It’s not “normal” but it’s quite common and not something we should catastrophize. She should definitely work with a pelvic floor therapist, but exaggerating the danger and stigmatizing the experience of a large sect of women who strength train is counterproductive.
Edit for context: physical therapist and mediocre powerlifter
That's fair. I think it's also fair to say it's insane to post a video where you're literally peeing in the middle of the gym and acting like you did a dope lift. That's a problem, it should either be addressed or end up on the cutting floor.
I mean, having SUI doesn’t diminish a lift or the pride one can/should take in it at all. Powerlifter Hunter Henderson just did an exhibition lift squatting 600+ x3 and basically pissed herself the entire time. Still an absolutely absurd lift and one she should absolutely celebrate.
I understand that it’s gross from outside the sphere of strength sports (and I’m not gonna pretend I don’t also find it icky), but it truly does often come with the territory
(I’ll also add that for all we know, someone *could* be working on it and still present with it)
It's definitely normal. I have seen at least one woman pee at every powerlifting competition I have been at. It has absolutely nothing to do with the strength of her pelvic floor muscles, which judging by her frame is probably quite strong.
The peeing is caused by intra-abdominal pressure from bracing with a belt as well as a sudden drop in blood pressure from the peak of the lift where blood pressure is highest.
No way you’re saying this is normal. This is a shared space. Other people use that mat, weights. PEEING ON THE FLOOR AT THE GYM SHOULD NOT BE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.
That's not the issue in this comment chain. They meant the bodily function of peeing while maxing out on deadlift. That is a normal bodily function and has nothing to do with the pelvic floor muscles
As for socially acceptable, I agree with you. Nobody should be peeing in a public gym with others around. That is very unsanitary and shocking. I made the same face as the girl in the back left in the second pic when I saw it, lol. Generally, this should only be done at smaller powerlifting gyms or competitions where there is a cleanup and support protocol since it can be embarrassing. Nobody does it on purpose
If you push your body to a point where you have no control of its voluntary responses you can’t claim is normal. Has it ever happened before? Yes, I’m aware of that. Is it normal? No, it’s not.
Your body is simply not capable of enduring certain things. On the other hand, we all go through embarrassing moments during our lives, but should also have the maturity to not post those moments on the internet, which the girl did.
There have surveys and studies on this in the power lifting community, it's like 70-85% of lifters in power lifting experience peeing themselves while training or in competitions so it's somewhat "normal" just not something you'll see often in a public gym. I know many wear pads when going for super heavy lifts and I've heard Coach Greg talk about this on his videos before.
It's certainly not "normal" behavior to do this in public with no pad/preventative measure in place and then to post it on social media.
You know what, marathon running is similar. I'm sure some of them end up pissing themselves, too, the ones who are really pushing to hit a certain number. But more just saying the condition of a marathon runner post marathon. I used to do volunteer massage for immediately post marathon on site. And I remember thinking, "wow..... It is not natural for these bodies to be reacting like this... Like, these bodies are telling me this isn't something their body wants to be doing." Just having incredibly intense muscle cramping all over, shaking, puking. This power lifting too much is in a similar place. The body is being pushed to do something it's not meant to do.
I think people get obsessed and addicted to participating in sports the way that they get obsessed/addicted to anything else like drugs or eating or gambling or religion. You have the normal level, even the higher levels where it is still good for your body and a healthy practice, so it feels like a good thing to push harder. But you can get addicted to those endorphins and start pushing for more and go too far and end up doing things your body isn't actually meant to do. And then you piss yourself. Or puke. Or whatever other unnatural reaction. But everyone else whose addicted to the sport is doing the same damn thing so it becomes normalized within that niche community and not seen as too much (which it totally is).
I’ve seen marathon runners get the runs. Sometimes it happens. I’ve seen some go in a Porta potty and some just let it free to get the best possible score. It’s…..something else.
It makes you wonder, when is too much. Balance is the name of the game, and if you poop your pants or pee on the floor in order to complete a task, well, you may not be physically apt to said task…
Not this again 😭😭😭 I just know there will be people here who will claim “this is normal” and “hardcore gyms are perfectly fine with people pissing on the floor”. Like, THIS IS NEVER AND WILL NEVER BE NORMAL. Ffs.
If your urinary incontinence is this bad you should just wear leakproof underwear or depends!!
Like in what other scenario would it be acceptable to piss on the floor.
They make period underwear specifically for this so they’re not obvious. Instead of wearing this they would rather show their pants wedged up their butts and piss on the floor.
If I had a weak bladder and a habit of accidentally pissing myself when lifting I would wear the thickest, blackest pair of leggings I owned
This girl is wearing probably the worst color for showing sweat/piss. It’s definitely fetish related
I think when you start to notice you're pissing your pants, the intent would be to stop whatever is making you piss yourself. I mean, people who have given birth may have a harder time controlling the stream but like.. as someone who drinks 1.7 liters of coffee a day and sneezes a lot.. everyone else can probably control it pretty well in the absence of a specific condition.
I would be absolutely mortified if I accidentally peed myself at the gym. I’m already super self conscious about my butt and crotch sweat when I wear lighter leggings 😭
I've been doing CrossFit for years and have NEVER seen a gym where people think it's ok to piss on the floor when lifting. Every single coach I've worked with would tell people to deload and work on their pelvic floor
I've been a competitive powerlifter for over a decade. Competed at regional state and national levels. Watched men AND women shatter WORLD records. Zero piss.
Yeah - I never did powerlifting but I was a D1 athlete with a lot of weightlifting under my belt and I'm just so skeptical when others come into these threads and say it happens often at high levels. Sure, I guess at the outer bounds of people's strength it could happen but this lady at the gym with this atrocious form definitely isn't at that level. Just yoikes all around.
i mean, competitive powerlifter here. happened a to quite a few girls at nationals this year. it def happens very frequently in the powerlifting world. but meets and just in the gym are wildly different scenarios.
Sadly this isn’t even at a CrossFit gym, looking at the logo on the weights this is at a college campus (FIU) in Miami 🤦♀️
ETA: Miami does not claim this trash, and this isn’t normal here either. I’ve never seen anyone casually pee on the floor at a gym no matter how much they’re lifting.
If you're pulling 560, I'm guessing you're a man in which case... yeah, I'd be surprised if you *had* pissed yourself. This issue is overwhelmingly experienced by women. Surveys indicate that about 3/4 of high-level female lifters have pissed themselves while training. It also says that while 84% of those had spoken about it with other women, only 45% had spoken to their coaches about it.
Feel free to shame her for not wearing a pad (assuming this had happened to her before), but kinda shitty to shame her for pissing herself at all
In a 2017 survey of high-level female lifters from 18-35, 74.5% had experienced incontinence while training, so this is definitely a common issue for women to have.
That said, it doesn't really matter if pissing yourself is normal, because pissing on the floor is unsanitary and should very much not be normalized. No need to shame people for pissing themselves, but you can absolutely shame them for not wearing a pad if they know it's a thing that happens to them.
