Female bodybuilders peeing

In fact, a market for leak-prevention products has, er, sprung up as of late. Apparently hipsters pee their pants, too. First of all, you may hear the issue referred to as light bladder leakage LBL. The unsurprising common denominator? The activity most likely to provoke leakage was jumping. So what can women do, other than swear off jumping jacks?

Rob Callahan lives in Minneapolis, where he covers style, culture and the arts for Vita. There are a number of underlying conditions associated with frequent urination. You may not notice a mild increase in the urgency or frequency of urination during your daily routine, but exercise-related factors such as exertion or a temporary metabolic boost associated with working out can exacerbate an underlying condition. In other cases, you may find that your heightened need to urinate may not be aggravated by exercise. Rather, it may occur solely after exercising, leaving you unaffected at other times.

Jill Corleone is a registered dietitian with more than 20 years of experience. Jody Braverman is a professional writer and editor based in Atlanta, GA. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Maryland, and she is a certified personal trainer, fitness nutrition specialist, and yoga teacher.

I thought that I outgrew an uncontrollable bladder at age five but, unfortunately, in recent years I've found that I have not. It wouldn't happen on every ordinary practice run—only on the ones when I exerted my most intense physical effort. But that was often enough to freak me out.