Giver and Receiver Exercise to Have Better Sex Giver and Receiver exercise is a simple yet powerful body touch activity that helps you understand more about your sexual desire, your sexual pleasure and that of your partner. A total win-win. You can use the giver and receiver exercise to practice how you want to be touched and how should you touch your partner. Because you are asked to direct your partner almost continuously, you can learn to overcome your reluctance to ask for things and to be specific in your requests. In sex, having the ability to speak up and being specific is a must have quality to have satisfying sexual experience on both sides.