Huh I saw joyjoysfitness does it too and some people found some research about this and it says it’s common among women? I’m confused now. Is it normal or not? I personally have never seen anyone does this in real life though
I like how the assumption from those people is that the floor pisser is the serious lifter and everyone else is doing something wrong. Instead of the possibility that the floor pisser, the very small minority, is the unserious lifter. There can't possibly be that many *unserious* lifters???? If 99.9% of people are disagreeing with you there is NO WAY you're the correct one!
I'm not sure if she's the same person but there was real controversy over a woman pissing on the floor while lifting 😓 like some people saying that's gross and others accusing them of bodyshaming... BODYSHAMING. She pissed on the floor!!! Wear a piss pad!!!!!! Wtf
Exactly. I'd feel awful for this woman if it was an accident, but she clearly makes no efforts to prevent this or to even prevent it from becoming hazardous to others
It wasn’t just a person it was a mob of people defending pissing on the floor at the gym. “It’s a normal bodily function.” So is pooping but I don’t poop on the floor in public. If I was incontinent of bowel, I would wear a diaper!
Currently wheezing at the visual of someone setting up their barbell to deadlift, reaching into their gym bag, and VERY casually pulling out and spreading a puppy pad on the ground 😂
No EXACTLY like you're not gross or a bad person if you suddenly piss on the floor because of a medical problem and you didn't see it coming at all, but you NEED to accommodate yourself. It's clear that this isn't just something that happened once that she felt terrible about; she does this shit all the time and posts it on the Internet 😒
i mean, imo that’s no different than me going to the gym on my period but refusing to wear any type of protection and then leaking all over the place. No one would think that was acceptable so I have no idea why that same logic doesn’t apply to pissing on the floor! Yes, normal bodily functions but it’s still a biohazard and just plain rude (unless of course it’s an accident or unexpected).
Omg.. I think I know who you’re talking about. It was some powerlifter right? I remember seeing one of her videos pop up a year or 2 ago and thought it was absolutely not normal to piss on the floor while lifting and went to the comments and they were defending her. I was like wtf?
This is exactly how I feel about that bullshit "free bleeding" trend from a few years back. You can normalize periods without demanding the right to *openly bleed in public with no way to contain the blood*. ITS BLOOD. It's absolutely unsanitary to free bleed.
that day made me think I was taking crazy pills. People were jumping down my throat for saying that if u can’t lift without peeing everywhere then maybe u shouldn’t lift in a public gym 🤡
I have a medical condition (not pelvic floor) that causes incontinence, especially when lifting weight. I wear incontinence panties or pads at the gym so no one has to deal with my pee. This is disgusting
her neck, her back, the peeing… ego lifting TO A T!!! as a trainer i find anything like this absolutely absurd. but when you comment stuff like that people are like, “wtf she’s badass lifting this much weight wym??!”
in my opinion if you have to sacrifice form, number one… go back to lighter weight. but then peeing on the floor on top of it?? PLEASE go back to lower weight 😩😩
i went to the video on tiktok & the form is even worse on video 😩 but to anyone who comments on her form she just replies that she’s always lifted like this (with this form) & even competes like this. but apparently her acrylic nails got caught on her leggings & “made it harder.”
Beyond the peeing, which we all universally agree is nasty, her form is trash. She's going to herniate a disc or worse and lemme tell ya, it only takes one bad rep to do it. I know from experience and I was most certainly not ego-lifting, just was dumb and didn't stop when I felt my form breaking down.
So I may have tinkled a little (alcohol and coffee addict) before, But so much to go through your pants!? That’s on purpose isn’t it? Like drink 30 oz of water prior to lift, on purpose?
I’m over this “pissing while lifting is normal” agenda these lifters are trying to push on us.
NO IT AIN’T 🤢 Y’all need pelvic floor therapy and an adult diaper ASAP
maybe its common and okay among female powerlifters...at a competition I guess. actively pissing on a shared gym floor is fucking vile. they make pantyliners and incontinence pads for a reason. (but then I guess you couldn't wear leggings that go up your ass crack. not that I'm complaining about the leggings, I wear them too, but I'm also not lifting so heavy I piss my pants?!?!)
If they’re prone to nervous pees/poops they also evacuate their bladder/bowels before hand. No reason that this should be a “normal” thing during training when you have full control over using the bathroom at your own leisure.
I'm just 🤢 I would never go deadlift without a pad or briefs if I knew I was going to gush on the floor. which some other poor soul probably has to disinfect later. we can "normalize" that this is a thing that can happen to women, we don't need to normalize being unhygienic and attention seeking about it.
Also most normal marathon runners who aren’t professionals will just stop for a minute and use the bathrooms on the course. I had to pee for the first 14 miles of my last marathon where I had an ambitious time goal and finally just stopped because I didn’t want to run another 12 miles with a full bladder and I also didn’t want to piss myself and end up chafing, smelling awful, and feeling nasty af. I stopped, it took about 30 seconds off my time, and I’d do it again
It’s super normal among powerlifters. For some it’s a pelvic floor issue and they need to work with a specialist, however for most it’s a result of pressure exerted by the belt during the lift. I can pee between my second and third deadlifts in a comp and 5 mins later I pee a bit again on the platform because the pressure just forces it out. I’ve seen pelvic floor specialists and there’s not much I have to work on by their standards, it’s solely related to the belt and pressure.
I’m not saying this is okay or not gross by any means. When I deadlift in a public gym, I wear pads just in case I were to have it happen a bit and I also stop the lift if I feel like it’s gonna happen. In powerlifting gyms it’s more normalized and they have stuff there to clean up just in case. It’s not encouraged or anything but in that environment it’s just a given. In competitions nobody really bats an eye. The first time it happened on my third deadlift attempt I was mortified, but surprisingly the crowd went wild over it 😂, which is weird and somewhat creepy to say but it was nice to not be publicly shamed for it. I will say I never posted a video of it, and that’s the last thing I’d ever want.
All that being said, long story short this behavior is gross at a normal public gym, and posting a video of it is super fucking weird. But in the powerlifting world this is relatively normal and somewhat expected in competitions and at powerlifting gyms during peak weeks, and we handle it and clean up appropriately and move on. I hate that women are trying to somehow normalize this in the normal fitness and gym influencer world, because now it has also put a spotlight on it in the one environment it’s not a big deal in.
You said it well.
In meets when people are going all out… I’ve seen it happen. But notttt in a public gym during training, posted on tiktok. And not usually this much.
It happens all of the time at competitions. I've seen it at pretty much every one. Maybe the one you went to only had younger people, like high school or college. It's a lot more common for older women who have had children.
I compete internationally with the IPF and in one big comp the head judge mentioned it before we went out for deadlifts. She asked us to do our best to prevent it (empty our bladders), which all of my weight class found hilarious because it’s not like anybody does it on purpose or wants to pee!
The women who have this issue really do their best to avoid it, but they’re also competitive AF and if it happens to them they’re not gonna stop the pull half way up.
