hartmann joined Jim Pfaus, PhD for a research study that took things a little further.
The researchers recruited 54 women to use the Lioness Vibrator 2.0 and asked them to do one thing: masturbate to orgasm while the smart vibrator recorded their pelvic floor muscle contractions.
The results were twofold. First, the Lioness and its ability to capture orgasm datathrough muscle contractions were validated. Gone are the days of needing a lab to tell you what your pelvic floor is doing it — you can use a super sleek, super smart vibrator in the comfort of your home instead! Second to that (and perhaps even more exciting), this study also validated the three patterns that we've identified as the predominant orgasm patterns through our data. We're not talking cute little names for patterns in a graph — we're talking groundbreaking, scientifically proven biological contractions that visualize the unseen effort of your body during climax. No other device can do what ours can — and no other body does exactly what yours does.
So now that we know they're real, let's get into what an orgasm might look like: an ocean wave, an avalanche, or a volcano.
If you've got visions of Meg Ryan at a dinner table in your head, get them out. We're going to answer the question "what does an orgasm look like" in a way you've never seen before. No eyes rolling back, no open mouth moaning, and no shaking legs.
We're talking pelvic floor contractions and what an orgasm actually looks like. Here's what we've seen with our own two eyes and research:
The "Ocean Wave" involves rhythmic squeezing and relaxing of the pelvic floor (and averages 23 seconds long).
As a building sensation begins, these contractions start fast and slowly tapers off, often looking like a sine wave graph. The pelvic floor contracts and releases multiple times, though the number of times can vary from person to person and from orgasm to orgasm.
Fun Fact: If you're someone who feels your orgasm in rolling waves of pleasure, congratulations—you're part of the majority. This is the most common orgasm pattern we've seen, and that prevalence was reflected in Hartmann's study with 24 of 54 participants having this pattern.
The "Avalanche" maintains higher pelvic floor tension throughout stimulation, then releases in cascading contractions that decrease over time. It is similar to the Ocean Wave in that it's also a series of rhythmic pelvic floor movements lasting 20 seconds on average. Unlike the Ocean Wave, however, avalanche orgasms start from a high point and gradually relax over time with a decreasing force.
The "Volcano" pattern—the rarest pattern to occur— shows lower baseline pelvic floor tension that suddenly explodes into intense contractions. Think sudden eruption rather than gradual build. Unlike its ocean wave and avalanche counterparts, the volcano orgasm is one, extended pelvic floor movement. (And in case you're wondering, these ones last an average of 18 seconds long.)
Understanding whether you're a wave, volcano, or avalanche isn't just cute biofeedback trivia — it's science-backed sexual health. It's also the first step in defining the roadmap to your version of empowered and improved sexual satisfaction.
You don't live in a world where female sexuality and orgasm are up for debate anymore. You live in a world where there's cold hard proof that your orgasm is a force of nature, waiting to be explored. Will you heed its call?
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Your sexual fingerprint is waiting on the other side of a few masturbation sessions.
Grab your Lioness Smart Vibrator and claim your title as Smartest Women in the Bedroom.
Because when it comes to orgasms, a little experimenting can go a long, strong, orgasmic way.
“Yeah, but have YOU tried the anal data thing?” My friend called me out a few weeks ago in front of our friends during dinner. “No, not yet…” I guiltily said.
Until. today. That’s right, I’m writing a whole post about showing you my anal orgasm data in response to your sassy question, Charles. And even better, I’m going to show you what the anal orgasm data looks like compared to my vaginal orgasm data from the same session.
Let me explain.
Bohlen, Held, Sanderson, Ahlgren, 1982
At Lioness, we are all about exploring our bodies through the biofeedback graphs to learn how our orgasms and pleasure change from things like weed lube, concussions, alcohol and more. We always theoretically knew from a study done in the 80’s that anal muscles contract in a similar fashion to the pelvic floor and vaginal muscles during an orgasm, but my friend Charles was right…we should be practicing what we preach! So, I got two Lioness vibrators, thick water-based lube, and went to double penetration town and lived to tell the story.
I would say this looks very much like my typical masturbation session when I don’t use weed lubeor any other orgasm altering factors. My vaginal muscles tend to jump around throughout the session until the actual orgasm. The orgasm itself almost looks like a sinusoidal wave or what we at Lioness call an “Ocean Wave type,” where a rhythmic squeeze and release happens with my vaginal muscles.
Super similar, right?! Although, I should have expected it, like the study had already mentioned. It was really cool to see my own data line up with the study done over 30 years ago.
I’ll show you the best part, the two graphs put together.
The whole masturbation session.
Just the orgasm portion zoomed in.
Ta-da! As you can see, they’re almost identical to each other during the same session except for two distinct differences:
I shared my data with Dee Hartmann, PT, DPT, who focuses on women's sexual health, and she explained that, “the sphincters of the urethra and anus are considered a part of the deep pelvic floor muscle (PFMs) complex. The anal sphincter is made up of 2 parts: the external anal sphincter is voluntary or striated muscle that we can actively contract and relax whereas the internal anal sphincter is involuntary or smooth muscle which is not under volitional control. Similarly, the urinary sphincter has the 2 parts, one that is under voluntary control (what we commonly think of as the PFMs in general, which are striated muscles), and those of the urinary sphincter (which are smooth muscle).”
The more you know!
If you want to do your own fun masturbation self-experimentation, make your own data graphs, and improve your orgasms, you can get your smart Lioness vibratorhere!
As the old saying goes…never measured, never improved. 😉
