Kegels aren't the be-all, end-all...

http://mamasweat.blogspot.com/2010/05/pelvic-floor-party-kegels-are-not.html

I've been lied to my whole life??!! :sad:

good thing I squat regularly.

Can't look at the link at work, but I'm also told they help you hold off orgasm longer. Certainly the case for men (I can testify from personal experience) which can be a very good thing.

i am one of two at my box that this happens to. I practically scream when I shower after the WOD. I have tried a towel, powder, nothing works. I was told I tend to "rock' when I do ab mat sit ups. I cant seem to correct it. So, for now I suffer through it.

Since we're well into TMI-land, I'd like to ask if you apply as much diligence to your Kegel training as you do to your lifting/strength training. Like, do you "hold" the Kegel for a set amount of time, release, repeat; or is it more a rapid pace? I wet the bed at a young age until I was no longer that young of an age, and Kegels were one of the things I had to learn to do to get better about it. They actually had a routine like -- hold the Kegel for about 10-15 seconds, release and rest about 10-15 seconds, repeat for 10 sets.

elite athlete training tip from me:
use a menstrual cup if your kegel muscles are weak!
That will help allot, but you still have to work them.

If you queef allot, you are in the need to BREAK that habit and focus on lower abs sucking in and up, NOT vag muscles, to support the pelvic girdle. loose vag muscles are a sign of future ab and lower back woes. Try to find a good yoga class that will teach you how to lift your ab wall AND kegel in your postures. Be sure that your GYN checks for a hernia at the next visit! That may be a hernia and can be sewn up (kinda like a micro tummy tuck internally).

happy training!

- coach teresa

If you queef allot, you are in the need to BREAK that habit and focus on lower abs sucking in and up, NOT vag muscles, to support the pelvic girdle. loose vag muscles are a sign of future ab and lower back woes. Try to find a good yoga class that will teach you how to lift your ab wall AND kegel in your postures. Be sure that your GYN checks for a hernia at the next visit! That may be a hernia and can be sewn up (kinda like a micro tummy tuck internally).

happy training!

- coach teresa

And what exactly qualifies as a lot as it only happens occasionally when my body is inverted and I am kipping into a handstand pushup, but no other time?

less back and forth movement when you are doing the sit up helps - so make sure you keep your legs bent in tight to your butt during the sit up. You'll also notice by doing this you can speed up your sit up.