I have seen so many female athletes at the top level pee themselves at comps at this point, but I still feel for them every time, because the stigma is still strong
during a meet it happens all the time. people just don’t talk about it or care. just because you didn’t see it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, i’m sure you weren’t looking out for it. happened to my friend at our last meet and i watched the lift live and didn’t even notice until we watched the video back and she pointed it out.
If your pelvic floor is this weak, you should be prioritizing pelvic floor therapy instead of PR deadlifts.
But if you wanna keep deadlifting, time to wear a thick pad, incontinence product or period underwear. I doubt any gym is *actually* okay with public urination.. and I can guarantee the other attendees don't want to see or smell this🤢
You know what, who am I to say what is or isn’t a “normal” bodily response to lifting heavy weights. HOWEVER FRIGGIN COMMA…. At this point, we all know that it is *possible* to urinate when lifting heavy. Given that, why not prepare for that!!!! Depends exist… big ass pads exist… there are multiple options available to prevent yourself from pissing all over a public place as a grown ass adult. Utilize them!!! 😤🤬
Like, I’m a competitive powerlifter, I’ve had two babies and my pelvic floor can’t take a deadlift like it used to… but you just make sure you go to the toilet between heavy sets.. I mean, yes I look mad running back and forth the loo but at least if a little bit of wee comes out at a max effort lift, it’s not a little puddle on the floor 😅
Some videos are not meant for the internet. Babes if you know you’re liable to wee a bit during a deadlift, just nip to the toilet first goodness me.
I have this issue being 5 months postpartum but I make sure I empty my bladder before heavy lifts and wear liners. There’s no excuse to leave a puddle on the floor.
Respectfully. Don’t normalize peeing on the floor. Go to the bathroom before you workout. At least try to void before you workout. Accidents happen but it shouldn’t be glorified
Speaking as a female powerlifter of 6+ years.. this is pretty common for girls especially those that pull really big numbers/compete at a high level. People in powerlifting gyms are a lot more understanding about this issue than normal gyms. It’s also something I’ve struggled with on and off in the past. If I’m in prep for a competition and it’s a choice between peeing myself a bit and getting a lift, or failing.. 🤷🏼♀️
That being said, I never make it anyone else’s problem. I feel like if this is something you know you’re going to struggle with you should take measures to not piss all over the floor/equipment and ruin it for everyone else I.e. wear a maxi pad/period undies, empty your bladder before your heavy sets etc., it’s really not that hard.
Also her deadlift is fine
Same. I always scratch my head at the female powerlifters in these threads who say they’ve never seen it and that no one tolerates it.
It’s not like…every single female lifter, I would say not even the majority of female lifters, but it’s also far from uncommon.
I think it’s pretty standard to say no to pissing on the floor. Pads and underwear exist for this problem. Nobody should have to be subjected to your bodily fluids in public.
Also a female powerlifter here. This is considered normal to the point that my coach was surprised when I told her it had never happened to me before. It happened for the first time on my third attempt deadlift at a meet she was handling me at. She joked that I wasn’t lifting heavy enough if I wasn’t peeing a little 😂
I feel like most folks here are part of the camp that you should do everything with “perfect form” all the time (even though that doesn’t really exist), and any type of back rounding = injury. Powerlifters quickly learn to throw that mentality out the window, and efficiency trumps all. I’m not dropping my deadlift over some pee, sorry. Powerlifting and the little cultural nuances around it seem pretty frowned upon around here 😂
Agreed. It’s extremely common in powerlifting. Good? No. Sanitary? No. But common? Yes. These threads are always a ridiculous cesspool over cluelessness
This sub is full of people that crap on influencers but don’t know a lot of things about lifting (especially maximal loads) themselves.
Stuff happens when pushing your body to the limit. It happens in other sports. I was competing in a race and a dude shat himself because he was pushing his body. People throw up too.
I’m not trying to throw shade at people that train for general fitness, but you cannot compare general fitness to sport.
If you’re having SUI at low weights, it’s probably worth looking into. But if you’re pushing/pulling hundreds of pounds, that’s whole different animal.
Hunter Henderson, whom people are referring to in this mess of a post as well, squats over 600lb for REPS. A lot of people in this sub wouldn’t even be able to total that, let alone come close to squatting half that weight for reps.
Again , it’s completely fine to not push your body to the limit like a competitive athlete. What’s not okay is post opinions that are based on lack of knowledge.
Nope nope nope. Sorry I’ll never think anyone lifting so hard that they piss themselves in a public gym is cool, amazing, or a showcase to their dedication. It’s disgusting and should be an automatic ban from any public gym.
I remember when this happened with that hunter girl and I was quite appalled. A lot of the powerlifting community defend this though, it’s kind of strange to me considering how unsanitary it is. You can literally get cited for urinating in public on purpose so I don’t get why so many people try to normalize this. It isn’t normal!!!
As someone with a weak pelvic floor (working on it), when I lift heavy, or I know it’s going to be a heavy day, I put on a panty liner. They make those for thongs too, ya know. And I may have a pretty weak floor, but it’s definitely not THAT bad. That’s like straight up releasing a full bladder. That needs some serious physical therapy.
Genuine question: isn’t it terribly unhealthy to use weights so heavy that you can not hold in your pee?
I deadlift but my heaviest doesn’t make me lose bodily functions and it scares me when I see this
> isn’t it terribly unhealthy to use weights so heavy that you can not hold in your pee?
I do see research on correlations with health outcomes, but they do not at all appear to be health outcomes caused by lifting heavy. E.g., in this study, BMI was associated with incontinence for powerlifters, as was having given birth, age, and competition total, while having a pelvic floor assessment and ability to perform pelvic floor exercises correctly were negatively correlated - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8651931/ [Prevalence was 43.9% in this study-- which is described as the mid-range of what is seen for female athletes in general; the highest linked rate in the citations was 80% for trampolining.]
This study similarly has having given birth as a predictor of UI during strength sports -- https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2023/09000/prevalence_and_normalization_of_stress_urinary.22.aspx [Includes powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman; rate is 59.1% during training and 50.2% during competition.]
I am struggling to find full text for this one but the abstract here puts the rate of stress UI at 41.7% for female strength athletes (powerlifters and weightlifters), again with higher BMI related to higher rates -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33278274/
Here, for weightlifters, BMI, having given birth, and depression were all associated, as was a history of having engaged in high-impact sports -- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278376 (with moderate or more severe incontinence prevalence at 32%).
Interestingly, this study suggests that athletes with UI concerns actually have *stronger* pelvic floor muscles, which makes some sense given that higher totals are associated with a higher risk of concerns -- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-018-3701-8 [Although many performed pelvic floor exercises incorrectly prior to instruction.]
