How To Avoid Toilet Breaks and Enjoy Your Favorite Jogging Route
ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE ROUTE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR URGE TO GO
You’re in the middle of your favorite walking or jogging route and suddenly have a strong urge to go. Not long ago, you were able to finish the entire route without needing to use the bathroom. What should you do now?
There’s always the option of finding a new route with bathroom access. But if you don’t want to give up your current routine—maybe it’s the closest path to your home or has beautiful scenery—you need to figure out how to go longer between bathroom breaks. Here are a few tips that might help.
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1. Drink Less Before Your Jog
You don’t want to be dehydrated while exercising, but you also don’t need to fill your bladder to over full. For two hours before you plan to head out, take small sips of water rather than drinking a lot at once. You may want to avoid caffeine before your jog or walk, which is easiest to do if you exercise in the morning. Caffeine can make you need to pee more often and make it harder to ignore the urge.
2. Take Bladder Control Supplements
There are various natural herbs that support bladder health. When your bladder is in good shape, you won’t need to pee as often and you won’t experience a sudden and uncontrollable urge to go.
BetterWOMAN and BetterMAN are the only clinically tested bladder supplements proven to reduce problematic symptoms like frequent urination, leaks, and urinary urgency. Try these bladder control supplements for two months and note any improvements to see if they help you complete your walking route without interruption.
3. Practice Bladder Training
Frequent urination has many causes. (1) You may need to go more often because of excess pressure caused by pregnancy or weight gain or due to hormonal changes that occur during menopause.
For many adults, a small problem can quickly escalate. You might use the bathroom even when you don’t need to go in order to avoid an accident or discomfort in the future. Unfortunately, this preemptive voiding can alter your bladder’s signaling and cause an urge to pee even when your bladder isn’t full.
Bladder training can help reverse this cycle, slowly increasing the length of time you can wait between bathroom trips. (2) With bladder training, you first measure how long you wait, on average, between relieving your bladder. Next, add fifteen minutes to that time and be sure to wait at least that long before you go again.
Every week, add another five or ten minutes to that time. Over a month or two, you may find yourself able to wait an additional hour or more before you need to go. That may be just the amount of time you need to enjoy a leisurely walk or jogging session.
Closing Thoughts
You don’t want to start limiting your enjoyment of life because of your bladder. Changing your walking route might not seem like a huge deal, but it can be the start of bigger lifestyle changes. An overactive bladder can result in not taking your dream vacation and never getting a good night’s sleep.
Fortunately, there are many ways to improve your bladder function and regain your quality of life. Bladder health supplements, bladder training, and changes in when and what you drink can help you lead a life without your bladder at the forefront.
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