Stop Doing Kegels (seriously)

[glamgal]

Originally Posted by Pam

I would like to see and maybe order her other DVDs as well. I was able to requested through interlibrary loan 5 of her DVDs that relate to issues I would like to deal with .

Found these video samples on Katy Bowen's website. Not sure if they are clips of her dvd(s), but thought they might be of interest on this thread.

http://www.alignedandwell.com/index....2107&Itemid=92

[DirtDiva]

I'm not fond of kegals either.

When I first started jumping on my rebounder this summer with abandoned joy, I felt the pressure to run to the bathroom after five minutes, like clockwork. Now I don't, in fact I nearly bonked my head on the ceiling the other day and I still don't get the urge. I have a happy suspicion the rebounder is better then kegals too.

[SharonNYC]

There have been some good threads lately addressing Katy's method (and blog). Here's one of them, along with a link to the discussion re: kegels between Katy and the KegelQueen:

http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=168231

[momof10]

Well, I never do kegels and I have given birth to 10 children and have never suffered from incontinence, ever, not even while a was pregnant. I can do 200 jumping jacks while sneezing and I have no leakage. I always attributed it to having such a strong pelvic floor. Now, I know that is why for sure. I am a squat queen, so there you have it. That article is so true for me. People would always ask me how I could do all those jumping jacks after having all those babies. I didn't get it back then, but over the years I have talked to many women with that problem. So everyone, keep squatting!!!!

Cheryl

[psnave]

Wow...that's a pretty good testimonial for squats!

Originally Posted by momof10

Well, I never do kegels and I have given birth to 10 children and have never suffered from incontinence, ever, not even while a was pregnant. I can do 200 jumping jacks while sneezing and I have no leakage. I always attributed it to having such a strong pelvic floor. Now, I know that is why for sure. I am a squat queen, so there you have it. That article is so true for me. People would always ask me how I could do all those jumping jacks after having all those babies. I didn't get it back then, but over the years I have talked to many women with that problem. So everyone, keep squatting!!!!

Cheryl

[Castella]

I've never had any children, and I'm a pee-er And I do squats, have been doing them for about 10 years now.

I have a desk job and I am convinced that my chair is slowly eroding my glutes. I do exercises just for the glutes in addition to squats and lunges. Maybe I need to haul out the step again, because that always punched things up for me.

Kegels never helped. Does having a tipped uterus factor into any of this (yes, I am anatomically ignorant)?

[desderata]

I don't know -- never had peeing issues during or after any of my three pregnancies, but I do like squats and I do kegels regularly. There are other benefits to doing kegels regularly and keeping all those muscles strong, ahem.

[momof10]

Originally Posted by Castella

I've never had any children, and I'm a pee-er And I do squats, have been doing them for about 10 years now.

I have a desk job and I am convinced that my chair is slowly eroding my glutes. I do exercises just for the glutes in addition to squats and lunges. Maybe I need to haul out the step again, because that always punched things up for me.

Kegels never helped. Does having a tipped uterus factor into any of this (yes, I am anatomically ignorant)?

I think heredity can play a role in this problem, too. I don't know. I have had a tipped uterus since baby #1. Googling it can give you some information about the causes and how to prevent it.

[momof10]

Originally Posted by desderata

I don't know -- never had peeing issues during or after any of my three pregnancies, but I do like squats and I do kegels regularly. There are other benefits to doing kegels regularly and keeping all those muscles strong, ahem.

LOL!!! How true that is, the added benefits!!!

Cheryl

[michl43]

That's truly an enlightening article. I'm going to try to squats every day now.