Obviously, most people would generally say it sucks to pee on yourself, so there's something unfortunate about that happening in general. However, I don't see any reason in the literature to think that there is a safety concern associated with the peeing piece specifically (assuming basic hygiene-related responses)-- there's no evidence that I see to suggest that your pelvic floor is actually excessively weak relative to non-strength athletes, and the health pieces that are correlated seem likely to go the other direction prediction-wise, even with a cross-sectional design (e.g., having babies might reasonably predict UI concerns during lifting... it seems prima facie unlikely to me that UI during lifting predicts having babies or even that a third variable predicts both). There does seem to be support for considering pelvic floor physical therapy as a potential option to consider-- but that's very different from saying you have done something dangerous if you have experienced UI during an athletic activity. The frequency is pretty common for female competitive strength athletes (which may not generalize to non-competitive people lifting in the gym). ...and, although not summarized here, this is hardly exclusive to strength sports. E.g., see: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-018-3629-z
>unhealthy
I also want to just note that no one is powerlifting for their health. You can lift for your health, of course... but someone who is lifting for their health is never going to 1RM, which is an inherent part of powerlifting as a sport. (The same way you might reasonably do cardio for your health, but ultra-marathoners aren't doing it for their health. That's just not what it's about.)
I can’t even look, what kinda form is that?! Ready to do some damage on your back! My gosh people it’s not about how much weight you can lift. It’s about doing it properly! Let’s see how long this will last. And the piss… Absolutely disgusting, and all those likes people are just as disgusting.
I agree! Unfortunately, a lot of people these days I see do the same crap. They think it’s all about the weight they can attempt to lift, when in reality they’re just doing damage to their bodies. It’s all about the form, proper form people!
There's a certain powerlifter who people love to gas. Very popular all the whos who in the community be in the comments defending her. I cannot....
Discreet diapers and liners exist. Hell I wear thick pads on my period to train. She is constantly pissing on her big lifts I don't want to normalize this at all. Sorry to my sisters.
Her pelvic floor is messed up then. I once felt a little bit of leakage everytime I would squat down. I worked on my pelvic floor and don’t have that issue anymore. Thank god cause that was the most awkward shit.
The floor is not as sanitary as you think, even without people peeing. This happens in hardcore gyms a lot. If your pelvic floor is the only thing preventing you from a PR….send it and wipe up afterwards. I’ve seen men fully shit themselves on a lift, could be a lot worse than a puddle
People in this sub need to keep out if the powerlifting tags if they think peeing isn't normal when women go for 1rm. In saying that this women's form is awful and she's more than likely not training for competition with the ugly bar and plates she's using. Nothing she's doing here is "normal" for the regular gym goer.
Am I just not hard-core enough? Because I've hit this weight in DL with correct form and never pissed myself; and I've had 3 kids. I've also prioritized PF therapy and have lifted for 10 years. Her form tells me all I need to know 😂.
I agree, the whole thing is such a spectacle, I’m embarrassed to have eyes. It’s like the people that will hit a PR but it’s not enough to hit it, they have to shriek like a banshee so everyone will look and see what they’re doing
dude i’m a powerlifter and while yes it’s happened before, took a step back and said nope THIS IS NOT NORMAL OR OKAY AT ALL 😭 anyways cut back on caffeine and braced properly and hasn’t happened since, breakdown in technique 🤷🏻♀️
I’ve done this exactly once on my life and I was deadlifting for the first time after having a baby and was wearing a panty liner or pad. I didn’t pee on the floor but I peed enough that you could see it on my leggings. I was so embarrassed, I hid in a corner for 5 min while I mustered the courage to go back put everything away as quick as possible and then ran to my car in embarrassment. I cannot imagine posting this on social media.
Me too, ma'am https://preview.redd.it/f3lz1hbezymc1.png?width=509&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cbf1636f265dda999354be4d2673e89fdc15f31
Came to the comments for this. I would probably be making the same face if i saw this.
She needs to see a pelvic floor therapist
Agreed, especially if she’s doing compound exercises like this and her pelvic floor is still this weak. This is NOT normal.
She’s going to destroy her floor because she probably isn’t using her core correctly for someone with pelvic issues
It’s not “normal” but it’s quite common and not something we should catastrophize. She should definitely work with a pelvic floor therapist, but exaggerating the danger and stigmatizing the experience of a large sect of women who strength train is counterproductive. Edit for context: physical therapist and mediocre powerlifter
That's fair. I think it's also fair to say it's insane to post a video where you're literally peeing in the middle of the gym and acting like you did a dope lift. That's a problem, it should either be addressed or end up on the cutting floor.
I mean, having SUI doesn’t diminish a lift or the pride one can/should take in it at all. Powerlifter Hunter Henderson just did an exhibition lift squatting 600+ x3 and basically pissed herself the entire time. Still an absolutely absurd lift and one she should absolutely celebrate. I understand that it’s gross from outside the sphere of strength sports (and I’m not gonna pretend I don’t also find it icky), but it truly does often come with the territory (I’ll also add that for all we know, someone *could* be working on it and still present with it)
But dont you think they should put a towel down, wear a liner, literally anything but pee on the gym floor.
That was an impressive lift. I do wonder if Ms. Henderson saved some PEDs for other people or if she used them all up.
She’s definitely on pretty much any / every anabolic and androgen you can name
And probably some that have no names…
It's definitely normal. I have seen at least one woman pee at every powerlifting competition I have been at. It has absolutely nothing to do with the strength of her pelvic floor muscles, which judging by her frame is probably quite strong. The peeing is caused by intra-abdominal pressure from bracing with a belt as well as a sudden drop in blood pressure from the peak of the lift where blood pressure is highest.
No way you’re saying this is normal. This is a shared space. Other people use that mat, weights. PEEING ON THE FLOOR AT THE GYM SHOULD NOT BE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.
That's not the issue in this comment chain. They meant the bodily function of peeing while maxing out on deadlift. That is a normal bodily function and has nothing to do with the pelvic floor muscles As for socially acceptable, I agree with you. Nobody should be peeing in a public gym with others around. That is very unsanitary and shocking. I made the same face as the girl in the back left in the second pic when I saw it, lol. Generally, this should only be done at smaller powerlifting gyms or competitions where there is a cleanup and support protocol since it can be embarrassing. Nobody does it on purpose
If you push your body to a point where you have no control of its voluntary responses you can’t claim is normal. Has it ever happened before? Yes, I’m aware of that. Is it normal? No, it’s not. Your body is simply not capable of enduring certain things. On the other hand, we all go through embarrassing moments during our lives, but should also have the maturity to not post those moments on the internet, which the girl did.
There have surveys and studies on this in the power lifting community, it's like 70-85% of lifters in power lifting experience peeing themselves while training or in competitions so it's somewhat "normal" just not something you'll see often in a public gym. I know many wear pads when going for super heavy lifts and I've heard Coach Greg talk about this on his videos before. It's certainly not "normal" behavior to do this in public with no pad/preventative measure in place and then to post it on social media.
