Max out your pleasure: whether it's a five-minute fling or an all night bonanza, great sex is about packing in the passion. Here's how to do it no matter what your play time. (Sex Smarts).

* Fast and furious, long and leisurely, a seductively steady pace ... when yon exploit every sizzling second, you can create knee-quaking, bed-shaking (if there's even a bed involved) pleasure for both of you, Read on for game plans for three different types of passion action.

the five-minute quickie

This wham-bam whirlwind can create mucho thrills. "Having such a limited time flame maximizes intensity," says Aline Zoldbrod, Ph.D., author of Sex Talk. There's not a moment to spare for slow stripteases, so just get naked. Ask him to stroke your breasts, then slowly make his way south. But before he reaches the pleasure target, have him gently press the area two inches below your belly button. "Pressure there increases blood flow, and therefore sensation, in the whole region," says Lisa Sussman, author of Quickie Sex.

Then, while he's manually driving you to distraction, wrap you hand around him and stroke up and down. When the two of you can barely stand it any longer, try this sex position that will get you both there fast: Climb on top, and repeatedly lower yourself just an inch or two before rising back up. "Shallow thrusts electrify the ultrasensitive nerve endings near the opening of the vagina and the till of his penis," explains Sussman.

the 30-minute steady seduction

This half hour exploit is hot because there's the excitement of limited minutes, yet enough time for some passion-piquing foreplay explains Howard Devore, Ph.D., a sex therapist in San Francisco. Start with presex play that's full-body, like stroking his thighs while he kisses your breasts.

Then, skim your palm across his twins, says ...