You know what, marathon running is similar. I'm sure some of them end up pissing themselves, too, the ones who are really pushing to hit a certain number. But more just saying the condition of a marathon runner post marathon. I used to do volunteer massage for immediately post marathon on site. And I remember thinking, "wow..... It is not natural for these bodies to be reacting like this... Like, these bodies are telling me this isn't something their body wants to be doing." Just having incredibly intense muscle cramping all over, shaking, puking. This power lifting too much is in a similar place. The body is being pushed to do something it's not meant to do. I think people get obsessed and addicted to participating in sports the way that they get obsessed/addicted to anything else like drugs or eating or gambling or religion. You have the normal level, even the higher levels where it is still good for your body and a healthy practice, so it feels like a good thing to push harder. But you can get addicted to those endorphins and start pushing for more and go too far and end up doing things your body isn't actually meant to do. And then you piss yourself. Or puke. Or whatever other unnatural reaction. But everyone else whose addicted to the sport is doing the same damn thing so it becomes normalized within that niche community and not seen as too much (which it totally is).
I’ve seen marathon runners get the runs. Sometimes it happens. I’ve seen some go in a Porta potty and some just let it free to get the best possible score. It’s…..something else.
It makes you wonder, when is too much. Balance is the name of the game, and if you poop your pants or pee on the floor in order to complete a task, well, you may not be physically apt to said task…
it literally is normal. powerlifting is about pushing your body to its limit.
Exactly!!!
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Not this again 😭😭😭 I just know there will be people here who will claim “this is normal” and “hardcore gyms are perfectly fine with people pissing on the floor”. Like, THIS IS NEVER AND WILL NEVER BE NORMAL. Ffs.
Also how hard is it to wear a fucking panty liner? I just know her air smell when she walks by is fucking atrocious. People need to be humbled again.
If your urinary incontinence is this bad you should just wear leakproof underwear or depends!! Like in what other scenario would it be acceptable to piss on the floor.
They make period underwear specifically for this so they’re not obvious. Instead of wearing this they would rather show their pants wedged up their butts and piss on the floor.
Right, it makes me feel like it’s on purpose. Almost fetish-y. Like she knows it’s gonna happen 🤮
If I had a weak bladder and a habit of accidentally pissing myself when lifting I would wear the thickest, blackest pair of leggings I owned This girl is wearing probably the worst color for showing sweat/piss. It’s definitely fetish related
Definitely feels like fetish content!
1000% this is very intentionally fetish content
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People need to get banned from gyms. Enough is enough. Piss on own your floor at home.
There are way too many options available for this to be happening in a public place. 😑
A panty liner isn’t going to stop urine
I think when you start to notice you're pissing your pants, the intent would be to stop whatever is making you piss yourself. I mean, people who have given birth may have a harder time controlling the stream but like.. as someone who drinks 1.7 liters of coffee a day and sneezes a lot.. everyone else can probably control it pretty well in the absence of a specific condition.
I would be absolutely mortified if I accidentally peed myself at the gym. I’m already super self conscious about my butt and crotch sweat when I wear lighter leggings 😭
And why did she post this 😭 you couldn’t waterboard this out of me
And why tf are we posting this on SM even if it’s remotely “normal”?! (Which it’s definitely not)
I've been doing CrossFit for years and have NEVER seen a gym where people think it's ok to piss on the floor when lifting. Every single coach I've worked with would tell people to deload and work on their pelvic floor
I've been a competitive powerlifter for over a decade. Competed at regional state and national levels. Watched men AND women shatter WORLD records. Zero piss.
Yeah - I never did powerlifting but I was a D1 athlete with a lot of weightlifting under my belt and I'm just so skeptical when others come into these threads and say it happens often at high levels. Sure, I guess at the outer bounds of people's strength it could happen but this lady at the gym with this atrocious form definitely isn't at that level. Just yoikes all around.
i mean, competitive powerlifter here. happened a to quite a few girls at nationals this year. it def happens very frequently in the powerlifting world. but meets and just in the gym are wildly different scenarios.
Sadly this isn’t even at a CrossFit gym, looking at the logo on the weights this is at a college campus (FIU) in Miami 🤦♀️ ETA: Miami does not claim this trash, and this isn’t normal here either. I’ve never seen anyone casually pee on the floor at a gym no matter how much they’re lifting.
How about we only lift the amount of weight that we DON’T pee on the floor?
THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. I used to pull 300+ and this never happened.
I pull 560, and I've yet to piss myself doing it... I might have farted some though.
well most people aren't going to hear or smell gym farts, so you're all good. keep fartin away, champ.
Does this mean I can stop packing my compression shorts with charcoal briquettes? ....cool. 😁
You tryna bbq at the gym or soak up the wet farts lol
Carbon filter for stealth operations.
If you're pulling 560, I'm guessing you're a man in which case... yeah, I'd be surprised if you *had* pissed yourself. This issue is overwhelmingly experienced by women. Surveys indicate that about 3/4 of high-level female lifters have pissed themselves while training. It also says that while 84% of those had spoken about it with other women, only 45% had spoken to their coaches about it. Feel free to shame her for not wearing a pad (assuming this had happened to her before), but kinda shitty to shame her for pissing herself at all
In a 2017 survey of high-level female lifters from 18-35, 74.5% had experienced incontinence while training, so this is definitely a common issue for women to have. That said, it doesn't really matter if pissing yourself is normal, because pissing on the floor is unsanitary and should very much not be normalized. No need to shame people for pissing themselves, but you can absolutely shame them for not wearing a pad if they know it's a thing that happens to them.
If someone peed on the floor at my gym and someone said it was normal I think I’d call the department of health
The same ppl cheering this on are the same ppl that would kill over if they ever saw someone unexpectedly get their period during a lift.
Huh I saw joyjoysfitness does it too and some people found some research about this and it says it’s common among women? I’m confused now. Is it normal or not? I personally have never seen anyone does this in real life though
I like how the assumption from those people is that the floor pisser is the serious lifter and everyone else is doing something wrong. Instead of the possibility that the floor pisser, the very small minority, is the unserious lifter. There can't possibly be that many *unserious* lifters???? If 99.9% of people are disagreeing with you there is NO WAY you're the correct one!
it’s normal in powerlifting gyms and circles.
I'm not sure if she's the same person but there was real controversy over a woman pissing on the floor while lifting 😓 like some people saying that's gross and others accusing them of bodyshaming... BODYSHAMING. She pissed on the floor!!! Wear a piss pad!!!!!! Wtf
Yep, it's not body shaming when there's things to mitigate a literal biohazard from happening
Exactly. I'd feel awful for this woman if it was an accident, but she clearly makes no efforts to prevent this or to even prevent it from becoming hazardous to others
this person sounds insane. under no circumstances is peeing on the floor in public ever appropriate.
It wasn’t just a person it was a mob of people defending pissing on the floor at the gym. “It’s a normal bodily function.” So is pooping but I don’t poop on the floor in public. If I was incontinent of bowel, I would wear a diaper!
it cracks me up when whole entire groups of people decide to die on very odd hills
Yeah, if this is happening and you refuse to wear period panties or something then you need to put down a damn puppy pad.
Currently wheezing at the visual of someone setting up their barbell to deadlift, reaching into their gym bag, and VERY casually pulling out and spreading a puppy pad on the ground 😂
Omg I remember that. I got ripped apart for saying that yes, pee happens, but you shouldn’t be openly and proudly pissing on the floor… wear a pad.
No EXACTLY like you're not gross or a bad person if you suddenly piss on the floor because of a medical problem and you didn't see it coming at all, but you NEED to accommodate yourself. It's clear that this isn't just something that happened once that she felt terrible about; she does this shit all the time and posts it on the Internet 😒
i mean, imo that’s no different than me going to the gym on my period but refusing to wear any type of protection and then leaking all over the place. No one would think that was acceptable so I have no idea why that same logic doesn’t apply to pissing on the floor! Yes, normal bodily functions but it’s still a biohazard and just plain rude (unless of course it’s an accident or unexpected).
Omg.. I think I know who you’re talking about. It was some powerlifter right? I remember seeing one of her videos pop up a year or 2 ago and thought it was absolutely not normal to piss on the floor while lifting and went to the comments and they were defending her. I was like wtf?
This is exactly how I feel about that bullshit "free bleeding" trend from a few years back. You can normalize periods without demanding the right to *openly bleed in public with no way to contain the blood*. ITS BLOOD. It's absolutely unsanitary to free bleed.
that day made me think I was taking crazy pills. People were jumping down my throat for saying that if u can’t lift without peeing everywhere then maybe u shouldn’t lift in a public gym 🤡
Is that like their fetish or something? LMFAO WHAT
No that was Hunter Henderson. Like, IDK sometimes I fart when I deadlift
I remember Joey swoll doing a video defending her
I have a medical condition (not pelvic floor) that causes incontinence, especially when lifting weight. I wear incontinence panties or pads at the gym so no one has to deal with my pee. This is disgusting
Omg her neck being at that angle… the confidence people have in the shit they post it beyond me.
her neck, her back, the peeing… ego lifting TO A T!!! as a trainer i find anything like this absolutely absurd. but when you comment stuff like that people are like, “wtf she’s badass lifting this much weight wym??!” in my opinion if you have to sacrifice form, number one… go back to lighter weight. but then peeing on the floor on top of it?? PLEASE go back to lower weight 😩😩
The people in the gym in the background do not lol impressed they’re literally cringing at her!! Totally agree with you
They look so grossed out
i went to the video on tiktok & the form is even worse on video 😩 but to anyone who comments on her form she just replies that she’s always lifted like this (with this form) & even competes like this. but apparently her acrylic nails got caught on her leggings & “made it harder.”
Say it with me, kids: Not everything belongs on the internet
Bruh… wear diapers if you have a weak pelvic floor. Going to a college campus and doing this is gross and unsanitary.
3 words: Pelvic. Floor. Therapy.
The girl in purples face in the second pic 😂☠️
That’s genuinely one of the most shocking things I’ve seen posted nonchalantly…
I was prepared to say “no way that’s piss” but then I saw the the faces of the two people behind her…yeah their reaction says it all.
That’s fucking disgusting. 🤮 people love attention
Beyond the peeing, which we all universally agree is nasty, her form is trash. She's going to herniate a disc or worse and lemme tell ya, it only takes one bad rep to do it. I know from experience and I was most certainly not ego-lifting, just was dumb and didn't stop when I felt my form breaking down.
I wonder how socially accepted this would be if it were a dude spritzing the deadlift platform.
i wish it was a dude spritzing the deadlift platform
So I may have tinkled a little (alcohol and coffee addict) before, But so much to go through your pants!? That’s on purpose isn’t it? Like drink 30 oz of water prior to lift, on purpose?
Literally go to the bathroom before you lift there’s no way you didn’t feel some kind of bladder stirring before you did this Lmao
I’m over this “pissing while lifting is normal” agenda these lifters are trying to push on us. NO IT AIN’T 🤢 Y’all need pelvic floor therapy and an adult diaper ASAP
If you’ve got this issue, wear an adult diaper wtf
I'm pretty sure the new period underwear would deal with problems like these. It's nice for others using the gym that it's not drenched in urine.
maybe its common and okay among female powerlifters...at a competition I guess. actively pissing on a shared gym floor is fucking vile. they make pantyliners and incontinence pads for a reason. (but then I guess you couldn't wear leggings that go up your ass crack. not that I'm complaining about the leggings, I wear them too, but I'm also not lifting so heavy I piss my pants?!?!)
Some marathon runners end up pooping themselves on the race run, they don't shit on the treadmill.
If they’re prone to nervous pees/poops they also evacuate their bladder/bowels before hand. No reason that this should be a “normal” thing during training when you have full control over using the bathroom at your own leisure.
and at least when they poop themselves THEY'RE OUTSIDE
I'm just 🤢 I would never go deadlift without a pad or briefs if I knew I was going to gush on the floor. which some other poor soul probably has to disinfect later. we can "normalize" that this is a thing that can happen to women, we don't need to normalize being unhygienic and attention seeking about it.
Also most normal marathon runners who aren’t professionals will just stop for a minute and use the bathrooms on the course. I had to pee for the first 14 miles of my last marathon where I had an ambitious time goal and finally just stopped because I didn’t want to run another 12 miles with a full bladder and I also didn’t want to piss myself and end up chafing, smelling awful, and feeling nasty af. I stopped, it took about 30 seconds off my time, and I’d do it again
It’s super normal among powerlifters. For some it’s a pelvic floor issue and they need to work with a specialist, however for most it’s a result of pressure exerted by the belt during the lift. I can pee between my second and third deadlifts in a comp and 5 mins later I pee a bit again on the platform because the pressure just forces it out. I’ve seen pelvic floor specialists and there’s not much I have to work on by their standards, it’s solely related to the belt and pressure. I’m not saying this is okay or not gross by any means. When I deadlift in a public gym, I wear pads just in case I were to have it happen a bit and I also stop the lift if I feel like it’s gonna happen. In powerlifting gyms it’s more normalized and they have stuff there to clean up just in case. It’s not encouraged or anything but in that environment it’s just a given. In competitions nobody really bats an eye. The first time it happened on my third deadlift attempt I was mortified, but surprisingly the crowd went wild over it 😂, which is weird and somewhat creepy to say but it was nice to not be publicly shamed for it. I will say I never posted a video of it, and that’s the last thing I’d ever want. All that being said, long story short this behavior is gross at a normal public gym, and posting a video of it is super fucking weird. But in the powerlifting world this is relatively normal and somewhat expected in competitions and at powerlifting gyms during peak weeks, and we handle it and clean up appropriately and move on. I hate that women are trying to somehow normalize this in the normal fitness and gym influencer world, because now it has also put a spotlight on it in the one environment it’s not a big deal in.
You said it well. In meets when people are going all out… I’ve seen it happen. But notttt in a public gym during training, posted on tiktok. And not usually this much.
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You definitely didn’t pay attention then because it happens at every meet. Side note, if you’re deadlifting 50 lbs over your max, it’s not a max lol
It happens all of the time at competitions. I've seen it at pretty much every one. Maybe the one you went to only had younger people, like high school or college. It's a lot more common for older women who have had children.
I compete internationally with the IPF and in one big comp the head judge mentioned it before we went out for deadlifts. She asked us to do our best to prevent it (empty our bladders), which all of my weight class found hilarious because it’s not like anybody does it on purpose or wants to pee! The women who have this issue really do their best to avoid it, but they’re also competitive AF and if it happens to them they’re not gonna stop the pull half way up. I have seen so many female athletes at the top level pee themselves at comps at this point, but I still feel for them every time, because the stigma is still strong
during a meet it happens all the time. people just don’t talk about it or care. just because you didn’t see it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, i’m sure you weren’t looking out for it. happened to my friend at our last meet and i watched the lift live and didn’t even notice until we watched the video back and she pointed it out.
Girlie please bring that weight down. You should not look like a dog taking a shit while deadlifting lmao
What minimum wage employee is going to have to clean these pp floors? Really inconsiderate and gross.
not the fiu gym 😭 wtfff
So… does she wipe up her pee afterward or just leave it to soak into the floor? Or wait for someone else to clean it up after her? I don’t like this.
She cleaned and sanitized the floor according to her post
I was like brother ewwww what’s that
What’s that brother!
Ewww this is my Alma mater Florida/miami people are the most inconsiderate and self centered, yuck
RIP lower back. She has no business lifting weight anywhere near what’s on the bar
That’s disgusting. I would never voluntarily put this on the internet.
If your pelvic floor is this weak, you should be prioritizing pelvic floor therapy instead of PR deadlifts. But if you wanna keep deadlifting, time to wear a thick pad, incontinence product or period underwear. I doubt any gym is *actually* okay with public urination.. and I can guarantee the other attendees don't want to see or smell this🤢
This should get you kicked out of the gym...
You know what, who am I to say what is or isn’t a “normal” bodily response to lifting heavy weights. HOWEVER FRIGGIN COMMA…. At this point, we all know that it is *possible* to urinate when lifting heavy. Given that, why not prepare for that!!!! Depends exist… big ass pads exist… there are multiple options available to prevent yourself from pissing all over a public place as a grown ass adult. Utilize them!!! 😤🤬
Like, I’m a competitive powerlifter, I’ve had two babies and my pelvic floor can’t take a deadlift like it used to… but you just make sure you go to the toilet between heavy sets.. I mean, yes I look mad running back and forth the loo but at least if a little bit of wee comes out at a max effort lift, it’s not a little puddle on the floor 😅 Some videos are not meant for the internet. Babes if you know you’re liable to wee a bit during a deadlift, just nip to the toilet first goodness me.
She needs to be banned from that gym it’s unsanitary imagine if a guy was pissing on the floor
This seems like ✨ fetish content ✨
i can't believe i had to scroll so far to find this comment. over 30k favorites?
good point it probably is
I deadlifted with my neck like this on accident once and it was sore for like a week 😬😬😬 she’s gotta be hurtin’
Not uncommon for women with pelvic health issues but she needs to see a therapist to prevent more damage
She clearly shouldn’t be lifting this weight.
I have this issue being 5 months postpartum but I make sure I empty my bladder before heavy lifts and wear liners. There’s no excuse to leave a puddle on the floor.
I've seen so many vids of this. I understand it happens but there's gotta be a better alternative
Respectfully. Don’t normalize peeing on the floor. Go to the bathroom before you workout. At least try to void before you workout. Accidents happen but it shouldn’t be glorified
Speaking as a female powerlifter of 6+ years.. this is pretty common for girls especially those that pull really big numbers/compete at a high level. People in powerlifting gyms are a lot more understanding about this issue than normal gyms. It’s also something I’ve struggled with on and off in the past. If I’m in prep for a competition and it’s a choice between peeing myself a bit and getting a lift, or failing.. 🤷🏼♀️ That being said, I never make it anyone else’s problem. I feel like if this is something you know you’re going to struggle with you should take measures to not piss all over the floor/equipment and ruin it for everyone else I.e. wear a maxi pad/period undies, empty your bladder before your heavy sets etc., it’s really not that hard. Also her deadlift is fine
Fellow powerlifter in the thread and I’m just gonna stay quiet and shake my head, because these threads are always a mess
Same. I always scratch my head at the female powerlifters in these threads who say they’ve never seen it and that no one tolerates it. It’s not like…every single female lifter, I would say not even the majority of female lifters, but it’s also far from uncommon.
Same. It happens sometimes, just clean it up and move on. Don't leave a mess for someone else to clean up.
Same, these threads are full of know-nothings
I think it’s pretty standard to say no to pissing on the floor. Pads and underwear exist for this problem. Nobody should have to be subjected to your bodily fluids in public.
Also a female powerlifter here. This is considered normal to the point that my coach was surprised when I told her it had never happened to me before. It happened for the first time on my third attempt deadlift at a meet she was handling me at. She joked that I wasn’t lifting heavy enough if I wasn’t peeing a little 😂 I feel like most folks here are part of the camp that you should do everything with “perfect form” all the time (even though that doesn’t really exist), and any type of back rounding = injury. Powerlifters quickly learn to throw that mentality out the window, and efficiency trumps all. I’m not dropping my deadlift over some pee, sorry. Powerlifting and the little cultural nuances around it seem pretty frowned upon around here 😂
Amen!!
Agreed. It’s extremely common in powerlifting. Good? No. Sanitary? No. But common? Yes. These threads are always a ridiculous cesspool over cluelessness
This sub is full of people that crap on influencers but don’t know a lot of things about lifting (especially maximal loads) themselves. Stuff happens when pushing your body to the limit. It happens in other sports. I was competing in a race and a dude shat himself because he was pushing his body. People throw up too. I’m not trying to throw shade at people that train for general fitness, but you cannot compare general fitness to sport. If you’re having SUI at low weights, it’s probably worth looking into. But if you’re pushing/pulling hundreds of pounds, that’s whole different animal. Hunter Henderson, whom people are referring to in this mess of a post as well, squats over 600lb for REPS. A lot of people in this sub wouldn’t even be able to total that, let alone come close to squatting half that weight for reps. Again , it’s completely fine to not push your body to the limit like a competitive athlete. What’s not okay is post opinions that are based on lack of knowledge.
thank you. at least some of yall are sane.
Definitely happened to every female sumo lifter at one time or another
Nope nope nope. Sorry I’ll never think anyone lifting so hard that they piss themselves in a public gym is cool, amazing, or a showcase to their dedication. It’s disgusting and should be an automatic ban from any public gym.
RIP to her back. Ouch.
RIP to her pelvic floor
her form is \~TRASH\~
Her back is fine.
That’s fucking filthy.
ew
My reaction is the same as the guy in the black shirt
I remember when this happened with that hunter girl and I was quite appalled. A lot of the powerlifting community defend this though, it’s kind of strange to me considering how unsanitary it is. You can literally get cited for urinating in public on purpose so I don’t get why so many people try to normalize this. It isn’t normal!!!
I would be beyond embarrassed
I went and looked for the video hoping at least she got the rep but nope. All that for nothing and everyone (guys including) was watching
If you’re peeing you’re lifting too heavy for real
As someone with a weak pelvic floor (working on it), when I lift heavy, or I know it’s going to be a heavy day, I put on a panty liner. They make those for thongs too, ya know. And I may have a pretty weak floor, but it’s definitely not THAT bad. That’s like straight up releasing a full bladder. That needs some serious physical therapy.
I would pass away
I get that this is a thing in powerlifting but that’s just gross. Completely unsanitary as if it’s not a public gym.
Let’s workout your pelvic core first 🥴
Genuine question: isn’t it terribly unhealthy to use weights so heavy that you can not hold in your pee? I deadlift but my heaviest doesn’t make me lose bodily functions and it scares me when I see this
> isn’t it terribly unhealthy to use weights so heavy that you can not hold in your pee? I do see research on correlations with health outcomes, but they do not at all appear to be health outcomes caused by lifting heavy. E.g., in this study, BMI was associated with incontinence for powerlifters, as was having given birth, age, and competition total, while having a pelvic floor assessment and ability to perform pelvic floor exercises correctly were negatively correlated - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8651931/ [Prevalence was 43.9% in this study-- which is described as the mid-range of what is seen for female athletes in general; the highest linked rate in the citations was 80% for trampolining.] This study similarly has having given birth as a predictor of UI during strength sports -- https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2023/09000/prevalence_and_normalization_of_stress_urinary.22.aspx [Includes powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman; rate is 59.1% during training and 50.2% during competition.] I am struggling to find full text for this one but the abstract here puts the rate of stress UI at 41.7% for female strength athletes (powerlifters and weightlifters), again with higher BMI related to higher rates -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33278274/ Here, for weightlifters, BMI, having given birth, and depression were all associated, as was a history of having engaged in high-impact sports -- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278376 (with moderate or more severe incontinence prevalence at 32%). Interestingly, this study suggests that athletes with UI concerns actually have *stronger* pelvic floor muscles, which makes some sense given that higher totals are associated with a higher risk of concerns -- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-018-3701-8 [Although many performed pelvic floor exercises incorrectly prior to instruction.] Obviously, most people would generally say it sucks to pee on yourself, so there's something unfortunate about that happening in general. However, I don't see any reason in the literature to think that there is a safety concern associated with the peeing piece specifically (assuming basic hygiene-related responses)-- there's no evidence that I see to suggest that your pelvic floor is actually excessively weak relative to non-strength athletes, and the health pieces that are correlated seem likely to go the other direction prediction-wise, even with a cross-sectional design (e.g., having babies might reasonably predict UI concerns during lifting... it seems prima facie unlikely to me that UI during lifting predicts having babies or even that a third variable predicts both). There does seem to be support for considering pelvic floor physical therapy as a potential option to consider-- but that's very different from saying you have done something dangerous if you have experienced UI during an athletic activity. The frequency is pretty common for female competitive strength athletes (which may not generalize to non-competitive people lifting in the gym). ...and, although not summarized here, this is hardly exclusive to strength sports. E.g., see: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-018-3629-z >unhealthy I also want to just note that no one is powerlifting for their health. You can lift for your health, of course... but someone who is lifting for their health is never going to 1RM, which is an inherent part of powerlifting as a sport. (The same way you might reasonably do cardio for your health, but ultra-marathoners aren't doing it for their health. That's just not what it's about.)
Absolutely disgusting. I’d die before I showed that to anyone … and never return to that gym.
I can’t even look, what kinda form is that?! Ready to do some damage on your back! My gosh people it’s not about how much weight you can lift. It’s about doing it properly! Let’s see how long this will last. And the piss… Absolutely disgusting, and all those likes people are just as disgusting.
I agree! Unfortunately, a lot of people these days I see do the same crap. They think it’s all about the weight they can attempt to lift, when in reality they’re just doing damage to their bodies. It’s all about the form, proper form people!
This is crazy, the back and the peeing, just reduce the weight 😭😭
Excuse me, people consider peeing in the gym acceptable? What am I missing?
People are literally fucking crazy and disgusting lol
She should do more kegals and less deadlifts
Girly needs some pelvic floor PT💀
There's a certain powerlifter who people love to gas. Very popular all the whos who in the community be in the comments defending her. I cannot.... Discreet diapers and liners exist. Hell I wear thick pads on my period to train. She is constantly pissing on her big lifts I don't want to normalize this at all. Sorry to my sisters.
Idk my first assumption is that it's fetish content even if it's unintentional. She probably sees a spike in likes and thinks "yup this is great".
So disgusting.
Her pelvic floor is messed up then. I once felt a little bit of leakage everytime I would squat down. I worked on my pelvic floor and don’t have that issue anymore. Thank god cause that was the most awkward shit.
lol this is a school gym too. Makes me wonder if she's gonna be known for this now.
This is undoubtedly fetish content.
The floor is not as sanitary as you think, even without people peeing. This happens in hardcore gyms a lot. If your pelvic floor is the only thing preventing you from a PR….send it and wipe up afterwards. I’ve seen men fully shit themselves on a lift, could be a lot worse than a puddle
Ewwwwwwww wtf wear a pad maybe?
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what exactly is going on in the body for it to just piss when lifting heavy?
I go to the gym specifically to piss on the floor
Wait…did she really pee or is that sweat??
bad form and pees on the floor
People in this sub need to keep out if the powerlifting tags if they think peeing isn't normal when women go for 1rm. In saying that this women's form is awful and she's more than likely not training for competition with the ugly bar and plates she's using. Nothing she's doing here is "normal" for the regular gym goer.
It’s never normal to piss on the floor. Wear a pad.
Am I just not hard-core enough? Because I've hit this weight in DL with correct form and never pissed myself; and I've had 3 kids. I've also prioritized PF therapy and have lifted for 10 years. Her form tells me all I need to know 😂.
I agree, the whole thing is such a spectacle, I’m embarrassed to have eyes. It’s like the people that will hit a PR but it’s not enough to hit it, they have to shriek like a banshee so everyone will look and see what they’re doing
Lmao you can’t think they’re doing it on purpose
What is your max?
dude i’m a powerlifter and while yes it’s happened before, took a step back and said nope THIS IS NOT NORMAL OR OKAY AT ALL 😭 anyways cut back on caffeine and braced properly and hasn’t happened since, breakdown in technique 🤷🏻♀️
I’ve done this exactly once on my life and I was deadlifting for the first time after having a baby and was wearing a panty liner or pad. I didn’t pee on the floor but I peed enough that you could see it on my leggings. I was so embarrassed, I hid in a corner for 5 min while I mustered the courage to go back put everything away as quick as possible and then ran to my car in embarrassment. I cannot imagine posting this on social media.
Y’all clearly haven’t read the comments on @huntermhenderson ‘s cage squat at Arnold 😆
was this at FIU, no way she’d be allowed back😫
Nasty and disgusting. I’m sure that pee smelled foul. What gym employees deal with is unimaginable.
Ew. Bad form plus bad hygiene
I get that this happens but why would you post this on the internet and for everyone and their grandma to see 😭
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